If you follow me on instagram…or actually if you follow any sewing bloggers on instagram then you have probably heard the buzz about April Rhodes’ new AMAZING fabric line.
It’s called Arizona and it is gorgeous. Truly. It’s full of beautiful Aztec inspired prints in luscious Pima cottons, voile and knits. (I know right?)
Her Arizona line is not available quite yet, but will be very (like later this month) soon! When it is, you will be able to buy it HERE from Art Gallery Fabrics.
April asked me to be apart of the release tour and sent me some fabrics to play with. I decided to make a Road Trip Case by Anna from Noodlehead.
This was such a fun pattern to sew up. Anna is the queen of great bag patterns and this pattern did not disappoint. All the pockets and little details were fun to sew together. I shifted the size of the pockets and the placement of the elastic loop to how I wanted it, but otherwise stuck with the pattern.
I love the clear vinyl pocket. It looks so profesh, my husband didn’t believe I made the case at first. I wish I could take the credit, but it’s all Anna’s pattern. It’s that good.
I even made matching bias tape for this case…which if you know me well, I do not enjoy making bias tape. It’s one of those things that I appreciate when I’m done, but drag my feet making. I know I’m weird.
But for April’s fabric line tour, I didn’t want to cut corners. I wanted that bias tape to match exactly.
It was totally worth it! And truth be told, making bias tape didn’t bother me that much this time. Maybe I’m moving over to the bias side. ooooh. 😉
In addition to this case, I also made a Staple dress (one of my fave dress patterns also from April) using the voile in her collection…more on that tomorrow!
Guys, I seriously can’t wait for you guys to get your hands on April’s Arizona line. It lives up to it’s reputation.
To whet your appetite until it’s released….April has generously offered a stack of fat quarters of all 8 prints in her collection for one of you lucky readers!
What?! Iknow. Awesome.
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Love it Delia!!!!
Thanks Rachel!
this is so cool! love this case! and I am crazy in love with this line!
Thank you Sophie! Isn’t April’s fabric amazing??
What a beautiful case you made! And that fabric, it’s gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much Julie!
I cannot wait for tomorrow’s post…the voile + staple dress is exactly what I wanted to do so I’m excited to see how it turned out! The case looks fantastic as well.
Delia!!! It’s so amazing! And you’re too kind. I’m so happy you liked making it. 🙂 And I can’t wait to get more Arizona, so good!
You are the best my friend!
It is really cool! What are the two flappy things on the bottom part for?
Thanks for doing a giveaway. I love the fabrics.
I should have showcased them better. They are pockets. 🙂
Good job! I needed this case today! But i will get it soon. It’ll be perfect in my bag for baby essentials and toddler essentials! Plus i may make one for each toddler filled with fun for big sinling gifts once the baby is here. I love this fabric too! I may have to splurge. Especially on the knit for the baby!! Thanks for the post
That was “sibling gifts” haha
That is such a great idea!
That fabric is very aptly named. =) I like the triangle tokens fabric.
On the subject of bias tape, you may like this post: http://www.makeithandmade.com/2013/06/No-Iron-Bias-Binding.html
And that bag… well done! =)
Oh my goodness. Charity. Thank you for that link. I knew Palak was a genius, but that is AWESOME! Thanks!
Greetings! Very useful advice within this post! It’s the little changes
that will make the biggest changes. Thanks for sharing!
Oh that travel case is awesome! I need to check out that pattern now. Also I’m am loving all the peeks at Aprils new collection. So amazing!
Thank you Kristin! I love love this collection!
Desert blanket! I want to make a dress with it :))
delia you are so cute! and i looooove this road trip case! happy supercool sewing on the go.
Love the travel case, just the right thing for big and for little girls. ..
Oh.my.gosh. I am totally blown away by the cuteness of this bag!
You and the bag are both adorable. I’m in LOVE with this fabric line. Like can’t pick a favorite…..I’m excited that there will be knits! Your bag came out great. I just had to make a lot of bias tape, which I hate! It’s such a pain. Especially when you have no space to iron and your baby keeps crawling over and pulling on your iron plug/chewing on it/pulling it out of the wall. But it was worth it. Not like I was going to find a nice mustard yellow linen bias tape in joanns. Ha!
Thanks Tara! I know. This fabric line is so amazing isn’t it? And I hear ya on the bias tape dilemma. Annoying but sometimes necessary! 🙂
This bag is adorable!
thank you! 🙂