{"id":48202,"date":"2019-12-28T06:57:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T13:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=48202"},"modified":"2019-12-28T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T21:04:04","slug":"chubby-charmer-does-double-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/chubby-charmer-does-double-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Chubby Charmer Does Double Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are taking a break today from your regularly scheduled end of the year\/holiday extravaganza that is the blog,. I want to show you that quilted things are not just pretty. They can also be useful.<\/p>\n

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Half Moon Modern Chubby Charmer Finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remember my Half Moon Modern Chubby Charmer<\/a>? This is a bag I worked on for a long time, mostly, because the fabric was so precious I couldn’t think of a ‘good enough’ project for it.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I still like the fabric and still use this bag.<\/p>\n

In fact, this bag does double duty as present transport during the holidays. To do that I have to clean it out. I actually use the large pockets for my collection of pie servers and knives. You might think dishing up pie is easy, but with 40 people who want to try everything, 7 desserts and two gluten free diets that will make people sick if wheat wafts past them, I need multiple implements and a strategy. That strategy includes knives (BIG knives) for cutting recalcitrant crust and pie servers since you don’t serve with a knife.<\/p>\n

One of the attractions of the Chubby Charmer is that it is big. Big enough to bring a quilt to show and tell. And big enough to bring my pie implements, a mixer, a metal bowl, plastic bag with whipping cream (unwhipped) and 25 small gifts to the Christmas Eve celebration and some back home again.<\/p>\n

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Chubby Charmer pocket contents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In order to use this bag for a non quiltmaking purpose, I had to clear it out. All the large items went on the floor, but I needed the pockets, too. All the small things went on my desk. Later when I had a few minutes to look at them, I was sort of amazed and shocked at the variety and non-variety.<\/p>\n

What I was most interested in were the multiples of things:<\/p>\n