The Front Cover of The Picture This Bag Pattern
Wow! I just went back through previous blog posts, and noticed I spaced out, and never told you about my latest pattern, “The Picture This Bag”!! Wondering if I was in too big of a hurry to hit the road to Houston for Quilt Market & Festival.. and thought I would share it when I returned?? I am scratching my head on this one! So please let me tell you about it!
One of my first KIT offerings.. The Paris Ville Bag (shown in my previous blog) is designed from this new bag pattern, “The Picture This Bag!”.
The Paris Ville Bag
The Picture This Bag was designed to take visual advantage of the main graphic panel on the front and back of the bag. On the Paris Ville Bag, I have used a Michael Miller Fabrics scenic fabric, called Paris Ville, fussy cutting it encompass the exact scene I wanted per pattern instructions. I was hoping that bag makers would design their own theme bags based on customizing that front/back picture panel area too! Creative ideas abound! Think about using novelty fabric, personal images of family, pets, seasonal themes..artwork…etc.
Customize your bag!
If you would like to incorporate your own graphics/photos into your own Picture This Bag… here is an idea for you…Grab some popular Ink Jet Fabric Sheets from your favorite sewing/craft shop, and using your ink jet printer, print a special photo (or personal artwork) on to a standard 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of this crafty/sewy product. Many different brands are out there, so experiment to find the one you like the best. I like them all, but chose the June Tailor Ink Jet Fabric Sheet because I wanted a very white white background to show off my “Papillon” (butterfly) graphic for my patterns cover bag- The Papillon Bag.
The Papillon Panel Graphic
By the way, The Papillon Panel is now available too in my online store.. right next to Bag Kits! Check out this fun fabric panel set printed especially for my company from my artwork.
Please share your Picture This Bag ideas, and if you have already made your own version of this versatile pattern, please share it with us on my Facebook Group. We’d all love to see too!!!
-ellen
