On The Go Bags
Airport Sling Sew Along - Post #1: Supplies, Cutting, and Interfacing.
4/14/2016 10:11:00 PM
We are thrilled to start our fun sew along event today!
If you have been looking forward to starting some projects found in our book On the Go Bags, co-written by Lindsay Conner of Lindsay Sews, today is the day we get started.
You may have already joined the On the Go Bags Facebook group, but in case you haven't, check it out for all of the sew along info. I'll share some details here below, as well as the prizes you can win just for sewing along. :) We'll do about 2 weeks of instruction for each bag, and then you'll have 4 weeks to finish for a chance to enter your bag for giveaways. I'll give you some details about our sponsors and prizes below, and then we will get started on the FIRST SEW ALONG POST!
April 15 to May 30: Airport Sling
Sew along with us to make my "Airport Sling" from the book for your chance to win one of these prizes. All prizes will be randomly selected from participants who submit their finished bag photo to the Facebook group by May 30th. Winners chosen on June 1st!1 winner: 1 package of Pellon Flex-Foam®
3 winners: 1 package of ByAnnie's Soft and Stable, 36" x 58" white
1 winner: Aurifil thread collection curated by Annabel Wrigley, Maribel for Windham Fabrics
1 winner: 1 ebook of the winner's choice from C&T Publishing
1 winner: 1 Craftsy class of the winner's choice
Let's Get Started!
In this first sew along post, I am going to go over your supply list and talk a bit about some fabric changes & choices you might have. We'll delve into interfacing and stabilizers, and then get all of the cutting done, and interfacing applications out of the way. I've got some tips and hints for you that will help you be successful in making your Airport Sling AHH-MAZING!
So what is so special about the Airport Sling? Well I am totally in love with it, but it's my design so I need to sell YOU on it's cool features. This is a comfy cross-body bag with an adjustable strap. It's got room for wallet, sunglasses, keys etc. Perfect for travel or life "on the go". What's best about it? Hello, passport pocket! The exterior passport pocket with card slots and pen slip pocket is the the key feature here, and over the next week or so I am going to show you how simple this can be to put together. I'll help you make it, but you'll still need to use your book in conjunction with my tips and tricks. Nice pocket, hey?!
Supplies & Fabrics:
The suggested fabric list for the Airport Sling is pretty straight forward, but there a few things that are worth noting:
1) In the book I suggest that the outer fabric be home decor weight cotton, sateen, canvas duck, or twill. (54" wide). For that fabric choice, interfacing or another option to add thickness to your bag exterior, is not necessary! IF you would like to use some of your lovely quilting cottons, however, GO FOR IT!
If you are going to use quilting cottons or anything lighter than home decor weight, you will want to add a layer of fusible fleece and/or interfacing to the outer fabrics or your bag will be a flop. A floppy flop, that is. I recommend a needled fleece that is quite dense, like Pellon Thermolam Plus for this, but there are other brand name options available.
2) If you do choose to go with a quilting cotton, remember that you will need a bit more fabric than suggested, because quilting cotton comes off of the bolt 42-44" wide, not 54" wide like the home decor cotton does. You should be safe with 1 yard.
3) Because I was using decor cotton in the book, I didn't feel it was necessary to interfacing all of the lining pieces. With this sew along, not only am I using lighter weight fabric, but I am also going to add a slip pocket to the lining. When adding pockets, it's best to add them to interfaced fabric so that the pocket doesn't rip off through wear and tear. So if you are using thinner exterior fabric, adding pockets, or have preference for a bag with more stability, you might want to allow yourself some extra interfacing. I'll tell you when & where to apply it further along.
What fabric did I choose?
I'm using some fabric from a pretty collection called Wonderland, designed by Katarina Rocdella for Art Gallery Fabrics. The outer fabric is the cream coloured feathered print, which is actually a light canvas duck print. It's not very heavy, so I'm going to treat it like a quilting cotton and add fusible fleece to most of the outer fabrics that are cut from it, but I'll detail that a bit more later! For the lining fabric, I picked 2 from the same collection. The pink fabric will be for my passport pocket and the bird cage print is the for the interior of the bag; both are quilting cotton weight.
