How my star turned into a bag in two years.

Well it's some time since I got round to add some thing to this ramblings.Well some time ago I mentioned a star weaving I made for my Guilds exhibition a few years ago. Heck we have had another Exhibition since that one and I managed to make that star into a bag. Well the picture

opposite is the effect of the dyes as I applied them. I had a problem how to set the dye. I realised I could not lay it flat and set it in an oven as I had nothing to put it in! In the end I had to roll it up in cling film and microwave it.

However the dyes decided to merge more than I expected and when they were set they had merged into the finished colour range below. I was a bit disappointed to start with as it was not as bold as I had expected it to come out. Anyway it did grow on me so I put it in my Guilds exhibition as it was.

After a while I go the idea of making it into something but what and how?

I had seen some items of work others had made and I realised that as a star it was a suitable shape to make into a bag. How on earth was I going to make it into a bag. It was a year and a half before I had an idea in my mind what to do but how I was not at my best at that time but I finally bought some silk rather thick silk that was for curtain lining from The Range.

After marking out the star shape with plenty of overlap for any problems sewing it up . I also found the star it self was not even. Oh well I managed to sew up the lining so it could have a draw string and then I had to sew the star to the lining which I managed with a struggle so I ended up with a bag with four flaps.

As it was it looked rather boring what is more this years Guilds Exhibition was looming ominously. I managed to find some leftover dyed yarn which I used a cord twister to make it into the draw string. It still needed something. I remembered doing a workshop for my Guild making weavette flowers. So I made some from some tops I bought at my Guilds open day that worked nicely. The flowers were sew on the points of the flaps. I also put some buttons in the centre of the flowers which just set them off.

It still lacked something I found in my Mum's treasure trove some jingle bells which put on the bottom corners of the bag.

So here we are two pictures of my star bag.