What do you give the little ballerina who has it all? How about an overdose of girlie and cute in the form of a ballerina tote bag to carry her slippers and other ballet accouterments?
I got some panels for quilts a couple of years back, along with some fabric with glittery slippers that wen’t perfectly with it, One ended as this tote, a gift to Nadia’s friend.
I used the panel for the front, the ballet slippers fabric for the back and straps, and fusible fleece (Amazon affiliate link) as interfacing.
The gift was a complete success, as you can imagine; it screams little girl, doesn’t it?
There are a lot of panel designs for quilts, from robots to cows, so see if you can find one that you know your giftee will love, of if you have unused panels, now you know something else you can do with it.
It is beautiful, I would love one for me too 🙂 I like what you did with a panel. I have done pillow cases in the past with quilt panels:)
I see this is an old post, but I have have this panel. Did you use a pattern for the bag? What size did the bag end up to be?
No, I didn’t use a pattern, or made one, it’s a very simple bag. The size is roughly the same size as the panel, minus about half an inch of length and width.
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What a great idea!! And such a cute tote. I would imagine any little girl would be thrilled to get this.
V. cute :)Great idea to use quilting panels for totes.