Bob-A-Long Blog Hop

I was so excited when Angie from GnomeAn­gel asked if I’d like to be part of the Quilt Jane’s Bob-A-Long Blog Hop she has organ­ised (thanks Angie -:)).   Not only is Jane one of the nicest people I know, she is also one super tal­en­ted lady!  Jane’s latest pat­tern, The Bob Bag, is a ser­i­ously cute and prac­tic­al little pro­ject I could­n’t wait to try.   If you don’t already have a copy of the pat­tern you can get one from Quilt­Jane’s e‑store or her Pay­Hip site if you live in the EU.

Jane’s pat­tern has clear step-by-step instruc­tions with plenty of pic­tures which made con­struct­ing the bag really easy.     I opted to leave the bolts out so that I could use my bag as stor­age for hand bind­ing supplies.

I used Tasha Noel’s Coun­try Girls fab­ric for both of The Bob Bag’s I made.   I love the sim­pli­city of this sweet little line from Riley Blake Fab­rics and think its just per­fect for small pro­jects like this one.

Rather than using twill trim­ming I thought it might be fun to make the sides and handle with coordin­at­ing fab­ric.      I’m really happy with how that idea turned out!

If you like the look of the coordin­at­ing fab­ric for the sides and handle you can fol­low these 4 simple steps to make some yourself…

And just because those Coun­try Girls are so cute, here is what the top of my Bob Bag looks like.

Ador­able!

Don’t for­get to stop by these great crafters and blog­gers over the next couple of weeks to see their ver­sions of The Bob Bag.   And.… if you post a photo of your Bob Bag on social media make sure you tag it with #boba­long and #the­bob­bag.

Monday 23rd March — Angie @ Gnome Angel

Wed­nes­day 25th March — Jane @ Quilt Jane

Fri­day 27th March — Peta @ SheQuilt­sAlot (that’s me)

Monday 30th March — Anita @ Day­dreams of Quilts

Wed­nes­day 1st April  — Jess @ Elven Garden Quilts

Fri­day 3rd April — Melissa @ Ms Midge

Monday 6th April — Cat @ Cat & Vee

Wed­nes­day 8th April — Gemma @ Pretty Bobbins

Fri­day 10th April — Angie @ Gnome Angel (link up and prizes!!!)