Purple Quilted Arabesque Bag & Selvage Arabesque Too

Welcome to the Fabulous Freebies Blog Hop, hosted by Joan of Moosestash Quilting.

I could have shown you all oodles and oodles of free patterns that I have made over the years, but I thought you might want to get on with your day instead of spending it all here with me today, lol!!! So I limited myself with one free pattern, but I made it in two different sizes.

I love a good Freebie and I love a great bag pattern too! You get both a fabulous pdf bag pattern that is a FREE pattern and it's easy to follow and easy to make too. The Arabesque Bag by Sew Sweetness  is a free pattern. I have made this bag before and also made a few of these bags by reducing the size as well. The purple bag is the size the pattern comes, but I also have made the Arabesque in a reduced smaller size as well. If you saw the other Arabesque Bags that I have made before, then you know I prefer to sew my strips of fabric vertically, rather than horizontally as the pattern shows. I haven't made this in all one fabric yet, but one day I will. I just have had so much fun using up scraps for making these bags, that I haven't sewn one in just one fabric yet. If I do then I will have more scraps to make more of these cute bags, lol!

I have sold every Arabesque Bag that I have made so far, both the original size and the reduced size. So I knew I wanted to make more of these Arabesque bags to sell. I have this one listed in my Etsy Shop for sale.

This is a great way to use up fabric strips, and I prefer to use various widths of strips as it adds more interest than using all the same size width, such as using a Jelly Roll. I added some rivets to the horizontal accent strip on this bag too.

I used a variety of widths of purple fabric strips. (For sale in my Etsy Shop).

I quilted this in wavy lines. This shows the depth of the bag.

This is the other side of the bag.

This bag has a zippered closure too.

My signature zipper pull.

Nice and roomy inside the bag with both a slip and zippered pocket. I added the zippered pocket. The pattern calls for making 2 slip pockets.

A zipper pull on the zippered pocket.

Slip pocket.

Here is another Arabesque I made, but this one I reduced the size to 80%. This one is made using selvages for the exterior. It turned out cute. (This one sold at a craft show I did)

I added rivets to this smaller Arabesque bag too.

The back of the bag.

Inside I added both a slip pocket and a zippered pocket.

My handmade zipper pulls that I attach to zippers. 

There is another Freebie, the I'd Rather Be Sewing Grocery Tote video tutorial that I have already posted about. Just click on the right side bar link where you see the grocery tote that I made in a blue print fabric. This tutorial is by ChrisW Designs and the links are on that other posting.


Thanks again to Joan of Moosestash Quilting for organizing this Fabulous Freebie Blog Hop.

More Fabulous Freebies to see on this Blog Hop Tour:

Monday August 20

Just Let Me Quilt

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Days Filled With Joy

Tu-Na Quilts, Travels and Eats

Quilt Fabrication

Tuesday August 21

Life in the Scrapatch

Songbird Designs

Samelia's Mum

Vroomans Quilts

Wednesday August 22

Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

Creatin' in the Sticks

Just Because Quilts

Hazel's Daughter

Adventurous Applique and Quilting

BeaQuilter

Thursday August 23

Words & Stitches

Patchouli Moon Studio

Something Rose Made

Sew Golden A Chance

Clever Chameleon
Sew Many Yarns

Friday August 24
Seams To Be Sew

That Fabric Feeling

Selina Quilts

Quarter Inch Crafter

Yanicka Quilt

MooseStashQuilting

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Enlarged Clematis Bag in Patchwork

I made a scrappy patchwork Clematis bag that I enlarged and added an adjustable strap to as well. The original pattern is a smaller wristlet bag. The pattern is free from Blue Calla Designs. I like changing things on bags that I make, like making them larger or smaller, adding an adjustable strap so it can be worn across the body or on the shoulder and fit a variety of woman, and adding additional pockets too.

Inside the bag is a divided slip pocket with pen pockets and a zippered pocket too.

I quilted the bag in wavy lines.

Side view to show the depth of the bag.

The back of the bag

Closer look at the back side.

Another view inside showing the slip pocket and zippered pocket.

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Small Arabesque Bag in Purple

After making the last Arabesque Bag smaller, I decided to make another one using purple scrap strips. This bag has a lot of royal purple fabric, but for some weird reason purple tends to photograph blue! This is a great bag pattern for using up scraps. It is a free pattern by Sew Sweetness.

One side of the bag.

This is the other side of the bag.

Inside I added a slip pocket and a zippered pocket. This fabric is really royal purple! Photographs blue, weird!

This bag has sold!

Linking to Elm Street Quilts Bag It 2017
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