7th Sept 2016 Another shoulder mens tie gusset bag.

Draft of the shape I use to make these Tie bags. This is for Mini.  

Front and back of the bag Im working on. Back still needs two more or three logcabins and the lace need to be sewn down but I will leave that till last so the lace stays fresh. Today I found two ties I may be able to use for the gusset.

Back of bag finally complet;y covered with logcabin blocks I needed 15 all up to do this plus some strips to fill in some small holes.

Front and back ready for the bias binding around the edges. I made some up from the same material as I used on the front of bag.

Bias pinned ready for the sewing machine, I cut the bias at 2inch and then iron in 1/2 this gives a better thickness and strength for sewing in the gusset.

Binding sewn and now turned over the edges and waiting to be stitched down by hand, I hand stitch this down to give a nice clean look.   Two mens ties waiting to be sewn together by machine for the gusset.

Ties are great to use for gussets but make sure you use ties that are roughly the same shape and size or they will not work.  you can use silk or poly it does not mater but I have found that poly wear better, I now add buttons on the very bottom of bag where the ties are the widest and they take the wear not the ties.  This is were the bag sits when put down.

Gusset pinned to neck of bag this is cut at 3inchs then folded as it gives a nicer look been a little deeper.

Jioned ties make the gusset for this bag, I have chosen and pink and dark brown for this bag to blend  in with the back and front. Gusset in photo is not attache just pinned showing you what it will look like, I have since echo quilted the ties by machine and now sewing the gusset on by hand. A slow job but enjoyable when listening to a book.

End of ties come up and over lap each other and form the handle for the bag, by echo quilting the ties they are more firm, stable, and don’t scrunch up in the hand when carrying it.  I will finally sew these end ties together making an even firmer handle.

6 panels of my 1930’s antique Crazy Quilt  I love repairing this quilt as it is such fun looking at all the lovely fabrics and dreaming about what they were used for in the original quilters family life.

A native orchid; it is so fragile and delicate, plus has such a lovely gentle perfume but sadly only lasts a couple of days in full flower. we are luckly to have in in our garden.

This little fellow is a local frog and thinks if he does not move we can not see him LOL Even if I pick him up and put him down he just sits there again!!!! Hubby has a big one in his work shop and he has to be careful were he puts things down first incase he is on his work bench.

All most completely out and it is such a lovely splash of colour in amongst all our tropical greens.

Early morning sun turning the red petals to a stunning display.

A very wet drab miserable day but it did turn nicer midday and stopped raining.  Lucky for me I had a Drs appointment down the range and it was lovely and sunny down there, I went to the beach and meet my girlfriend and we sat and chatted by the ocean for a couple of hrs. It was lovely.

This is what I arrived to after leaving my wet miserable home, just beautiful

There was my lovely friend waiting for me and there we sat and gazed at the water gently washing in on to the beach and shared lots of laughter.