Today I’m going to tell you all about Elisabeth.
Now if you never heard the name William Morris before, you
will most certainly recognise at least some of his designs.
This fabric is an imported quilting cotton, released some
few years ago to celebrate the birthday (if I recall correctly) of the person regarded as the “father”
of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Being a William Morris fan-for-life, I could not resist
buying the fat quarter pack containing these prints. As the prints totally speak for themselves in
my opinion, I kept the patchwork as simple as possible, not adding anything or
taking anything away.
Originally Elisabeth had wooden handles, purchased at my
local fabric store. Unfortunately – as with
most things found in South Africa these days (or what feels like it), the
quality was sadly lacking. My daughter
accidentally bumped the bag off my work table and the one wooden handle
broke. Yeah. The wood BROKE. For the longest time I could not for the life
of me figure out what to do with this bag that was made to have those specific
handles. Then, lo! and behold! I found a
similar shape set in resin. I bought
them – doubtful that they would fit or even look nice on the bag.
To say that I was relieved and grateful that
not only did the handles fit, they actually looked real good on the bag, is a
total understatement.
So, what do you think? Do you think the handles go with the
bag or not?
too good
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