My second challenge as an Aurifil Artisan was to make something suitable for stitching “on the go”. Was there ever a better challenge for me, with my love of hexagons?
I always have some English Paper Piecing prepped and ready to stitch when I am out and waiting or visiting or a car passenger, anytime really.
With this challenge I decided to make a cute bag suitable to carry a mug to class or retreat. The bag can also hold a portable fold up table lamp or mini-iron.
I started with some beautiful fabrics from the Laundry Basket range called “Lady Tulip” and covered and whip stitched 112 1/2” hexagons together. This is my favourite “on the go” part of the process. All you need is a little bag of hexagon templates, your fabric, scissors, needle and Aurifil thread.
I also use 50 weight for joining the hexagons together. I prefer to colour match my thread colour to the colour of the fabric I am stitching. The 50 weight comes in all colours and is so fine it melts into the fabric and disappears!
The constructed hexagon fabric piece forms the outside of the bag. A beautiful feature floral was used for the lining.
A lovely pink was selected for the sides and button loop and the green floral for the handle. Once lined with fusible pellon, all these pieces were hand quilted using a pink Aurifil 12 thread.
All of the bag pieces were pinned and stitched on the machine using a walking foot attachment. The circumference of the bag was then bound to finish.
I hope you love my little bag as much as I do. The pattern is available from my website as an instant download or in printed form, with or without the hexagon paper templates. https://katrinahadjimichael.com.au/product/floriade-mug-bag/
