A wild tote bag and more bionic gear bags :)
 

Just finished sewing this fun tote bag! A few years ago at a quilt retreat, I took a class where we sewed a gazillion teensy strips of batik fabric together. My piece was about a yard and a half, and freaking neon green and for years I've wondered what to do with it. Today, inspiration hit and I cut part of it up and made a tote bag, adding some purple fabric from my stash :)

I pre quilted the fabric onto Soft and Stable on my longarm. Thread was variegated King Tut, and the top stitching was done with 12wt. Sulky cotton.

I also finished a couple more bionic gear bags.

All the bags are really nice. Very creative. The purple & green bag is brilliant :-)

Love all of those bags!

Great use of that piece of batik from the quilt retreat - it's perfect in the tote. Do you sew up the Bionic bags assembly-line style when doing multiples?

Thanks ladies! No, I do the BGB's one at a time. I'm a quilter, not a seamstress... I find them difficult to sew and need the sense of "whew, I made it" upon completion. LOL

Great bags. I would like to try a bionic gear bag but it looks somewhat intimidating.

Great tote and gear bags! What a great way to use your "fabric"!

OMG! I love your work so much! Inspiring is all I can say. Good thing I don't live close to you, I would be begging for that navy blue paisley bionic bag for sure. Navy blue is really a favorite of mine. But, I have the pattern and can make one.
I am making my sister in laws bags for Christmas now. They are in sports themes that they have been involved in their whole lives. Tennis, golf, swimming and basketball. It was so fun to hunt for the fabrics and I finally found the last one today... Bowling! What a kick to play with these fabrics.

Well that was worth the wait!

All really pretty bags! Love em all! Them bionic gear bags look really difficult to make!

I love your beautiful bag, you do such great work. You would pay a lot if you bought one like then in a store.

Love your batik bag. Perfect use of the fabric

Beautiful bags! Purple one is my favorite. The BGB's are projects you tackled well! :)

great tote and bags

Wow, great bags, love them all!

Your bags are super. Great job!

Those are beautiful bags!

Love those bags! Love that purple and green together! It shines!

I want to make one of the bionic bags in the near future. Yours are so pretty.

Gorgeous bags. Love the colours in the first one.

Your wild tote is "wildly wonderful".

Your Bags are GREAT.
Dick

Thanks everyone! The bags are such a nice change from quilts, much faster and I so love the instant gratification of a short project. LOL

beautiful bags, love your quilting

wow pretty love them

I love making totes and I like wild colors so I find your totes super nice. I did a green and purple Batik combination a while back and it turned out really nice. I love the creative process of putting many strips or charms together to form a pattern with a little pop to it...your totes are very well done.

Great job. Well done.

Beautiful bags.

wow......niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

Love them all, but the green and purple-WOW!

Love all of your bags.

Love the bionic bags. Just the thing I love to take to class must do one.

ALL of your bags are beautiful! I just started using Soft and Stable and am hooked. Will not use anything else for my bag making. Enjoy your new bags!

Love all the bags! I particularly love your quilting design on the neon green/purple tote. Very creative!

Your bags are so wonderful love the button embellishment on the bag and those bionic bags are something else just way cool.

I really love your green and purple bag, bright and colorful. Your bionic gear bags look like something I would like to make. Is it available from any quilt stores?

Love the color combination in the purple/green bag.

Love the bags! I need to get started on my Bionic bag.

Terrific use of colors. Glad you found a purpose for your ufo.