“This was me using parts of the purse pattern to make an iPad tote. Gotta love the versatility and being able to get more than one use out of a great design!
Genene”
One Design can be used many ways!
Category: Bags & Totes
Kachina Bag
“Here are the photos that I want to share with you.
I think it turned out great, with your patterns and Sylvia’s silk!!!
God Bless
Reta”
I like the way Reta incorporated different sizes of the designs – it adds more interest to any grouping.
Large Embroidered Tote
From jc:
“I made this 24″ x 36″ 4 compartment tote to transport my wall hangings.
The handles are over 5 feet long and have a continuous embroidery design on them — Both the top and bobbin threads are continuous; no cuts or pieces.”
I LOVE Tote bags and use them for many things. (that will be a tutorial later on) but I hadn’t thought of making one large enough for wall hangings. I think this would be a great way to store our embroidered pictures when they aren’t gracing the walls. You could hang them on hooks int he back of a closet or a similar space. It would keep them clean and neat. You could even make totes for different types! I might add a zipper if I was going to use them for storage to make sure the embroideries didn’t get dusty.
This would be a great way to practice doing large designs too! If there is a little *boo-boo* somewhere it wouldn’t matter and you would have very interesting Embroidery Tote bags!
Great Project jc!!!!
A Mermaid Bag
From Karen: “I just finished a bag I have been designing On what fun Thought you would get a kick out of it The embroidery is done on black velvet The colors are what II saw last time I saw them ggggggggg”
Great Bag Karen – perfect for the tow ladies – the Mermaid and the Model!
I’ve always had a soft place in my heart for this mermaid. I did her in Dec, of 2003 – I started the website in Nov. of that year so I was still very new to all of this. I remember how excited I was when I discovered I could make her tail sheer . LOL I was afraid someone would be offended so back then I added something about if they would prefer, the tail could be stitched two or three times.
More of Genene’s Projects
I don’t know how Genene finds the time to make so many great projects!!
QIH Peacock Paisley Bag
From Michael:
“I’m working on you Paisley Peacock Bag for my wife. Your pictures do not do justice to the beauty of the embroidery design. Scan the embroidery rather than taking a photo. BTW I gave you this tip a few years ago, so pardon the repetition. (I remember Michael! We could do the same with large images but everyone would complain about them loading so slow…Suz) If you blow up the jpeg you can see as much detail as you would with a magnifying glass. As you can see, I need to practice my free motion satin stitching and need to remove more jump stitches.. Mostly I used Sulky equivalents of your colors, but I added metallic accents and the eye filaments are done with # 2243 green/purple/gold variegated thread.”
Freedom Tote
Genene made our Freedom Tote:
