I love IKEA fabric!

I do! I try not to go to IKEA too often, because it usually gives me an urge to redecorate and let's face it, that's not in our budget right now. But I did go there before Christmas, to get some fabric for one of my mom's Christmas presents. She had told me that she needed a new bag to carry all her school stuff (my mom is a teacher) and I wanted a challenge! This is what I came up with:



Here's a closeup of the wool felt decoration. Blanket stitch on round objects is tricky! Thanks to futuregirl for the great blanket stitch tutorial!


13 comments:

  1. Thanks for your nice comment on my doll Karin. Love the bag. I'm a teacher too and that is a perfect and stylish work bag.

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  2. I'm mso jealous of American Ikeas! We have them down here but there's not much in the way of fabric and frankly it's quite horrible..

    ~Holly

    http://twocheeseplease.livejournal.com

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  3. Ikea fabrics are great!
    Lovely bag!!

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  4. I love Ikea fabric too, it's is so wonderful to sew with. Your new bag is lovely, I love the fabric you chose.
    x

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  5. Lovely bag. :-) I've got a bit of that fabric - I shall have to actually make something with it!

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  6. Thanks for your note, Karin. It's always nice to have other people see your work and appreciate it! I'll do my best to update the blog to share the stories that unfold.

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  7. I love that fabric! Thank you for the great link - I always struggle blanket stitch :) xo

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  8. This is so very lovely! Love the colour combo and the decoration. Great job. And it looks very spring to me... ;)

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  9. This is a very cute bag. I really like the simple look of the felt deco.
    Added your blog to my RSS feed :-)

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