Today I fine tuned the sides, bottom, and straps for the tote. I added interfacing to a couple of the thinner pieces and squared up the fabric, but I’ll probably trim each piece more before sewing them together.
I also chose the liner fabric today – I’ll post pix of that another day.
From left to right: 2 sides, bottom, straps. The straps are folded up and the right side of the fabric can be seen at the top.
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it’s great to see that you are using some paisley print fabric! I’m looking forward to seeing the finished tote.
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Thank you Patrick! Your paisley prints are more lovely, of course. I am procrastinating on the tote, though – we’ll see when I get back to it.
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Thanks Monique, if you think one of my paisleys would be suitable I could send you a complimentary (free) piece.
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Thanks Patrick – I’d love that and I could use it either for the tote or for a similar upcoming project on the website, with credit to you, of course. If that’s alright, I’ll message you my address.
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Excellent! yes I’ll have a look at what I have available and then send some pics to you so you can choose. I’ll do it tomorrow morning. Where’s the best place for me to see your work Monique? just to give me an idea of your style. Thanks!
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I guess here or my Spoonflower or flickr site? I’m lalalamonique on those, too. I think I’d like to use your fabric as part of a smaller tote – basically a library book tote. Thanks again!
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OK great. Your work is very colourful and fun. Hopefully I’ll find something you’ll like. Yes if you could give me a name credit that would be terrific.
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I will, and also a link to your website. I am sure I’ll like whatever you send and it’ll be fun to choose fabrics to compliment yours.
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perfect! that sounds like a good plan.
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Hey again – can you email me at lalalamonique@aol.com so I can give you my address?
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yes certainly! would you like to make something with my new Prince tribute fabric? I’m currently promoting it a lot because I only launched it in January.
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Sounds great! Love that fabric.
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