mila+cuatro: A Quilted Tote

Friday, 3 January 2014

A Quilted Tote

This lovely tote at A Bright Corner led me to Jedi Craft Girl's tutorial for making a quilted tote bag. I modified the dimensions slightly so that I could use a metric fat quarter. I love the bag but it's a bit large for me for everyday use, if I make another one I'd make it a little smaller.

I straight line quilted the top half in horizontal lines, that are kind of evenly spaced (yep, still too lazy to mark them out) and for the bottom half I just did crazy straight lines in red thread - I love the effect of the quilting on the bottom half, it reminds me of that ping pong-type computer game from waaaaaaay back.

The pockets use leftover scrap pieces from the outer FQ, perfect size for a pen! So by using those scrappy pieces I'm calling this project 20 of Scraps 101. Yay for scraps!

Linking up to:

Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts
Can I get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

9 comments:

Tamara Hampton4 January 2014 at 07:52
Love it and love the quilting and colors!
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Michelle@factotum-of-arts.com4 January 2014 at 08:36
I love these. I especially love the red quilting.
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Ella and Nesta4 January 2014 at 11:03
Really like the red quilting! Very clever.
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Vera4 January 2014 at 11:20
Nice! I really like that quilting on it!
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Michele4 January 2014 at 11:24
L.I.K.E.
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Shannon @ Modern Tradition Quilts4 January 2014 at 13:28
That's a great bag, it'd be great for a new mom as a diaper bag.
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Beth4 January 2014 at 14:35
Love that red thread quilting. Fun bag!
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Sewing for Utange4 January 2014 at 23:38
Very nice - I really like this!
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Linda from Talkinglunchboxquilts.com5 January 2014 at 05:04
Love the tote! One of my goals is to make a tote in 2014! Yours is great!
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