Outer fabric: 5/8
yard - home décor cotton, sateen, canvas duck or twill (54’’ wide)
Lining fabric: 3/8
yard - quilting cotton (40’’ wide)
Interfacing: 1 yard
- light to medium weight fusible interfacing (20’’ wide) such as Pellon
Shapeflex SF101 or Fusible Featherweight 911FF.
Stabilizer: 2’’ x
3’’ scrap of 1 side fusible Pellon Peltex 71F or similar heavyweight bag
stabilizer.
What bag hardware am I using?
- I'm using a small turn lock for the exterior slip pocket.
- (2) Rectangle Rings 1" wide. (You could use O-rings, D-rings, or even triangle strap connectors if you choose!)
- Zippers! You only need one 14" zipper for the bag, but you are seeing 2 here, because I'm going to show you how to put in a zipper closure as another option instead of the magnetic snap. Your zipper will work best if the width is 1 1/4" wide. We need some extra room for stitching and bag zippers that are a bit wider, such as a #4.5 or #5 zipper will work best. Choose a nylon zipper, it's easiest to sew over.
- (1) Magnetic Snap (not shown, oops, because I'm not using it - but I will tell you when/where to put it in.
- (1) Metal Bag Label - another optional item - but for me, I can't make a bag without an Emmaline label ;-)
Cutting Fabric:
First of all…. get those THREE pattern pieces cut out. Copy them, trace them on the window, or what ever method you like, but get them ready!
Cutting the first piece: The first thing I tell you to do in the book, is to cut a 4 1/4" X Width of Fabric (WOF) strip for the bag strap. What is width of Fabric? That will be the width of the fabric as it comes off of the bolt. So on one side you will have the selvedges, and the other you will have the fold, and you will cut across with your long ruler. If you are using the 54" wide fabric, you are going to have to fold that in half or your 24" ruler won't get across the width of it.
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| Cutting a 4 1/4" strip across the width of the fabric. |
How to make the 45 degree seam:
1. With right sides together, overlap your 4 1/4” wide strips at a 90 degree angle. You will have the ends hanging over about ¼”. Stitch across the corner as shown.
2. Trim excess fabric, leaving a ¼” seam allowance. Press the seam open.
Continue with your cutting:
Next in the instructions I have you cut (2) 2 1/2" x width of fabric strips and then subcut them into 7 strips 10 1/2" long. WHAT THE HECK IS SUBCUTTING? "Subcut" is often used in cutting lists for speed cutting. It really does make things so much faster. The strip is cut from the width of fabric, on the fold, and since it is double thickness, you are cutting 2 layers at a time. You can even stack strips and cut 4 or 6 at a time - but let's not go crazy here, we don't need that many.
Put the ruler across the width of fabric, cut the strip 2 1/2" wide, trim off the selvedge and cut the strip into 10 1/2" lengths, cutting 2 at a time because of the double layer.
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| Subcutting 10 1/2" lengths from the 2 1/2" strips. |
Next, I have you cut (1) 9" x width of fabric strip and then subcut it into (2) 10 1/2" pieces. The first photo below shows me cutting the 9" strip, and the second shows me cutting the 10 1/2" pieces. Essentially, you are cutting (2) pieces that are 10 1/2" wide x 9" high. If you would rather plunk your 12.5 x 12.5" gridded ruler on there and cut them that way, feel free!
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| Cut a 9" strip across width of fabric. |
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| Cut into (2) 10 1/2" pieces. |
Take 1 of the rectangles from above and fold it in half along the 10 1/2" side. So this means it will be folded to 5 1/4" wide x 9" high. Pin the Exterior Panel and Slip pocket pattern piece to it, placing the "place on fold" on the folded side. Cut the solid line to separate the 2 pattern pieces. Do not cut the fold.
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| Place fabric on fold, and cut on solid line to separate. |
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| Turn the piece around and open it up and you will now have an exterior slip pocket! |
The rest of the cutting instructions are very clear, you've got the hang of it now and you shouldn't have any more problems.
