Three years ago (!) Jen1 and I ventured to Bolts and Bobbins near Woodville for their garage sale. While there, I found this amazing fabric on sale. I thought all the coordinating colours would be great for English Paper Piecing - 'Shimmer Eclipse Iceberg' fabric by Deborah Edwards for Northcott Fabrics.
A month later, I had created this 14" x 10" piece.
It sat for three years while I figured out what I would do with it. Then I realized it would make a great back to a project bag. I added another 2 rows of hexies to the bottom to enlarge it to the dimensions I prefer to work with.
Next came deciding what I'd use for the lining and binding. At the same sale, I had purchased a (0.6m) remnant of a blue fabric - perfect for the job.
For the binding, I cut three strips of one of the darker bits of the striped fabric. Two of them were beside the selvage and a bit wider after trimming the selvage off. The third strip I cut from the inside. Because it was narrower, I encroached the adjacent fabric to match the width of the other two pieces. I knew the other colour would be hidden when I sewed the folded binding onto the front of the bag.
I then did all the usual steps, attaching strips above and below the zipper, as well as inserting the vinyl between the double-folded strip below the zipper.
After sewing the folded binding to the front and hand-sewing it to the back, I was pretty pleased with the result.
I have been considering selling some of the ones I've made but this one involved a LOT of hand-sewing and I couldn't imagine parting with it.
I still have some of the fabric left so could also make some coordinating pieces.
Will be on the lookout for more striped fabric like this. It really saves a lot of agonizing about coordinating colours.
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