Wednesday, August 9, 2017

School Colors


My niece is off to her freshman year of college this fall and I wanted to send her off in style.  Her school colors blue and yellow-gold.  While the fabrics I choose don't really map to the proper shade of blue or yellow-gold, they make me happy when I look at them together.

And the gift made her happy too.


I love making this boxy bag for gifts.  See my post on tips for making these bags here and here.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

10 comments:

  1. She's going to love that bag! I'll check out your tutorial, thanks!

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  2. Can't wait for Bag It. I fell down the zipper hole a couple years ago. For our guild Santa's Workshop, I figured out a way to get 4 zippered bags out of a Fat Quarter sandwich. A boxy bag like this one, a pyramid pouch, a flat smaller pouch and a mini boxy bag. Used overcast inside seams. I will try this method and see if it is faster. Thanks.

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  3. I was gifted a zipper bag much like this when I went to college and I still use it today for when I travel. I hope your niece has a wonderful freshman experience, and I'm sure the pouch will help her feel grounded and loved when she uses it (the one I received sure makes me feel that way even today)!

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  4. Very cute! I need to start making more small quilty gifts like this. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Always love to see your quilty gifts, this is a very cute bag and I bet she will really enjoy using it. I have a couple of these bags I tote about with my sewing supplies in them and I really love that you can fit so much inside and yet the zip allows full access to the contents!

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  6. Loved. I made one for grandson for Christmas. I hope he will use.
    I'm looking forward to this years Bag it

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  7. One of my favorite bags to make! She'll love it! This is my go to Bag when I need a boy/man gift. With just the right fabric, it's perfect. I find it so difficult to sew for the male species!

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  8. What a great gift for college. We take our girl to college next Wednesday. I'm sad for us, happy for her.

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  9. What a great gift! I love the colours.

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