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The
Box Bag – Make the bags in African fabrics. Starting clockwise from
bottom left is a 16-patch bordered mini bag sewn in West African indigo
tie-dyed cotton and red silk dupioni fabrics, next is an original size
snail’s trail quilt block bag sewn in tie-dyed cotton damask called
Bazin from Mali, and the front of the next original size bag is made with
wax printed cotton cloth from Cote D’Ivoire. Slides are painted
or dyed to match fabrics. (back to Gallery) |
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The
Box Bag - Here are three sizes of the bag sewn using the same printed
cotton fabrics. The bag in the lower right is a custom size, and employs
a centered motif stamped on silk dupioni fabric. (back
to Gallery) |
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The
Box Bag – This bag can look formal or funky depending on your fabric
choices. The bordered original size bag on the left is made from West African
print fabrics. The one on the right is pin woven silk dupioni, and was designed
for a wedding party. (back to Gallery) |
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The
Box Bag - Both of these bags utilize the original paper-pieced square rose
design included with the pattern. The bag on the left is out of silk dupioni
and hand-dyed fabric, and the bag on the right is pieced with different
colors of Thai silks. (back to Gallery) |
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The
Box Bag - This bordered bag is pieced with a traditional quilt block in
the popular fabric line from Moda called Paris Flee Market. The strap is
made of covered cording with a domed wood slide to match fabric. (back
to Gallery) |
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There
is no end to how creative you can be by using different sewing techniques.
Thai silks are used in this example of dimensional patchwork. Strips of
contrasting fabric are inserted between strips of the base fabric and then
twisted. (back to Gallery) |
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The
Box Bag - Here are three mini bags. Starting clockwise from left is a pin
woven bag in dupioni silks, the next bag employs a combination of red silk
dupioni and cotton print fabrics with the pinwheel quilt block included
in the pattern, and the next bag is sewn with Thai silks utilizing the 16-patch
block included in the pattern. (back to
Gallery) |
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The
Box Bag - These original size bags use traditional 6-inch quilt blocks,
and are made out of cotton prints and hand-dyed fabrics. The straps are
made of covered cording, and knotted. (back
to Gallery) |
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This
custom size bag with purchased cording and narrow border is made out of
silk dupioni. A design is stamped on the inserted front motif. (back
to Gallery) |
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The
Box Bag - These Asian inspired bags utilize domestic and imported Japanese
fabrics. The bordered bag on the left has a pieced center motif, and a creative
slide made of copper pipe. The other bag is made with the original paper-pieced
square rose design included in the pattern. (back
to Gallery) |
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The
Box Bag - This beautiful original size bag is pin woven out of strips of
Thai silk fabrics. It takes a little more time to make than some bags, but
the results are spectacular. (back
to Gallery) |
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The
Box Bag – These original size bags are on the pattern cover. Beginning
clockwise from the lower left is a double pinwheel block, next is a bordered
bag made from whole cloth silks and sashiko quilted, and the last bag employs
the original paper-pieced square rose design included in the pattern. All
the bags utilize matching covered cording, and painted wooden domed slides.
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