We are excited to have our great friends from ByAnnie.com feature this month’s challenge!  ByAnnie will generously provided each ambassador with a pattern and all the necessary hardware to make a bag of our choice! We had to choose a pattern that had a supporting Add-On video.

As you can see from the above picture, I chose to make Payday in both sizes. ByAnnie supplied all the hardware and supplies I needed and Island Batik provided the fabric I had chosen.

I started out by reading through the pattern a couple of times. I often will skip this step, but not when making a ByAnnie bag!

The fabrics were all pressed with my Oliso Iron.

My next step was to print out the labels and cut out the fabric, Soft & Stable, and Interfacing. ByAnnie patterns have little boxes that you can check off as you complete each step. This, and the excellent cutting directions make cutting out the pieces easy. Although, I find I do need to measure twice or 3 times before cutting. (don’t ask me why I tell you this! LOL!!!)

Here are the labelled pieces of both bags up on the design wall. Yes, they are all bunched together, so you can’t see the measurements, but after the pictures were taken, they were spread out to make it easy to access the pieces I needed.

With the lining of the Large PayDay the same fabric as the outer of the Small, I didn’t dare try making both of them at the same time!

I got so involved in making the bags that I forgot to take progress pictures! Sorry! However, I did refer to the Add-on video several times to ensure that I was making it correctly!

Here are pictures showing the inside (large on the left, small on the right):

This is the large Payday:

This is the small Payday:

Both bags together on my design wall:

Bag Stats:

• Size:
  • LARGE: 6″H x 10½”W x 1¼”D when closed,13¼”H x 10½”W when open
  • SMALL: 4¾”H x 9″W x 1¼”D when closed,10¾”H x 9″W when open
• Fabric: Island Batik: from the Midnight Garden collection
  • Large Bag:
    • Outer: Medium Floral Multi-E
    • Lining: Mini Floral Multi Blue
  • Small Payday:
    • Outer: Mini Floral Multi Blue.
    • Lining: Vines and Sprigs – Blue
• Aurifil Thread: 2805 (Light Grey Turquoise)

Thank you

The following, Island Batik and Industry partners made this project possible. They supplied the products for free as my role as an Island Batik Ambassador! Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, ByAnnie, Schmetz Needles, Oliso Iron.

Island Batik Ambassadors

Visit the other Island Batik Ambassadors to see what they made for the ByAnnie challenge!

• Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs
• Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting
• Megan Best ~ BestQuilter
• Pamela Boatright ~ PamelaQuilts
• Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio
• Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany
• Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
• Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts
• Jane Hauprich ~ Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting
• Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts
• Victoria Johnson ~ Forever Quilting for You
• Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs
• Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River
• Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
• Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery
• Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights
• Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine
• Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
• Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique
• Lana Russel ~ Lana Quilts
• Julia Schweri ~ Inflorescence Designs
• Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color
• Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels
• Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations
• Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt

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
• Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
• Off the Wall Friday @ Creations – Quilts, Art, Whatever
• TGIFF @ ChrisKnitsSews