Fun challenge

There is an easy "Stash to Treasure Sewing Challenge" mentioned over at the Bertina Studio site that some of you might be interested in participating in.

http://www.bertinastudio.com/index.htm

You do have to sign up for the site to access more sections of the site, including the free embroidery designs section, but the challenge is about creating a "Material Girl Challenge" grocery shopping bag using up some of the stash of fabrics, etc., that you already have.

The site lists 4 links for making such bags (we all know there are many more sites, but this is a starting point at least):

The Green Bag Lady http://www.greenbaglady.blogspot.com/ > FREE PATTERNS > Shopping Bag Pattern

Janome Shopping Tote http://janome.com/index.cfm/ProjectCenter/Project_Detail/Janome_Shopping_Tote

Bertina Studio Quick Bag

http://www.bertinastudio.com/funstuff/projectsbag.html > http://www.bertinastudio.com/funstuff/BertinaGroceryBag.pdf

Sew4Home Insulated Bag

http://sew4home.com/projects/storage-solutions/504-nature-brights-kitchen-insulated-shopping-tote

One is free to do any style of grocery shopping bag they want.

There are some nice free designs that are offered for use in the challenge, but one does NOT

have to add machine embroidery to the shopping bag one makes. The challenge rules allow one to do machine applique work, quilt or embellish the bag, or use any sewing technique one desires when doing up the bag.

As long as one is NOT an industry professional and is at least 18 years of age one can check out this challenge.

There are some nice prizes that will be awarded in categories of:

Judges Choice; Viewer's Choice, and Honorable Mention.

All the details are on the site, so if you are interested, check it out.

It is a win-win situation as who couldn't use more fabric reusable bags for shopping!

You still have July & August to whip something up, take some pics, and decide to send

an entry in by email.

I have NO affiliation with this site, just thought the challenge idea was one that might appeal to some of you.

Enjoy your summer!

Stephanie in Fayetteville