Love Those Skills

The wonderful part of learning sewing and quilting skills is that you can use those techniques in so many different ways. Aside from the wall art that I have been making, I can travel off in another direction at a blink of any eye.

I layered a lovely green batik with a piece of batting and a backing 

and set up my machine for quilting.

After quilting the fabric, I cut it into pieces for a small purse. 

I adapted the directions from quilting instructor Wendy Rieves' pattern 

for "Wendy's Essentials Purse". 

I used the batik for the back of the purse.

The front was cut from a hand-dyed fabric. 

There was a soft image on the hand-dyed that I enhanced 

with quilting and then added the beading.

Now I have the perfect little bag to match my wardrobe. 

My walls won't be the only thing with a new spring look.