While I love all crafts, paper piecing is my One True Craft. (bold, capitalized, giant font ONE TRUE CRAFT). I love designing, making and sharing. The ideas come faster than I could ever possibly get them all down.

While paper piecing is definitely a quilting technique, quilting is definitely not just for quilts. I love using quilt elements in bags, pillows, clothing and art pieces.

I thought it would be fun to do a photo round up of some of the bags in which I’ve used paper piecing and other quilting elements.

All bags and block patterns were designed by me. Many of the patterns are available for free on sewhooked (see links below).

Hufflepuff Gift Bags (as seen above)

Gryffindor Gift Bag, made for Melissa Anelli of PotterCast (gifted at Lumos 2006).

Slytherin Gift Bag made for John Noe of PotterCast (gifted at Lumos 2006)

Gryffindor Messenger Bag, made for Hope, 2006

Ravenclaw Messenger Bag, this one is mine all mine! Made in 2006.

Ravenclaw mini-messenger, made for Josée, 2006.

Gryffindor Pencil Bag made for Elena, 2006

Hufflepuff bag made for Delana, 2007.

Jolly Roger Computer Bag (this one is mine, too!), 2007.

Ravenclaw Messenger made for Kimmers, 2007.

Pigwidgeon Messenger Bag made for Lizzie, 2007.

Yellow Submarine bag made for Steph, 2006.

X-Men Messenger Bag made for Gareth, 2006.

Find the patterns:

Harry Potter Paper Pieced Patterns
Quilted Messenger Bag Pattern (pdf)
Non-Harry Potter Patterns (X-Men, Jolly Roger, Yellow Submarine)
How To Paper Piece
My “Bag Lady” Gallery on Flickr

Happy crafting!