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Finished

Finished the beach bag.

With this project I tried different ways to anchor the raw edges of the fabric elements and prevent or at least slow the inevitable fraying. Although I was very tempted to add the usual mountain of beads I restricted myself to a few seed bead bubbles for my button fish, some crystal montees for a little sparkle, and some abalone.

I had a Picasso moment here with the shell bits.

Like all my projects it is imperfect, slightly crooked here and there and not entirely as I imagined it. I think I might change the lining fabric in the future. But as always it was fun, and I feel ready to start on my holiday gift quilts now.

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