This month the Island Batik Ambassadors were challenge to create a Byannie - Patterns by Annie bag project. I chose to make a Ditty Bag 2.0. I found this to be one of Annie's easier patterns and I really enjoyed it. The add on videos helped with any part I found confusing and it's great to be able to see it being completed in a video. The first step was to iron all my fabric flat with my wonderful Oliso iron.
I chose to make three different sizes of bags. While sewing I always do my largest bag first to get an understanding of the pattern. Then I do the same step on the medium and small bags. This way when I get to the small pieces I know what to do. I used a white thread for all my sewing and matching threads for all the quilting. All Aurifil threads sewn with Schmetz Microtex needles of course.
Here is the small the small Ditty Bag. It's made with the Island Zest collection from Island Batik. It has a turtle print stripe! In retrospect I would have switched the turtle and the red fabric so you could see more turtles. However, I love it. It's small and great for a makeup bag or a cord bag when traveling.
Love the bags!
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