I love working with calico and these are some little clutch bags I made a while ago.
First I dyed raw calico with good old Dylon, some black and some turquoise, in the washing machine.
Second I created a very basic floral surface pattern which was then heat transfer printed onto the blue dyed calico, using it for both lining and appliqued embellishment along with a few black beads for the flowers centers. These bags measure 28 x 16 cm.
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| Black bag with appliqued flowers. The fastening cord is strips of claico rolled and machined stitched. |
Another particular favourite of mine is contrasting lining.
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| Floral Turquoise lining of black bag |
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| Blue Bag with crocheted cord and button fastener |
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| black lining in the Blue Bag |
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| original floral drawings for the heat transfer print |
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| some of my sample records showing a little of the transfer printed cloth laid over the original transfer print |
