Strawberry Tote: Cozy Quilts For The Modern Home Book Tour
Today I’m bringing you something a little special, the Strawberry Tote from Cozy Quilts for the Modern Home, a brand new quilt book by my friend Abby Luchsinger of Abby Maed!
If you’ve been here any length of time, you probably have noticed that I love strawberries. And I’m a bag maker. So when I looked through Abby’s book to see what I wanted to make, it was a no-brainer to choose the Strawberry Tote.
Clear and Easy Directions
Since I’m usually more of a whip-it-out type of maker, I had to pay close attention to the pattern to make the strawberries. Fortunately, all of the cutting and piecing directions are clear and easy to follow. Making it easy to piece the blocks without mistakes. In fact, I made four instead of just two, so the tote would have the same on both sides.
I loved the cute little blossom blocks too! I cut into some of my favorite Liberty of London fabrics for this tote. And I’m so glad I did. I paired it with my favorte Stamped print from Amy Sinibaldi for Art Gallery Fabrics. The background is Essex Linen in Flax.
Special touches for my Strawberry Tote Bag
I added some black hand stitching using perle cotton thread, and a leather handle instead of fabric. This cute tote is definitely my favorite thing I’ve made in a while.
Abby’s whole book is full of darling projects just like this. There are 10 throw size quilts plus six smaller projects: a floral bunting, a rainbow zipper pouch, a strawberry tote bag, a take-along checkers/chess board, a fall table runner, and a tree skirt. There’s sure to be a few projects for everyone!
That is couch a cute bag!!! I love that you cut your Liberty fabric, that’s a win in my book.
This is adorable and like you, LOVE anything strawberry. I’m also a big fan of both Abby Maed and Amy Sinibaldi (she is the sweetest!!!), so this tote hit it out of the park! I will be purchasing this book immediately. Thank you for for this blog inspiration, really, really cute!