Full Circle

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Bid on this beautiful Creation of Grace's by leaving your name and a bid in the comments section. Bidding starts at $30 and increases by whole $s please. Highest bidder at 9am (PDT/MST) on Wednesday morning, March 18th gets the BAG! Postage extra. All proceeds go towards Zaza's adoption.

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Full Circle was created by Grace and is located in Phoenix, AZ.

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Full Circle is made from a wonderful Italian tapestry fabric, a blend of material with wool and viscose being the majority. The tapestry is a thick material and so I made a tote bag so there wouldn’t be so many seams to try and join. The colors are golds, beiges and greens.



I made the front top and the front of the straps in a beautiful beige circle design – another of the over $100/yard fabric samples. It is viscose and silk with a raised nap in the circles. I had a small piece of braid that matched perfectly and so I trimmed the back and front of the bag with it for some pizazz!


The sides and back of the straps are a beige faux suede remnant.

Inside I used mostly Waverly fabric in green check which is a heavy cotton.

There are five pockets made of a black and beige sample piece and topped in beige with black and white polka dots.



This tote snaps shut with a single magnetic closure.

The straps measure 29 ½ inches. The bag is 12 x 13 x 3 ½.

Most of the fabrics were donated by my friend, Cheryl ---Thank you so much!!!

A Tapestry of Hope

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[Picture with button added Nov-26th]

It has been requested that we do neutral colored bags and so here is A Tapestry of Hope. It is made up of two reclaimed fabrics: nice quality wool tweed from a sports coat and dark brown suede-like polyester fabric from a dress. The other fabrics have been most welcome donations. One is a rich, woven chenille designer fabric of tan and dark brown. I also used a plaid fabric of tan, dark brown with a rust stripe running through it and two coordinating multicolored designer fabric samples.

After it was finished I realized that all the fabrics are sturdy and so it can be REVERSED! One side is dressier with the flap being trimmed in dark brown with fun coordinating fabrics pieced across the bottom.

The pocket is trimmed with dark brown fabric and has a two-toned antique button that matches perfectly. The cell pocket is dark brown with fringe trim made from the plaid fabric and is topped by a square design fabric that I also used for trim on the strap and front flap.

The strap is a little shorter than usual at 43” as tied.

Tapestry of Hope: Reversed...

The other side of the bag is a more casual look using the same fabrics, but more of the plaid. The pocket is dark brown with contrasting trim, divided into three with two unique square patterned buttons to reinforce the stitched seams.

Bid on this bag by leaving your name and a bid in the comments section. Bidding starts at $25 and increases by whole $s please. Highest bidder at 9pm (PST) / 10pm (MST) on Saturday, November 29th gets the BAG! Postage extra (from Phoenix, AZ). This bag was created by Grace.

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