Today I made this little tote for my daughter's teacher. I started out with the hint of an idea on Stephanie's Blog which you can see
here. I knew I wanted to make mine with the dashed lines but I wasn't really sure about size until I sat down with the scrap of Warm and White batting that I'd planned on using and found a scrap of white about the same size!
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Teacher's Christmas Tote
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From there everything was easy. First I basted and then sewed. Yep quilting first! Then after I did the blue quilting lines I went back and added the red as sort of ah opps I forgot! Then I hand - yes hand stitched the dashes. After I squared that up everything came naturally. I really wasn't in the mood for making straps so I pulled out a cloth tape that had seen better days (like the days before I cut it in half with the rotary cutter!) I saw those numbers and thought perfect Math! So they became the straps. It really helped that when I cut it I cut it around 28 inches which makes a nice drop.
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| Detail of Quilting with Tape Measure Strap |
I knew I needed to add a way to close it but the french seems were already looking thick so I thought a toggle would be great here. Didn't have any toggles on hand but I did happen to have a button with the liberty bell on it so that added the final touch. Not bad for a teacher's Christmas tote if I do say so and better yet that I made it from start to finish in one afternoon!
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| Liberty Bell Button |
5 comments:
OMG, it's adorable! You did a great job. It certainly is different from mine but much more useable. It will be well loved! What a nice gift! Everyone will want your daughter in their class next year! LOL
Oh that's brilliant, but you've really set yourself up now for a lifetime of making brilliant teacher gifts as word will get round the school about it.
This is sooo very cute! Beautifully design and wonderful idea!!
Really a cute teacher's tote. Love the idea using tape for the handle. Hope she likes it - Hugs Nat
Totally dying! that is such a fabulous tote!
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