Bishop Bag Update.

 In my last post I had managed to gather, in addition to the original embroidered Bishop bag, 4 printed cushions and 9 printed bags, all with the names of the 14 Australian female bishops plus Sarah of Canterbury. I sent one of the first printed bags to a friend in Sydney who was a founding member of the Movement for the Ordination of Women.

 I wasn’t quite satisfied. I had, I thought, learned enough from the process to have one more go at improving the printed bags. I returned to the VistaPrint template I had already developed. The advantage of using that template was that I knew the layout worked. The disadvantage was that I couldn’t undo the remove background command, which would give me back the original white background. To do that I had to start again and reload photos. Before I did that, I thought I’d try changing the colour of the background.

I settled for lilac.

I placed the order, for 6 bags, on 19 December, using my daughter’s suburban address with instructions to leave in a safe place. This was fortuitous.All buzzers at our apartment address are now out of order and can’t be repaired until  mid-January. The bags arrived today  - 11 days from Guangzhou. This is faster than the Christmas cards I received today from NSW! 

Again, the quality is excellent. The print worked much better on the lighter colour. There were 3 names, one date and one city that needed me to reinforce the print with an archival pen. These are words I embroidered using the lighter end of variegated thread. It was not difficult to fix, and the archival pen took well to the fabric.

The job is done. I now have 14 bags and 4 cushions that I'm happy for others to have. I’m definitely finished for now, but if more are required, a simple reorder from this last template will work!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I’m very satisfied with that! ✔️ Thanks to all those who've helped and advised.