Earlier this year I designed and purchased sew-in labels for things that I make.
Sometimes I got the labels sewn in,
sometimes I forgot, and sometimes I couldn’t figure out how or where to attach them so I left them off.
So where or how would one attach a label? That’s why I left them off.
For my daughter. 
Whole cloth.
Hand quilted.
Lined.
Fake piping.
Inside.
My aunt had a milestone birthday last month and I sent her a goodie box filled with fruits, muffins, breads, and a special handmade gift.
Her iPad has a factory Smart Cover to protect it but when she takes it out of the house she doesn’t have any way to carry it except in a way-too-large tote bag.
And since I am on this sewing and quilting kick, I sewed and quilted one for her.
In red and purple.
Two of her favorite colors.
With a bit of pink since that was what I had in my stash.
The darker red is actually part of a skirt I had that I ripped apart.
The closure is actually two buttons sewn on together.
The strap is padded with a couple of layers of quilt batting as most tablets have a bit of weight to them and I wanted it comfortable enough to carry over a wrist or in the hand.
It’s just machine quilted in a grid.
Lined with red cotton and light blue flannel (because that’s what I had).
I schootched the lining out a bit before I top stitched around the edge so it almost looks like piping.
To be totally truthful…this is the second one I made for her. The first one fit my iPad but not hers as her Smart Cover adds an inch or so to the overall size. My sister took the smaller one for her tablet so it all worked out.
Inspiration struck me at my local Lowe’s store last week. I stopped in my tracks when I saw these huge posters of snowflakes.
Not just any snowflakes.
Huge, colorful snowflakes.
Huge, colorful snowflakes that could become a quilt.
Another customer saw me snapping these pictures with my phone and looked at me like I was wacky. But that stop me from explaining how I saw the snowflakes as possible patchwork quilts.
After looking at them for a few seconds, he agreed with me. And walked away rather quickly.
Inspiration in an unusual place.
Have you been inspired by anything unusual?
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