[beattie]

I thought I’d attack the growing pile of pieces that are too small to make a morsbag out of – on their own, so I started sewing similar width pieces together in strips, just a few a day, putting the light colours on one end and the darker colours on the other.

When each strip reached about 40″ long I sewed them together and made a bag. Here it is –

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28356801@N08/16736571937/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28356801@N08/16321522984/

I still have a pile of “Too Small” pieces ….

[Pol]

These are works of art…. you should exhibit at a quilting fair! 🙂

[beattie]

That’s kind of you Pol, but I don’t think my stitching would stand up to scrutiny – wobbly, but strong is fine by me! I think we’ll keep the bag above, but I made a couple more this (rainy) afternoon. Both use bigger pieces than the first one of this batch.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28356801@N08/16324712474/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28356801@N08/16759651320/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28356801@N08/16946136831/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28356801@N08/16327038163/

It’s going to be hard to give these to people I don’t know! 😀

[beattie]

Whoops, double post!! My finger bounced 😕

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[Agwen]

They are wonderful. I have been saving the bits to make pockets but not all are suitable. I will start sewing them into bags.

[beattie]

Frank is the master of the truly random bitsa, I sew the pieces into strips then join them, widthways. He lays out the pieces on the floor and starts by joining the smallest elements and works his way up.

[offcuts]

Why will they be difficult? They are wonderful!!

[sazzie]

Lovely bitsa bags as always – I bet they get picked / selected first

[beattie]

😀 Thank you all! I’ve made another couple of bitsas this evening, but not with so many bits.

[offcuts]

Message from Mr Bo Jangles to Bitsa assembler:-

Its all about the yellow (Wassily Kadinsky)

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[beattie]

😀

Thanks for the hint Mr Bo Jangles!

[Pol]

I spot a piece of Royal elephant!

[sazzie]

Well spotted Pol.
Beattie – quick question…. Do you line your bitsa bags?

[beattie]

“I spot a piece of Royal elephant!”

You do, indeed, Pol!! In fact you can spot two 😀 There’s one more piece about the same size left, to be incorporated into another bitsa.

I don’t normally line them Sazzie. Frank has been known to, if he’s joining fabrics edge to edge, which he does if the pieces are only just big enough. I use a felled seam, which is very like the more easily looked up flat-felled seam. A felled seam has two lines of stitching, flat-felled has three. I reckon two are enough for a bag, usually.

I do it like this –
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk/KatePages/Learning/Seams/seam_types.htm
(scroll down to the third type of seam) but I arrange the edges of the fabric so that the lower one sticks out a little bit beyond the upper one, rather than trimming it. Then I wrap the bigger one round the smaller one and sew again.

[Krisaby]

What absolutely gorgeous bags! I always love your bitsa bags Beattie (lot of Bs there!).

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