Project Quilting 12.5 - Crazy Crochet Bag

The challenge for Project Quilting was to make a project using Crazy Quilt techniques. I made a little bag to hold my crochet needles! 

If you are unfamiliar with Crazy Quilting, you can search the internet to find many excellent videos and tutorials along with the history of this fun way of putting fabrics together. Basically it is putting odd pieces of fabric together, overlapping and covering edges with embroidery stitches. My initial intent when I started quilting was to make crazy quilts, but I've never made even one!

The inside is crazy too! 

I wanted a little bag to hold my crochet needles and not have to look for them. I should be able to see this bag easily!

I quilted the back with some simple waves

I used an old favorite Moda fabric for the back, and the gingham binding is from my stash.

I added bits of lace and a button, but my favorite is this sweet trim that I cut from my high school prom dress - yes it is 55 years old! I put some yellow French knots on the lace part. Aren't those beaded dangles the fanciest!

This was a fun project to play with, and it has honed my interest in a future crazy quilt. You can find information about Project Quilting by clicking the button in my sidebar, and be sure to go to Kim's blog to see other participants' beautiful creations!