The Jordy

I packed up and shipped off a parcel to a dear friend who is about to undergo spinal surgery.  I wanted to send her a little package of crosswords, puzzles, books, magazines, bon bons, pens, paper - all the sort of stuff that you need to get you through the boring hours of having to sit / lie around and do nothing while recuperating.

To hold all the bits and pieces I made a Jordy Bag to hold it all in.  It's the first bag I've ever made, and I learnt a lot.  But I'm really happy with the result, and it felt good to post it off this morning.  I'm absolutely in love with the fabric I used to line it - it's Michael Miller's "China Girls".  I ordered it from Fabric Attic .  The outer part of the bag was made with some upholstery fabric I picked up at Spotlight.  It was a 3m remnant for $8. Not only is it 3m long, it's 2m wide.  I've got enough fabric to make like 20million bags!



The little circle, is one of those funky retractable measuring tapes that I covered with fabric and decorated.  It took Scott a few seconds to guess what it was


I printed some "made for you....." fabric tapes to sew inside it.  I ironed the fabric onto freezer paper (get it from quilting shops), made sure it was completely flat and wrinkle free, then ran it through my printer.  I used the "photo" printing mode and the printing came out amazingly well.  I ironed it with a very hot iron to heat set the ink.

posted by: blytheswideshut at September 26, 2005 19:38 | link | comments (3) |

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#1  27 September 2005 - 17:51

 

Hey, you're clever! The bag looks great. I've also been wondering where you could buy that freezer paper in Aust, so now I know - thanks. AND I love the china girls fabric!

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#2  28 September 2005 - 22:12

 

Your bag is so lovely. What a nice touch to add to those thoughtful gifts for your friend.

Great tip about the label. I'll have to go check out some quilt shops out this way.

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#3  29 September 2005 - 13:40

 

Thanks guys...In the USA I know that you can buy freezer paper at the supermarket. In Australia I'm pretty sure it's even available at Spotlight now. It's in a blue roll...like foil. Thanks again!

blytheswideshut

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