I made A Turtle's Life as a bag for my camera. It started innocently enough when Anthony suggested that perhaps I didn't want to make the camera bag out of fuzzy wool which might somehow end up in the workings of the camera. Good idea honey. And that's how I took this detour into FABRIC WORLD! And I will be eternally grateful to this man because I probably never would have picked up that first issue of Quilting Arts.
Anyway, A Turtle's Life started much the Same as Reefer Madness, with the same fabrics in the layers. I started him as an example at my friend Deb's house so that 
we'd have something to burn together. As such, I didn't have all of my measuring and marking tools around, nor had I thought to bring the camera with me, so I just guessed on the proportions of the bag. The finished size of the bag is 4 3/4 wide X 7 long, and my camera is only 3 1/4 long, so I was more than a little bit off. The bag is deeper than I would have made it had I had all my tools and the camera with me.
I spent a good couple of days trying to figure out how to make the long narrow bag easier to reach into. Cutting it wasn't an option since I had already placed the 
middle layer bits, angled the flap, stitched and burned it. Then it hit me: make a flap. And as a band-aid measure - it works really well. I can reach to the bottom of the little bag with no problem. I also made the mistake of leaving a lot of the embellishment until the bag was sewn together. Hopefully, I won't do that again. It's insanely difficult to so any sort of stitching and not catch the lining. And I pierced my fingers with that darn needle entirely too many times.
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Claudia, wow! You are so creative. A Turtle's Life is marvelous. Chelle
Posted by: Chelle | April 25, 2006 at 07:36 AM
Congratulations! That's Great!
I felt drawn toward your color scheme.
My favorite!!
Stomping Grapes,I love,too!!
Posted by: am-tm | April 20, 2006 at 10:57 PM
More sighing at the gorgoeus creations you make...
Posted by: Lalheg | April 20, 2006 at 11:22 AM