I made 16 Clematis Wristlets, a free pattern by Blue Calla Designs; plus 2 smaller zippered pouches too. I am going to do only one craft show in November and I hope to sell these there. Whatever doesn't sell there will go to a gift shop. If you see something here you would like to buy please email me asap before it gets sold.
I loved putting together the fabrics for all these bags. A lot of the fabrics I used came from my scrap bags too. Some I only had enough to make the bottom of the bag and maybe the wrist strap too. It was fun coordinating the fabric colors and seeing how much I could use up from my scraps. But of course if I cut larger fabric for linings, there begins the leftovers of those that were added to the scrap bags and so on and on it goes, never ending scraps! Well I do love using the scraps first.
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| Clematis #1 is a Route 66 fabric print of road signs and gas station signs (remember when they were called service stations?) |
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| Clematis #1 with yellow zipper and red accent fabric. This one has sold! |
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| Inside Clematis #1. |
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| Clematis #1 again with a smaller non- Clematis bag. I only had a bit of the fabric left, so I made a smaller Route 66 sign fabric bag. |
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| Clematis #2 inside |
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| Clematis #2 is denim with a cowboy boot and hat fabric. This one has sold! |
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| Look I even had a cowboy boot charm to add to the zipper pull. |
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| Clematis #2 |
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| Clematis #3 is a hot air balloon fabric print. |
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| Inside Clematis #3 |
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| Clematis #4 is a blue print with a lighter blue denim bottom. |
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| This is the back of Clematis #4, since the print looks a bit different on the back side I thought I would show it too. |
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| Clematis #4 inside. |
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| Another small non- Clematis zippered pouch. This one has already sold! |
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| Clematis #5 is a building night scene fabric that has glitter in the fabric. Blue zipper and red accents. |
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| Inside Clematis #5. |
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| Clematis #6 pinks and greens with a yellow zipper. |
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| Inside Clematis #6 is a 30's yellow print fabric. |
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| Clematis #7 & #8 |
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| Clematis #7 has blue accents with a green zipper. |
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| Clematis #8 has red accents with a black zipper. |
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| Clematis #7 inside. |
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| Clematis #8 inside. |
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| Clematis #9 is a red bandanna fabric with denim bottom. |
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| Inside Clematis #9 |
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| Clematis #10 is a paisley print with a blue bottom and light blue zipper. |
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| Clematis #10 inside. |
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| Clematis #11 has the same paisley print as the above bag, but is on the bottom of this one. Red zipper and blue print top fabric. |
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| Clematis #11 inside. |
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| Clematis #12 is a pink and brown top print and a brown accent with a brown zipper. This one has sold! |
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| Inside Clematis #12 is a light brown print. |
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| Clematis #13 is stripes and dots. Coordinating fabrics. |
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| Inside Clematis #13 |
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| Clematis #14 has a purse print fabric with the stripe print accent. The wrist strap was a coordinating fabric in a paisley, but I only had enough of that to make the strap and the inside pocket below. |
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| Clematis #14 inside with the paisley print pocket. |
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| Clematis # 15 is another paisley in pinks and blues with a blue bottom and pink strap. |
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| Inside Clematis #15 blue gingham print and pink polka dot pocket. |
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| Clematis #16 is a print of greens and blues with touches of yellow and red. The print if you look closely is 4 cats around the flower. Red zipper. |
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| Inside Clematis #16 is a gold print and the exterior print pocket. |
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I bow to your Clematis-ness, wooooohoooooooooo - those bags are GREAT! I love the fabric combos and the zipper pulls and the (leather?) tags - you put such care and thought into your bags! Your hardware is really elegant too :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try the clematis next. I just finished 8 lipsense zippered bags with no time to blog to enter them in bag it. Might have to IG those.
ReplyDeleteI also might have to go the 'set a timer for 45 minutes so I will sew' method of craziness.
Sandra (sandra sews) and Lisa (IG) guilted me into sorting my scraps which allowed me to whip out four clothesline bowls for gifts.
I also sewed some scrappy qayg panels for zippered bags but stalled due to design issues. 1. Make essential oil bags. 2. Just make a darn zippy bag. 3. Use them as a panel for a tote bag. 4. Not enough mental energy time.
Congrats on making 16 different clematis's. Goid luck on your show!
*good luck*
DeleteEnjoyed looking at these - you've been busy! I have a question about how you organize your extensive fabric stash. Do you have them categorized like in a library (since you have library experience) so that you can see them all in a glance?
ReplyDeletethose wristlets are adorable, they really show off the fabrics and they are so practical. I know these will sell if I could I would buy all of them.
ReplyDeleteTara
These are just wonderful - great fabric choices. Thanks for linking up to the Elm Street Quilts Bag It event.
ReplyDeleteWow !!! A lot of work, Daryl :)
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