Picasa would'nt publish this photo in the right post....
So, here it is à part...to show you how to cut away the batting around the ivy...

Trapunto bag

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This pattern is in cm for all my european readers (inch: divide the measurements by 2,34!)
For the upper rounded side I used a plate... :-)

Lay out the pattern on a folded piece of fabric.....

trace around the pattern with a wash-out fabric pen..
trace some ivy leaves.........

lay out the drawing of the leaves under the fabric...

mark the fabric with the ivy pattern...
(I found the idea with the ivy leaves in a german magazine,
Lena's Patchwork & Applikationen, but I made my own little bag with this idea.....

Put two pieces of batting under the drawings, and pin in place...

with a water-soluble thread sew around the ivy leaves....

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on the back, cut away the batting like this........

sandwich the bag with a piece of batting and backing......

quilt the top (stippling)......

I also sewed all around the outer line to secure........

now wash the marking lines out and dry the piece....

cut the pattern out with 6 mm (1/4") seam allowance....

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add a self-made or a ready bias around the two rounded edges....

fold the bias to the left side and pin in place....

to attach the left side of the bias I sew in the ditch on the right side...
Now you can attach the zipper on the left side by hand or machine....