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It took me about two days to make these bags. I was a bit hampered by our building work. My stash is accessible behind racks of wine, my cutting out space was a bit of my desk and my ironing board the top of my office cupboard.I intended to take more photos of the work in progress, but ended up just focusing on managing the project in the space.
The clothes are mostly from bits left over from dresses I have smocked for the girls at one time or another. One has pink underwear and the other pale green spots.
The clothes fasten at the shoulders with press studs. I am a bit nervous that they will be too hard for the girls. I could have replaced them with velcro, but think the press studs give a better look if they work.
The project tested my skills at working with fusible batting and fusible webbing. I also used the three lines of stitching option on my machine for the first time!
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The press-studs were fine - much better than velcro would have been.
5 comments:
these bags are full of character I can see why they went down so well Christmas morilning and I amkl sure they will be well used and loved
Those bags are amazing! Such a wonderful gift for little girls. I also love your wizard of oz ornaments too. I am in the process of de-christmasing the house lol. Tinsel and baubles everywhere.
What a great pattern, and I love all the fabrics you have used!
Looks like you had a nice time on the patio. We are digging out from 8" of snow today.
What a great idea- i've just bought the pattern and will make one for the little girl next door for christmas next year.
So glad you all share my delight with this pattern. It has been a great success. I reckon they'd make good items for charity events too if the Peppermint Patcher would give permission.
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