Today we are excited to share the next showcase post for our 2020 – 2021 team of Aurifil Artisans! October was all about bag making. 👛👜 We love the range of projects presented and as always are blown away by the creativity of our Artisans. ❤
*Click on each Artisan’s name below to read more about their project.*
Martha Woollard – “This bag is the result of a chat with a friend where she described her ideal knitting project bag. Added to it will be a grab bag which sits inside, held in place magnetically. There are plenty of clear pockets and places for safely stashing knitting needles and accessories.”
Erin Kroeker – “Let’s pretend that holiday parties aren’t going to be canceled due to covid this year…. because wouldn’t this be an adorable clutch to spruce up an outfit?! I made this quick and easy fold over clutch for the October Aurifil Artisan challenge! I matched Aurifil Thread to each of the colours on this thrifted fabric and created the rainbow stitching on the black!”
Jen Belnap – “I love the Sew-together bag by @sewdemented. What’s even better? A JUMBO sew-together bag! I think the New Dawn fabric line for Riley Blake is a perfect match!”
Sue de Vanny – “This is a cute little Beauty Case pattern from You Sew Girl fro a Beauty Case but I will use is as a sewing utensil bag. I used 50wt thread in both bobbin and top.”
Madeline Bonner – “I couldn’t resist this Modern Japanese Rice Pouch for this Months Challenge. I used three weights of thread and a variety of Liberty Tana Lawn and Windham Fabrics Artisan Cotton for the lining. The threads that I used are 50wt 4668, 2790, 12wt 4723, 4652, 3817, Aurifloss 4652, 4020.”
Kathy Ross – “Kathy decided to make two bags, because lets face it ones never enough!! She made a hedgerow inspired applique and embroidery bag using Noodleheads Trail Tote pattern and then she made a colour pop quilted tote using Incomplete stitches brand new Trap Beag pattern.”
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Jamie – “This month I made a tiny backpack with Noodlehead’s “Sandhill Sling” pattern. I dyed the fabric with turmeric and used an off white shade of 50wt cotton. I picked 50wt thread over all the other Aurifil options because it hit the sweet spot of being STRONG, not too visible for top stitching, and not too bulky for sewing the guts.”
Heather Black – “The Aurifil Artisan challenge for October is sewing a bag. I chose the Norah bag by Sotak and used a dark grey Aurifil thread 40 wt contrasting thread for the assembly and top stitching. The 40 wt did a great job of showing up as a top stitch without over powering the print. I chose fabrics from my Sketchbook collection with Paintbrush Stufio Fabrics I used Cabochons in black for the bottom and handles, Stamped a circle in Ecru for the body and Stamped circle in Moss for the lining. I love that great lime color peeking out and even fussy cut a circle to make a key fob.”
Henrik Müller – “I made the sewtogether bag. I actually made many of them 🙂 “
Paula Steel – “My October project is a fun tote bag, to banish the lockdown blues. Using the Sew Quirky ‘Frankie the Frenchie’ pattern and some glorious 28wt Aurifil.”
Sherry Shish – “Waterlily Tote by Blue Calla with waxed canvas! I used 3 matching colors of Aurifil 40wt for this fun, versatile, and durable tote bag! 40wt thread was great match the durability for the waxed canvas.”
Allie McCathren – “I used 12wt Aurifil thread to make hand-stitched fabric in the sashiko style. Then I used that to make a large zippered pouch to hold my hand sewing supplies. I pierced the bag with 50wt Aurifil thread and sewed the final seam in the lining with 80wt Aurifil thread for close to invisible stitches.”
Isabelle Selak – “October’s Aurifil Artisan challenge was to make a bag. I think my bag might be a little closer to a pouch, but it holds stuff and I’m super excited about how it turned out, so I’m calling it a win. 😬”
We hope that our artisans have inspired you to do some bag making!
Beautiful bags.
Everyone made such nice bags! Now I want to make some.