Whimsical Kitten

Operation S.A.D or rather S.A.B as it was renamed commenced phase 2 on Saturday afternoon and achieved completion on Sunday morning with the very satisfactory production of what I am calling my big red reversible sunflower bag. I made my own pattern out of brown wrapping paper, cut some red cotton fabric as the main colour to size and ironed on some heavy duty interfacing, then using some of the red and white bold flower cotton print I had chosen for the lining, I applique’d a simple sunflower design onto the front of it, which was heat fused with bondaweb and satin stitched at the edges.

I then hemmed the bottom and side seams, which were top-stitched for extra strength and did the same for the lining. 

The home stretch was to line the bag, edge-stitch the four corners to make it more rigid and then add the straps - et voila! And if I get bored with red, I can invert it and have the bold print.

Now, I am off to photograph a massive spider that is lurking in our conservatory which I may post for you later – you wouldn’t believe the size of it!