April Bag

Sadly unloved - didn't enjoy / learn from the construction, don't like the fabric. But the good news is that there is less of it than there was, and by finishing this bag I get to make the May bag!!!!

February bag challenge

Doing these two challenges side by side seems to be working at the moment - following a pattern (the bag challenge) gives me something to do whilst thinking about the TIF challenge. That's not to say that the bag is created without consideration. This month's bag pattern was pretty straightforward in terms of construction but was embroidered and had 3D hearts attached. I couldn't do the hearts - just not me, though if I'd thought to make the bag in black with red satin hearts as someone did I'd have considered it, briefly! So I went for something completely different - on the basis that I found the flower templates whilst doing a bit of sorting out!




I just wish that I could put my finger on what I want to do for the TIF challenge. I've lots of ideas, have even got as far as trialling and rejecting a couple but I can't quite work out how to capture the ideas in my head. Even the map idea isn't knew - Margaret sent this link to CQ today...... http://www.digitalthreads.ca/en/myth/artwork.cfm

Bag challenge

Further to my lunacy post I seem not to have mentioned that I also joined up to the BQL bag challenge. BQL was the first yahoogroup I joined, in 1999, and although I don't contribute as often as I once did I'm still a strong supporter!


The challenge is the first I've come across set up so that you don't have to participate every month. When you join you are sent a bag pattern, when you complete the bag you post a picture in the folder for that month and you are sent the next month' s pattern. So if I don't finish a challenge in any one month I can submit the next!


The pattern's are restricted to bql members but a blog has been set up to store each month's images here:


http://bqlbagblog.blogspot.com/


My January bag: