It was my mom’s birthday earlier this week. I sent her this beaded Friendship Bag:
I also made her a tote bag from a Moda Bake Shop Tutorial:
Close up of the stitching:
Free-motion stitching on the back:
8 responses to “Mom’s Birthday Gifts”
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GREAT JOB on the quilting and the bags completed!!!
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My favourite is the purple and brown bag, must be the colours. Well done. Did you do the beading on the first bag before it was all sewn together?
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Thanks Dale Anne.
Thanks Sandie. Yes, I did 95% of the bead work when it was flat, after I did the machine quilting. I figured out what would be my sewing lines to form the bag bottom and marked the areas. I left a 3/8″ margin where needed so that I wouldn’t sew over beads when I was putting it together.
I was careful though to make sure when I was feeding it through the machine that none of the beads had shifted into the sewing area. I had to push a few beads out of the way to do the final top stitching as I didn’t think to leave a bit extra at the top for turn over width and such. It worked out fine.
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Michele forgot to post that I love the bags, and have been using the big one since it arrived.
My favourite colours are all incoporated into the bags, and just fantastic for fall.
The smaller bag I will keep for special occassions.
Wonderful presents, I am a lucky Mom!
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The bags are beautiful! I’m positive your Mom felt completely loved! Awesome 🙂
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I like the designs. Very creative . Very nice for birthday gifts . 😀
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Very nice ideas for a moms birthday gifts. I like the color combination of the tote bag. Your mom’s very lucky to have that bags.
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they are beautiful and who wouldn’t love receiving a gift like that
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