Because
of Covid-19 precautions this year high school and college graduation
celebrations are very different from most other years. This Sunday
will be Youth Sunday and recognition for HS graduates at my church
with a drive by visit after worship. I wanted to help recognize
their accomplishments and recruited a member of my church quilt group
to make each a small zippered bag.
You may
have seen one of the many tutorials on YouTube for turning a placemat
into a small zippered bag. My church has made several using placemats
then transitioned to using our own quilted fabric. For this group of
bags I selected sets of fabrics from my stash so each bag would be
different. I used a fat quarter for backing and pieced strips to
fit.
After I quilted the panels, I trimmed and serged the edges
before constructing the bags.
I FMQ
meandered on most but used some areas to practice a few special
motifs.
Here
are my 3 finished bags.
Congratulations to all graduates!
I'm linking up with WhoopWhoop Friday. Check out what others are working on.
Stay
safe and healthy while doing something you enjoy like sewing or
quilting.
How great! Cool bags that the grads can use. Good idea:)
ReplyDeleteGreat bags! And very useful to those going on to college or jobs!
ReplyDeleteSEW sweet of you to make zipper bags for the grads!! Those will be quite useful.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun bags for grads. Great job.
ReplyDeleteI love the zipper bags. Such a great idea for a gift. I teach at a university and our graduations in July have been cancelled. We are hoping to hold something later in November depending on how the situation is.
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