Strawberry Tote Bags

I sell this pattern on Craftsy for making this Strawberry (fold-up) tote bag. I had a lot of this home decor weight floral fabric and wanted to use it up, so I decided I would make several of my Strawberry Tote Bags. Then I found some other fabric to use up too, so I got busy making even more bags. These bags fold or more accurately scrunch up into the strawberry part of the bag, so that you can easily keep a bag in your purse or car for when you go shopping. Why use plastic bags from the store when you can use a prettier and more practical bag? I always keep on in my purse and use it all the time.

I used different reds and greens for these bags for the strawberry part, so that's why I took so many photos, because the strawberry part is different.

I made several more bags with this floral print that I am not showing if the strawberry fabric was a duplicate. I think I made 18 bags in all, including the other prints below too.

The bag is stuffed into the strawberry here.

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Quilting Blogger Give-Away Winner is...

...AlessandraLace from Italy! Congratulations Alessandra. She is a new follower too and it was her second comment telling me that she was a new follower that landed her in the lucky number 96 spot that the random number generator picked. I emailed Alessandra the pdf tutorial.

I want to welcome new followers to my blog and hope you enjoy seeing my future posts. To my long time loyal followers, I want to thank you for continuing to visit my blog.

If you didn't win the strawberry tote bag, you can purchase the bag through Craftsy here.
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Quilting Blogger Give-Away Time

 

It's Quilting Gallery's 5th birthday and several blogs are participating by having give-aways on their blogs.  (click on the blog hop party button above to find all the participating blog links) I am joining in and having a give-away here too. Anyone who wants a chance at winning just has to leave me a comment no later than midnight (EST) December 15th to be in on the drawing. If you are a follower of my blog you can leave me a second comment for another chance at winning.

I am giving away one pdf tutorial for making the Strawberry Bag, pictured here:

Strawberry tote bag. The tote bag is stuffed into the strawberry and opens into a tote bag when opened. Makes great gifts and you can keep one in your purse to have a bag with you whenever you need one.

Good luck everyone! But if you don't win this or would like to purchase my easy step-by-step pdf pattern right now please go to my Craftsy Store. Thank you. Enjoy the Blog Hop.


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Quilted Ginger Jar Placemats

Happy Birthday Tara! I made these set of 4 placemats for my friend for her birthday. Since my birthday is the 13th and hers is the 19th, we always get together and go out to lunch and celebrate our birthdays on a day inbetween our birthdays. We exchange gifts of course and this is what I made for Tara. Also instead of using gift wrapping, I placed these into one of the strawberry bags that I made. Tara loves Asian anything, so the bag and the placemats all use Asian fabrics.

I put the placemats into this bag I made. The bag folds into a strawberry. The instructions to make this bag can be purchased on Craftsy if you are interested.

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Strawberry Bag pdf Tutorial

I wrote clear concise instructions with step-by-step photos on how to make this fun strawberry bag. You'll want to make several as gifts and for yourself too. Great way to use some of your fun fabric. You can purchase this pdf through Craftsy .

Bag goes inside the strawberry shape for easy carrying.

Bag opened to use.

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Basket of Strawberries

I am working on a pdf pattern right now for making these bags. I hope to have the pdf finished sometime this weekend.

A basket of strawberry bags that is.

***Update: to purchase the pdf pattern for making this bag please go to my Craftsy Store. The link is on the sidebar of my blog.
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Strawberry Bag

I made a tote bag that scrunches into the corner of the bag, when not being used and becomes a...

...strawberry when the rest of the tote is stuffed inside. Then I can add a carabiner clip and attach it to the outside of my purse so that I can always have a bag available when I need to use it.

I made several more to give as gifts to friends and family. I'll post those later as I give them to each person. Don't want any of them to see them ahead of time you know.

To purchase this pattern to make your own Strawberry Bag, please go to my Craftsy Store (see sidebar).
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