Project 14.6 Conquer a Fear

I am not afraid of sea turtles, but apparently, I am afraid of following a complicated bag pattern. I saw this cute Annie’s pattern and thought it would be easy. I purchased and downloaded it a year ago and then, nothing.

I decided to make a large turtle for this challenge. I love the result, but there was a lot to figure out three dimensionally in the pattern “Shell Shelters” by Java House Quilts copyright 2018. I had everything in my stash, but it required some messing around to accomplish this.

I used a recycled fabric print and some batik scraps.

Super cute final turtle, 14″ size. I liked the goofy eyes, but they took a bit of time. I think a stretch fabric would work better.

The zipper pocket worked well. Much easier to do. I made a ton of bias strip binding- that worked well but again, took a while to overcome the three-dimensional challenge.