The collaborative of work including my brothers through Signal Films had opened on Thursday evening with the preview. We all turned up like the Dingles or the Clampetts as my brother says and ate and drank everything! It was great. Eddys work was used in the publicity material and was in the Evening Mail. It was the best there and so many others thought too. Although everyones work was great.
So I took this photo of the boat in the foreground and made simplified sketches until I was happy with an overall design. The boat although not entirely like the original was clearly the same. Then I set about looking through my stash of scraps of vintage fabric to make up the boat in applique form. Then I cut out the bag using my adapted pattern. I chose Laura Ashley white spot on blue fabric for the bag itself. Using 'misty fuse' I stuck the fabric boat onto the bag.
Then I free-motion embroidered onto the boat and fabric with my sewing machine using cotton thread to animate it to life.
The resulting bag is cute and very usable. I lined it in a heavy cotton as the outer material is not very thick. I included a 'wash label' and design label. Although these are old fashioned and don't really suit it. I would like new labels.
I used a magnetic fastening on the tab opening but sewed a large vintage red button on the outside for decoration. I also used vintage buttons for the tyres.
Just right for a little jaunty shoulder bag for essentials. Plus it is a boat that exists in Barrow.
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