Shannon Maciejewski was hoping someone would find the quilted handbag she made. The purse was last seen on September 30, 2012 at The American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan. It won and honorable mention in the Out of the Box challenge. She received a letter a couple weeks later saying it had been awarded sixth place and the sponsor would be keeping it to take on tour with them for one year. The year passed, and it wasn’t returned. Shannon contacted them in October 2013 and several times after that. Finally, at Christmas time, she was told that the bag had been lost while on tour. She had no idea where the tour went, what shows were visited, or even if it was in the US the entire time.

The good news is that on October 16, 2015, her Apropos bag was returned! She got the package from the American Sewing Expo with the bag and a letter stating that the contest sponsor had found it and returned it to them.

This purse is 7″ by 4″. It was made from the Apropos Pack pattern by Studio Kat Designs. It has a black exterior with multicolored quilting. The interior is black and orange. Shannon used three different threads to quilt/embroider the exterior of the purse before sewing it together. The threads are bright lime green, metallic blue, and a variegated pink/blue/green/yellow thread.