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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Afton's Quilted Hexagon Piano Bag

Happy Mid-week everyone!  
Just a quick post today because hubby REALLY wants to watch the season premiere of Bones that we PVR-ed last night.  

You might remember, a few months back, I sewed this pencil case to hold all of  my daughter's grade one necessities.  

She was pretty giddy about it!


Now Afton has begun taking piano lessons (she loves them - and practises non-stop!!) so I thought maybe she needed a matching piano book bag to carry all of her songbooks back and forth to her lessons.  

I had many of squares of fabric left from the charm pack she had chosen for her pencil case so I put them to use to make her a hexagon-patched zippered bag.  

Who doesn't love a little hexagon stitching??

And here they are -- all hand-stitched together:


I love the mix of pink, red, turquoise, lime and yellow!

For the border on the front of the bag, I chose a simple lime and white print.


As usual, I machine-stitched the quilting.  I'd love to have the time to hand-stitch the quilting, but I am always on a deadline and in search of some instant gratification.  Machine quilting helps me with both!


For a little extra detail, I let Afton chose some pretty little buttons from my stash to add to the front of the bag:


Oh! And wasn't her heart a-flutter when I emerged from my sewing cave with this darling bag in hand!!


And Afton, always sensitive to the needs of others, asked right away when I was going to make a bag for her big brother, Bryn.  

After all - she had already picked out the Star Wars fabric for him.
  
"You'd better get started, Mom. Otherwise, Bryn will be really bummed!!"

Oh -- from the mouths of babes.....

See you soon,

B.  

10 comments:

  1. A beautiful patchwork bag, with stunning colours.
    irene
    xxxx

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  2. Love her Sweet concern for her big brother, and the bag is sweet as can be!

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  3. This is so, so lovely! Quilting is on my to-do list. I discovered your lovely blog via the link-up at Sugar and Dots...I look forward to reading more!

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  4. This is such a terrific project Bronwyn! Your little sweetie is adorable and she looks so happy that Mom has made a special bag for her! I love the beautiful colours that you used! Angie xo

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  5. Cute bag! I like the fabrics and the buttons!

    T'onna @ Submarine Sunday
    http://www.navywifeypeters.blogspot.com/2013/01/submarine-sunday-14.html

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  6. The trimmings really make this so cute! I wish I could sew... :)

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  7. I LOVE it!! SO cute!! Thanks for sharing!

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  8. What a lovely bag. I'm sewing hexagons too!
    Leigh
    Come check out my blog http://www.thesewingdivaandherreluctantmodels.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/snow-day.html?m=1

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  9. That is beautiful! I love the pattern and fabric choices and your daughter looks thrilled! :)
    Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
    Jenn

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  10. VERY nice....I just tried my hand at a few hexies the other day and they are a bit time consuming! Love the cheery mix of colors! :

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