Welcome to our April blog hop. This month's challenge is showers...
late snow showers, rain showers, baby showers, wedding showers.
What do you like to shower everyone with?
I love "By Annie" patterns. She designs the cutest and most usable bags on the planet!
(Watching her videos, makes putting them together so easy)
Definitely something you can shower anyone with, for any occasion.
It started with "A Place for Everything" a few years ago, with this bag I made for my traveling sewing supplies.
It's a super cool bag, that I learned a lot by making.
Then...when she updated and improved the pattern with "A Place for Everything 2.0", with new handles, a carrying strap, and new pockets, and I found this awesome "Minne Mouse" fabric, I knew just what I was going to do!
This is for my little "Sweet Pea". I've been saving it until she was old enough to enjoy it and next month it's going to her, on her 4th birthday! It will give her lots of room to bring her special toys back and forth to Nana's house.
Next came "Pack It In", that was originally designed as storage bags for your suitcase. But when I found these awesome designs at "
Designs by JuJu", I had a different vision.
Instead of mesh fronts, I chose to make solid fronts and put pockets on them. I added mesh pockets on the inside. That's the fun part of the patterns. Everything is interchangeable and adjustable and she shares lots of tips for adapting pattern to each other.
I knew I was going to make all 3 sizes for project bags... and a some of my quilty friends had birthdays!
So, instead of quilting each piece individually, I loaded a few yards of fabric on my longarm with backing and a head liner fabric as a batting and quilted away. It worked like a dream and I was actually able to get more bags than I had expected out of it, with just enough left over, to cut a top and bottom for a "bonus" bag. I found a contrasting fabric for the sides and added a pocket with my favorite saying of all.
"A Fat Quarter is not a Body Part!!!
So, I showered my quilty friends, with bags and
What can I say? You'll be able to pick us out from the crowd at the next quilt retreat!
Now you know my first love is applique...
So when I found this guy, by Googling April Showers Free Clipart...
I could hardly wait to bring him to life.
Be it that sweet bear face, or these mice, which would have me running and screaming
if they were on me, but...
...they screamed "April Showers" to me!
So there you have it...my very (long wind-ed) April Showers.
Please visit my fellow blogger today and see what was "Raining on their Parade" this showery month!
Leave them a sweet comment, when you visit. We all love hearing from our quilting friends!
It really makes our day!
The complete schedule can be found
HEREand
All the projects from this hop will be added daily to our Pinterest board
HERE til next time...
Keep on Stitchin'
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