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Made by my customer: Interview to Carrol Swanson - How to make an Halloween bag

Hi Carrol, tell us about how you made this wonderful Halloween bag. I usually make my bags from scratch but I ran across a great deal on these sturdy canvas bags so I snatched them up to save myself some time. I also bought the Frida Altered Homage digital file from TakeYourPicture.Etsy.com. For the reverse side, I used a crow to tie in with the crows on Frida’s picture. Next, I bought some Halloween fabric – crows of course, and gathered up some trims. Now we’re ready to sew. Opening the top seam of the bag was simple and I pulled off the handles. We don’t want boring handles so I covered them with a strip of fabric that I’d gathered up the center. Then I made a lining for the bag – exactly the size of the purchased bag. Now comes the best part – the photos. Digital art is wonderful. It’s inexpensive and once you buy the file you can use it again and again and again! The art Lucia makes for Take Your Pictures is truly incredible! And when you print your file you’ll be impres

September is here and Fall is in the air :welcome back from the holidays !!!

Hello to all and welcome back from the holidays !!! September is here and Fall is in the air !!! A few days ago I had the great pleasure of meeting through my shop on Etsy Take Your Picture , a really fantastic person and also a great artist of sewing. Her name is Carrol Swanson, owner of the shop IrisEyes on Etsy. Please visit her shop, you can find many wonderful items like bags or purses sewn with love by Carroll. The choice is wide and the colors of the fabrics are fabulous and the details that she uses to complete her projects are wonderful: vintage buttons, trims, and unusual items for decoration. But now let's see in detail one of the projects created by Carrol for Halloween using my digital file : digital Frida Altered Art Homage iron on transfer . Good vision at all ;) Thanks , Lucia Take Your Picture