richardswife

Beautiful job and beautiful quilt.

DeborahH

Love, love the quilt and the purse. I was raised in Baton Rouge and my parents still live there. I have been trying to find cajun fabric to make some things for her. Where did you find the fabric? The bag is wonderful. Will have to make that. Great job on the quilting also. You are very talented. Do you have a full picture of the quilt? Would love to see the entire thing.

csharp

DeborahH: the fabric was purchased from OldCountryStore Fabrics.com (I think that is the way it is)..Click on Northcott in their "brand or designer section" then scroll down the Mardi Gras category and you will find it. I also see that it can be found, the mask fabric, at least on ebay, but it may be only one yard cuts, I'm not sure. I'll try to upload a full picture. This quilt looks really busy hanging on my design wall, but is really pretty in person. Hope my daughter-in-law likes it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]412163[/ATTACH]Probably should rename it New Orleans confetti...lol the striped pieces were either from Hobby Lobby or WAlmart as a jelly roll. Never used one before.

SewFarBehind

You can practice for me anytime! Great job!

mighty

Beautiful work!!!!

teez65

OMG!! I love it!!! what a great surprise! Thank you soooo much Momma Colleen! Love you!!

QUILTNMO

very nice!!!!

DeborahH

Colleen, thanks for the info. The quilt is beautiful and your DIL should love it. If not, I'll stand in as your DIL and take it. LOL. I like the name you came up with 'New Orleans Confetti'. That is perfect. Can you give the name of the pattern you used for the purse? Love it.

csharp

No tote pattern...just took leftovers, made a rectangle, sandwiched it with batting and contrasting fabric, sewed it like a pillow case and turned it inside out, and finished the top, then quilted it with diagonal straight lines, folded in half, turned down the top, turned the corners in a little and stitched down, had added a wide strip inside for inside pockets before I sewed up the side seams and squared the bottom like you do for most purses. Added drapery pull backs for the handles, and reinforced the bottom with plastic canvas in a sleeve to make it sit well. Nothing fancy, and nothing too hard. Glad you liked it. Oh, the name of the quilt pattern was "warm wishes"...my strips weren't exactly as asked for in the pattern...I downloaded it from www.quiltmaker.com/patterns from the Nov/Dec '03 issue of Quiltmaker magazine they used cardinal birds for the insets, I used the masks. You may have to put "warm wishes quilt" in their search box for the free download. I sewed in some velco along the top edges to close the tote. Hope this helps.

DeborahH

Thanks for the directions and pattern info. You did a great job. I really want to try making purses. They look so much fun with all the different varieties of fabrics you can use together. You will have to let us know what your DIL says about her great gifts.