Just gathered this cosmetic bag from my sewing projects done a few years ago and decided to blog post it here within this blog post as good project ideas. Cosmetic Bag made with the purchase of Fat Quarters normally purchased for quilting projects. I didn't get to quilt it but it has quilting batting which enhances the softness to the fabric with a cuddling effect.
The pattern derived from a portion of the magazine article of Ocean Shimmer back in October 2007 by McCall's Quilting "Beautiful Patterns For Your Home". Copy seen here above from magazine.
Cut 1 piece of fabric of 2 x 2 square
Cut 4 pieces of fabric 1 inch triangles
Cut 4 pieces of fabric 1 1/2 inch triangles
Cut 4 pieces of fabric 2 inches triangles
Follow pattern and match. Stitch accordingly at 1/4 inch seams.
Cut 1 piece of backing fabric of 6 x 6 square, along with interfacing. Iron together.
Place backing face down to right side. Place on top right side of quilting fabric centering. With the remaining fabric on the surface; make a binding to finish of the quilt by top stitching accordingly.
If you are interested in seeing the entire article here is a pdf. for your reading and doings from October 2007 McCall's Quilting "Beautiful Patterns For Your Home". Designed by Marianne Harwood. Please click here for article.
This week I had the notion or impulse of making a mini quilt to warm up to some sewing again, and started browsing through some old magazines from Quilts and More (Better Homes and Gardens Creative Collection of Summer 2007) which had cut out patterns in the magazine. There was a square pattern there of 4 x 4 inches which I thought, let me cut this out and look for some scraps of fabric that was handy to which I cut out 4 squares of the pattern and sewed them together at a 1/4 inch seam. Pressed each seam accordingly. Then cut out a backing and interfacing of about 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Pressed the interfacing to the wrong side of the backing fabric, then matched it to the quilting of the sewed 4 squares with right sides together. Stitched accordingly, leaving about a 3 inch opening for turning inside out. Pressed, split and trimmed the corners and turned it inside out. Pressed and top stitched about 1/4 inch.
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