It feels like ages since I last did any embroidering or quilting as I only worked day and night for the past 2 months or so. Workwise I left the company in England and returned to my previous employer on a 6 month contract basis to finish the only contract they have at the moment. The company in England kept in contact and so I decided to return to them at the middle of April as I can't get any work locally. That left me with unfinished business which I had to finish up after normal business hours leaving me with no down time at all.
Luckily it is almost done so this week I could start playing around again although my machine broke down after only 2 nights of embroidery and had to spend some time in the workshop getting fixed. Hopefully all the problems brought about by sub standard work done by the local dealer are now fixed.
One of the crazy quilt handbags I wrote about in this post was finished and gifted to a dear friend of mine for her birthday.
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| After stitching all the pieces together, this is what the front of the two bags looked like. |
Then it was time to complete one of them and I started with the red one. It was a huge task with lots of stitching and quilting every piece as I go. But the end product was a huge success and truly beautiful.
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| On the the back I added an extra zipped outer bag which I decorated with satin ribbon and a few other bits and pieces. |
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| The completed front. |
Below is a close-ups of the front and back.
I still have to finish up the black one, but is at the moment trying to catch up on the heart quilt where I am 3 months behind. Time just slips away with 2021 almost halfway.
We are truly blessed not contracting the Covid virus going around although it is coming ever closer with friends and acquaintances coming down with it. We are still deciding about the vaccine and needs your prayers in this regard as to what we should do. May you all be blessed with good health.
The designs for these bags can be bought here.
