On the way home from seeing Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Mozart's count at Cinty Opera , we stopped at Jungle Jim's where I saw a cute purse made out of silk and satin crazy quilting with a lovely fringe of looped ribbons set inside the bottom seam. I thought I'd like to give it a try but -- as seen in the photo above -- it didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. Materials: I made two 10 x 12-inch pieces of random patchwork triangle squares from four-inch charm squares. I used of Moda 's "Fresh Squeezed" cotton print fabric designed by Sandy Gervais . (Round the bottom corners of the fabric, and cut both pieces into identical bag shapes that you desire.) Cut two pieces of matching or contrasting lining fabric the same size and shape as the patchwork pieces. For the ribbon trim, purchase a box of four to six yard-long, mixed-color, fabric ribbon to match or contrast with your fabric. I bought mine in the scrapbooking section of a craft store, Hobby Lobby, t...
Paradox: Even though we're going in different directions we can still walk side by side.