Kristin Peterson: mixed media, collage, painter, artist
Showing posts with label hand dyed fabric. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hand dyed fabric. Show all posts

Monday, November 24, 2014

sewn up paintbrush bag

on saturday i worked in my studio and had been envisioning a paintbrush/ pencil holder. my thoughts had been a long narrow little bag to throw my favorite few paintbrushes and pencils in when working elsewhere.

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i had hand dyed fabric and then used Rae Missigman's new stamps for my background. i had to determine how long i needed the bag to be. once i figured that out i cut out my rectangle and chose my zipper. i had found that super cute black and white polka dot fabric and knew i wanted to incorporate that into my bag; along with the purple sari ribbon i had gotten at here.


so i used the polka dot fabric for the ruffle and then, turned it inside out for the end caps so that it would not be too overwhelming with the black. i did some hand stitching with the hot pink and added a button for the fun of it.


even one of my biggest brushes fits just fine. super excited about my bag. trying to decide if i should make others..... any thoughts on this?