So, after you've stripped............

End result is a tote bag, front and back. What? You were expecting something else? Read on for visuals..........yes......there are pictures. Now don't get too excited, you might fog up the computer screen.

After cutting strips you've sewn together, resew them as checkerboards.Make sure that you alternate colours, and you can cut off the end pieces later. A little time consuming, but what else are you going to do with your time?

This is how it all starts. Sew the humungous long strips together....17 at a time, to make a panel. Then you can cut them up into whatever size checkerboards that you wish. Makes for an exciting time, on those dark and stormy nights.........get your friends together for a stripping party.....use different fabrics, alternate darker with lighter colours.

Diagonal Trip Around the World

"DIAGONAL TRIP AROUND THE WORLD" Easy enough to do, it can be strip pieced, but I decided to cut out individual little squares and piece them one by one.......old fashioned way. Then I soaked the finished top in strong tea to dull the colours a bit. Didn't dull nearly as much as I'd hoped. But still turned out older looking. Turned the colours on the diagonal, and gave decided to keep it.

"Ask not what your fabric can do for you,but what you can do for your fabric."