Shweshwe Fabric and TGIFF

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I’m hosting TGIFF this week … scroll down to see the link up.

But first, I’ll show you my finish for the week:

When I was in South Africa in 2019, I went to a fabric store in Cape Town, “Lowry’s Fabrics.”

In the picture below, the red, blue and green fabrics are Shweshwe fabrics with the 3 Cat label on the back. You can buy Shweshwe fabrics from a Canadian store: Meerkat Shweshwe and they ship worldwide.

Shweshwe fabric is a heavier fabric, not as heavy as canvas, but much heavier than quilting cotton. When I first bought it, it felt like a board! But after washing, it softened considerably!

I had made my daughter a small zipper pouch a few years ago. She recently asked if I could make one a little bigger, with possibly a pocket inside?

Of course, I said, “yes!” It’s not like I have no deadlines or other sewing to do!!! LOL!!! šŸ˜„

Once it was cut out, it didn’t take long to make. And yes, the inside pocket is also Shweshwe fabric. The lining is from fabric that was hanging around, waiting to be used!

Shweshwe fabric is perfect for bags!

TGIFF

TGIFF (Thank Goodness it’s Finished Friday) is a weekly link party for participants to show their finishes for the week!).

As well as the Shweshwe pouch above, I also finished a group of zipper pouches for the blog hop: It’s a Dog’s Life … you can read about them HERE.

Here is the Link for you to link up your FINISHED project:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef

Coming Soon!

I will be hosting a Mystery Quilt here on my blog starting Wednesday, September 27. The clues will be posted every Wednesday for 8 or 9 weeks.

When I originally made this quilt, I used a Kansas Troubles layer cake. I will be making this quilt along with you using a 10ā€³ stack of Island Batik fabric.

The quilt will finish at 59ā€³ x 59ā€³

Fabric Requirements:

  • A 10ā€³ stack (or layer cake) that has at least 39 squares. (Yes, you can use fabric from your stash if you wish) The pattern tester used 20 squares from a layer cake and 20 squares from a coordinating fabric that she cut herself. Both quilts look great!
  • Background: Fabric 1 Ā¼  yard   or 1.1 m
  • Binding: Ā¾ yard or 0.8 m

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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    • It could … as long as there is variation in the indigo squares. Another alternative is to make the quilt larger and use a contrasting fabric, paired with the indigo … you would also need extra yardage as well …

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