The wine tote bag is done, and it did turn out nicely in spite of my struggles with it. Basting that bottom circle before sewing it was the right move. It's actually pretty cute. Using a border print was a good idea, and this kit used one from a previous Minnesota Shop Hop.
I must point out the size of this tote - which is significantly larger than a standard bottle of wine like the one sitting next to it. It even comfortably holds a 1.5 liter bottle.
The Blockheads 6 block for this week is Cat's Cradle by Kiley Ferons. I whined about poor instructions for that wine tote, but must compliment this designer on her very clear set of instructions for those half rectangles. She had great pictures - and I still cut them slightly wrong!! Those blue corners should be meeting the red corners, but mine obviously do not. However I'm not redoing this block because it really still looks OK. The first 3 weeks it was suggested to make 2 blocks, but this week only 1. So there are 7 blocks total so far.
5 comments:
I have made a couple things in the past with those round bottoms-they are a pain! Glad you got it worked out. Do you think you will make more of the wine totes?
The wine bag turned out beautifully. I agree your slightly off blue corners look fine, if you hadn't pointed it out, I would have assumed it went together that way.
What pattern did you use for the wine tote
The wine tote was a kit put together by a quilt shop, and they wrote up the pattern themselves. But there are lots of commercially sold patterns for wine totes. I've googled them.
What a fun fabric you have used for the wine tote! It looks like quite some work, glad you finished it. If you hadn't mentioned the slightly off blue corners, I would have thought you did it right! It looks good to me.
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