TGIFF stands for Thank Goodness it’s Finished Friday! There are a multitude of bloggers that take turns each week hosting TGIFF and this week it’s my turn.
Sometime before Christmas, I taught a class on making a Retreat Bag. The pattern is free from Emmaline Bags . I used an older Island Batik fabric. When I taught the class, I had forgotten to quilt the fabric first. I had used a scrap of Hobbs 80/20 batting and no interfacing. The result is a bit of a limp bag, but it’s still beautiful and will hold a lot of stuff. This is the large size with the wires inserted. I also used the same outside fabric for my pockets because I want to be able to see them! If you look closely at the first picture, you can see that 2 daffodils are budding. Spring is on it’s way!
Link Party
Join the Party and show us what you have FINISHED this week!
One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!
Happy Quilting!
Gail
Linking to:
- Midweek Makers @ QuiltFabrication
- Wednesday Wait Loss @ Inquiring Quilter
- Happy Needle and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation
- Andrée / Free Motion Mavericks @ Quilting & Learning – What a combo!
- Put your Foot Down @ A Quiltery
- Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts
- Sherry @ Powered by Quilting
- Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
- Off the Wall Friday @ Creations – Quilts, Art, Whatever
Quilting Gail 
Hi Gail, that’s a lovely bag, and a great idea to use fabric that you can easily see for the inner pockets! Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. Have a great week.
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Thank you!!! It was a fun bag to make!
Hope you’re having a wonderful week!
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Nifty bag. I like the idea of using a contrasting fabric for the pockets. I have a lot of bags that I can’t see the pocket — it’s irritating.
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Hi Bonnie! That’s why I make my pockets contrasting! I need to see where they are! 🙂
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I love the Retreat Bag. I’m in the middle of making my first large one.
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It’s a great bag, Anja! I know you’ll LOVE it!
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Hi Gail! Thanks so much for hosting TGIFF. What a cool bag! I can see it will hold a ton of items for the retreat and yet keep them all contained. I’m happy to have a finish to share today – it seems like it’s been a while. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
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Oh – and your butterflies are a fantastic finish!! I’m sure you’ll have another finish in the near future! :-). HUGS
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Oh, I do like to use bags–this one looks great! Nice job!
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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Very bright and fun bag.
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Thank you, Kate!
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