How about adding a nice touch to your quilt with one of these fabric manipulations?

I made 2 quilts that use fabric manipulations as the main feature. Have a look.

The first one is a quilt I made with 25 fabric manipulations.

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You may also like my Other textured  quilt 

This quilt uses fabric manipulations on some classic blocks.

Get a closeup of the quilt.

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I got this beautiful Australian fabric from Nerida Hansen and I just couldn’t cut it into small pieces. It’s so beautiful. So what best than making a cover

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Fabric collection

The fabric collection is a collaboration with May Gibbs and uses the artwork of the iconic Australian author and illustrator by the same name.

• Nerida Hansen May Gibbs fabric range

Get a 10% discount from Haerae Organic shop when purchasing the fabric featured on the video. Use link https://www.etsy.com/shop/haeraeorganic?coupon=TERESA1

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Offer is valid up to 9/9/2020.

To make this bag you’ll need 24 charm squares and some extra matching fabric for the exterior, batting and some fabric for the lining.

It’s an easy bag that you can make with some fabric scraps cut into 5″ x 5″ too.

Learn how to make a tote bag with 5” squares

Fabric collection

The fabrics are 100% GOTS certified organic cotton printed with low impact dyes. They’re a joy to work with.

• Nerida Hansen Millenial Girls, 2 charm squares packs (12 squares each)
• Nerida Hansen Ranges Flame by Ellie Whittaker
• Nerida Hansen Ranges Dusk by Ellie Whittaker for the lining.

Get a 10% discount from Haerae Organic shop when purchasing the fabric featured on the video. Use link https://www.etsy.com/shop/haeraeorganic?coupon=TERESA1

Coupon=TERESA1

Offer is valid up to 9/9/2020.

Note on straps

I’ve lately moved to using webbing for straps in my bags the reason being that the handmade straps I’ve used in the past wear a lot faster than the bag itself.

They’re inexpensive and you can get them in many colours.

• Heavyweight polypropylene webbing straps
• Heavy cotton webbing

If you’d like to explore other bag tutorials I’ve made over the years, here’s a roundup:

1. Expandable tote bag
2. Patchwork beach bag
3. Tote bag tutorial
4. Laptop slipcover with straps
5. Charm pack tote bag with inside pocket tutorial
6.  Charm squares and embroidery tote bag
7. Spirit tote bag

All the tutorials are free.

If you make any of the bags, please upload a picture to TeresaDownUnder tote bags and my other sewing projects Flickr pool.

We learned to do crumb quilting some time ago. This time we’re going to use the crumb quilt pieces to make a tote bag.

If not interested in making the bag with fabric scraps you can make it with fabric squares or just a favourite print.

Learn how to make a tote bag with crumb quilting

How to do crumb quilting

Did you miss my crumb quilting tutorial? Here it is again.

Bag tutorials roundup

Check out my other bag tutorials that I’ve made over the years:

1. Expandable tote bag
2. Patchwork beach bag
3. Tote bag tutorial
4. Laptop slipcover with straps
5. Charm pack tote bag with inside pocket tutorial
6.  Charm squares and embroidery tote bag
7. Spirit tote bag

All the tutorials are free.

If you make any of the bags, please upload a picture to TeresaDownUnder tote bags and my other sewing projects Flickr pool.