Every year I get asked to donate an item to be auctioned off for a fundraiser. The past two years I've made quilty/craft items that have done quite well.
This year the items I made were a clothing bag and a lap-size quilt. Orange/black are not colors I care to work with (too Halloween for me), but since it's the University of choice for our school I was persuaded to use the fabric.
I've shown the quilt in a previous post but here's the clothing bag up close. Its backed and lined with black denim. Took me three times to remember how to install a zipper! But, I was quite please with how it turned out. The kids about wore the zipper out trying it out before the sale, so I think it'll hold up. Was also asked to make three more. 
Not sure I want to get into the clothing-bag business, but I bet the next one won't take three zipper attempts!
And yes....Troy already has one!
Not sure I want to get into the clothing-bag business, but I bet the next one won't take three zipper attempts!And yes....Troy already has one!
Troy is on the officer team and they hinted that I needed to make them all matching bags...yeah, in their dreams.....
9 comments:
It is so sweet of you to donate the items for the auction. Both of them are great. The quilt looks like it would fit a very big lap. Do you find that the quilts go for reasonable prices at auctions? I was thinking of donating a quilt to my daughter's school fundraiser, but wasn't sure it would go for less than the price of the fabric.
That's a neat clothes bag. I'd never try making that. Orange and black were my high school colors so I like them!
Judy L.
Great clothes bag, what a wonderful idea, and the quilt is lovely too of course. How generous of you to donate them for the auction. Well done!
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
Great for you to donate your time, talent and efforts to such a great cause!
Cheers!
Evelyn
Mama,
Yeah, I am not too fond of orange and black either. They're the colors of my University's rival team (Oregon State University- OSU). I am a green and yellow fan myself- University of Oregon, UO- GO DUCKS! My hubby graduated OSU and I UO...so we have our own little rivalry!
DANG BLOGGER! Anyway...I really like your projects; what a generous lady you are...projects take time and time is precious! Glad you enjoy it!
...Yeah, I too, grew up on a farm, so am all too familiar with the woes of farming! Glad to hear someone else knows where I am coming from! Don't have many friends who do!
What a generous person you are to donate all that time and fabric to such a great cause. That clothes bag is great - I'd have taken the team up on their 'hint' about all needing matching ones and charged them all ..... can you tell I don't have a job out of the home? LOL.
Wonderful job my friend!
Warm Wishes was the quilt pattern?
I would have to study how to put a zipper in too at this point.
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