Monday 24 March 2014

Things We Do In Bed

Just heard today about this exhibition curated by novelist Tracy Chevalier.  She is American born but now lives in London and is a bit of a quilter; quilts feature in her latest book "The Last Runaway". 





The exhibition is arranged in 5 themed rooms (birth, sleep, sex, illness and death ) and will be at Danson House in Kent from 1 April to 31 October. There will be old quilts from the 18th and 19th centuries as well as new work - Grayson Perry is mentioned.  I have never been to this house but it can't be far from London.

Definitely going.  If photos are allowed, I will share them here.



Friday 7 March 2014

Echino Cargo Duffle Bag

Noodlehead is rightly famous for her bag patterns.  Although I like to design my own, this one tempted me.  After last week's expensive project, this is a free pattern and I had most of the stuff I needed in stock.  The pattern called for one yard of the main fabric but I managed to use only half a yard. Perhaps this Echino fabric is wider than normal. 


As fabric was in short supply I only added one pocket.



This leather popper thingy was bought from U-handbag a while ago.  She still has them, in lots of colours.  As I did not use a contrast fabric for the pocket, I thought it would help to make the pocket more visible.


Another modification was the zip tabs I put in at each end of the zip.  



Here is the lining showing the patch pocket. If you have good eyes you will see a few cat hairs.




Here is the guilty cat.  Does she care?  


TGIFF Friday!