knitting with fabric?

ok, so i was bored yesterday and decided that i should check out my ravelry.com pages since i hadn't been on that site in a while. i had forgotten how many cool projects and patterns were listed there, it truly is a knitter's wonderland. ended up looking through some of the groups i was a member of and came across the Fiber Knit and Crochet one. when i joined it was something that i thought looked pretty cool and out of the ordinary and figured at some point i would give it a whirl.
well, after looking at a few projects that others had made i decided there was no better time than the present to try it out. the next step involved going through my somewhat extensive stash of fabric. i finally decided to fore go using any of the fabric that i really loved and came across a duvet cover that i bought at a yard sale a few yrs ago. the colors were so bright and pretty and although i didn't think i would ever use it on a bed, it was such a good deal that i bought it anyway with the hope that one day a project could be discovered to best utilize the fabric.
after slicing the seams and ironing it, i began cutting 1" strips with the rotary cutter and mat.



after all the strips were cut, i began connecting them into one long strip using a technique that was shown on PBS's Knit and Crochet Now! which involved cutting a little hole in the ends of 2 pieces and then threading one strip through the other and pulling tight. (i'm horrible at explaining things like this, so if you're interested, check out their site for details.)

then i wound it up into a ball using an old mini-M&M tube. here you have it, a ball of fabric!




next came the hard part, trying to decide what to make! went back to my favorite easy project, the basic purse, knit from the bottom up, all in one piece. yay! no seams!
this is a very fast knit and i'm currently almost finished with it, just need to decide how tall to make it, pick out a pair of handles, and do the finishing touches. i hope to finish most of it tonight and then take some pix.
i'll let you know what the final results are like tomorrow afternoon. wish me luck!