Hello lovelies, remember when I talked about the amazing opportunity I had a few weeks back when I flew to Denver and recorded a sewing class with Craftsy ? Yeah, the class is now live and it all is super surreal, and exciting, and intimidating all at the same time, eeeeek !!! My class Giftable Projects: Zippered Bags and Purse Organizer is a six lesson class with detailed instructions and lots of tips on how to make three different zipper pouches. Would you like to see the pouches I designed for the class? Here we go. Easy Coin Pouch with removable wrist strap is the first (and easiest project). I love this sweet little pouch and have made quite a few of them for my daughters and their friends already. The second pouch I teach is Double Zip pouch which makes a perfect pencil pouch or make up bag. I'm also thinking it would make a great hand sewing supplies pouch. Oh, the possibilities :) Last, but definitely not least, is this Keep it Ne...
Hello, happy Wednesday to you all!
How are things, friends? Have you been working on any fun sewing or quilting projects. I've been sort of all over the place lately with tons of screen printing, pattern designing, but also some "just because I feel like it" sewing.
I sewed up this pretty simple, yet very chic I think, bucket bag for myself. I fell in love with waxed canvas a while back, and I knew it would pair up beautifully with my own screen printed linen, leather, and lots of brass hardware.
I'm actually still a bit surprised at how much I love brass bag hardware these days. I've been silver / nickel only kind of girl for years now so this is a new, and very welcome change for me.
I'm happy I finally got to use this leather snap closure. It's been sitting in my studio for years now as I never seemed to have just the right project to use it in (it probably has something to do with the above mentioned silver hardware only "policy"). I hand stitched the snap in place once the bag was finished. It was a bit fiddly, as you can probably imagine, especially since I didn't want my stitches to show on the lining side, but well worth a bit extra effort.
And, I added a zipper pocket to my lining. I always add zipper pockets to my purses, but this was the first time I did a pocket this way. I love the way it looks and I'm sure you'll keep seeing it in my bags from now on :).
I also departed from my usual quilting cotton lining and used canvas instead. I worried a bit that it would be too stiff and hard to work with, but I completely fell in love with it as it sewed beautifully and it helps the finished bag to hold its shape. Oh, I greatly appreciated no need to add interfacing to the lining.
All in all, I'm super pleased with the way this bag turned out. I think it will make a great fall/ winter everyday bag.
And, in case some of you wondered, I will be turning it into my next pdf pattern. Stay tuned.
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