Trend-Tex Challenge

I belong to our national quilt association CQA/ACC , and each year we have a fundraiser at our annual conference.   It is called the Trend-Tex Challenge because Trend-Tex Fabrics donates ALL the fabric.   This year I got to organize it.   I made a theme of 'Modern Ways' and instead of just a small quilt entry, you had another alternative, a quilted wearable entry to choose from.

You were mailed 5 fat quarters.  I also got to pick out the fabric=)   This is what I chose:

I had to have a zinger in there=)  Here is what it looks like opened up.

I chose to do a wearable and decided  a bag would be fun, and I should mention, all the quilts are auctioned off and I wanted something practical.   

Of course, my modern bag had to have circles on it.  I used my Baby Go by Accuquilt to cut out fabric that had fusing put on the back of it.  

I decided to use the pink as my background for my bag, and laid out the circles on the fabric in a manner that I liked.  I had to do a front and back and decided that the back would just have a few circles on it.  Pictured below is the front.

I fused them down and did straight line stitching in a contrasting white thread so it would not only show up but I think the lines add some texture and fun to it.

 Here is what the front of the bag is going to look like.

And the back.

I am going to line it and put in lots of pockets for keys, phone, pens etc.   I have some interesting ideas for the straps but will have to audition them to see what will work with this bright fabric.

One more thing, we do have a fb page and it is not just Canadian quilting stuff, but rather a great source of quilt info...   so if you are interested in joining us, we are here.