Day 16 - Stamping

I need a project bag for my knitting.  Perfect.  I will use Day 16 to stamp me one.

I gathered my supplies.  I had a bit of foam left from the last set of stamps I made with Ann Johnson.  (love that lady).  And I used my kitchen shears to make some thin strips that could be made into leaves.



I mixed a color with my Setacolor paints.  A small paintbrush from my watercolor days worked well in getting the paint on the stamp.

I rather liked the stamp, and will revisit the idea when I have more time.  Right now, I needed it to dry.



The sun was shining so it went out on a freshly trimmed leggy ligustrum
poodle bush.



I have an overabundance of scraps so i trimmed a handful down to 1 inch and made the backing for the project bag.  I used a scrap of flannel as the batting because I didn't want this to be stiff.



Hey, I did throw away the trimmings, it was hard but I did it.





I wanted a zipper so my stuff would not fall out, and I thought of that too late so I had to invent a new way of putting in a zipper.  Needless to say, I did not hide my inside seams.  But that is fine, it is for me, and I like it.

I REALLY love the red zipper with the yellow and green print!


I added a pocket to the inside, THEN thought about quilting the stamped side, phooey.  (But that is not really the word I said.)

Here is the inside, with the nice big pocket.


PS - remember the tiny book I made for Carrie's birthday.......well McGee ate it yesterday.  I found it today..........