Tip: For those of you that are used to drawing out rectangles on paper, I hope you will try using a gridded ruler to cut your pieces. You can cut 2 or more layers at a time. Place your ruler on the fabric, and cut the right side edge and top edge only:
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| Place the ruler on the fabric, allowing room to cut a 10 1/2" wide x 10" high piece. The left and bottom edges will be crooked and too long to start with. Trim the right edge and top edge. |
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| Rotate the fabric counter clockwise 2X, line up the 10 1/2" wide and 10" high lines on the cut edges, and trim off the right side and top. Done! |
Cut the interfacing as per the list provided. Some of the pieces are noticeably smaller than their co-ordinating pieces, and I do this to reduce the bulk in the seam allowances.
You'll have to cut some additional pieces of interfacing & fusible fleece if you are using quilting cotton for the outer fabric though, and I'll list those here for you, AND I will mention them again when I am ready to use them. So when we go through the sections to sew the bag together, I will make sure you have the correct pieces, and that they are interfaced correctly. So if you don't get it now, don't worry!
Strap - cut a 4" wide strip of woven interfacing that is 6" shorter than your bag strap. Hint: you'll have to use a few lengths of interfacing to make this, and those you will fuse end to end when you adhere them.
Exterior pieces - cut fusible fleece for the exterior panel, exterior panel that is shaped like an "n", 2 exterior tops, 2 exterior bottoms, and Exterior Passport pocket. (if this is confusing, it will be explained later!) Trim the fusible fleece so that it is 3/8" smaller around all sides than the co-ordinating fabric pieces before fusing.
Lining Side Panels - since I will be adding an extra slip pocket inside the bag, I am interfacing the lining side panels for strength and durability. You can do this whether or not you add a pocket. I have done it with and without and there wasn't much of a difference. It may me personal preference.
Fuse all interfacing and fleece as per the directions OR wait until we stitch each section and when I tell you which pieces you are using, I will tell you if it's interfaced.
About the STABILIZER for the purse lock: This refers to heavy interfacing that we are using to strengthen the area where the bag lock on the front slip pocket is attached. You can leave this off for now and we will revisit it later.
Start cutting!
Please choose your fabrics, share your photos in the facebook group and start your cutting and fusing. I'll be there to help you out if you have any questions. My next post will be in 3 days, Monday, April 18th, and we will get through all of the exciting bits of making a passport pocket.
Updated: Hop to Post #2 Here!
Thanks for reading,
Janelle
Lining Side Panels - since I will be adding an extra slip pocket inside the bag, I am interfacing the lining side panels for strength and durability. You can do this whether or not you add a pocket. I have done it with and without and there wasn't much of a difference. It may me personal preference.
Fuse all interfacing and fleece as per the directions OR wait until we stitch each section and when I tell you which pieces you are using, I will tell you if it's interfaced.
About the STABILIZER for the purse lock: This refers to heavy interfacing that we are using to strengthen the area where the bag lock on the front slip pocket is attached. You can leave this off for now and we will revisit it later.
Start cutting!
Please choose your fabrics, share your photos in the facebook group and start your cutting and fusing. I'll be there to help you out if you have any questions. My next post will be in 3 days, Monday, April 18th, and we will get through all of the exciting bits of making a passport pocket.
Updated: Hop to Post #2 Here!
Thanks for reading,
Janelle
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Welcome back! If you have been following the tour of Canada all week, this will be a lovely glance back and our trip and a great round up of all of the prizes too. If you have missed a few spots because you were napping in the back seat - we'll show you the stops that you'll want to go back to. Click the link and you can revisit. If only it were so easy on a real road trip! - Janelle
Wow! That was some trip! I had a crazy vision that I was on this epic road trip all over Canada, visiting people, making bags, making wine, drinking wine and ... what happened after the wine? All of you guys were in the car with me so somebody should remember how we got here! That "Cracksy" is some powerful stuff. But then again, from this jetlaggy feeling in my head, it might have really happened…
Last night, we were making roomy dufflebags and enjoying Happy Hour with Shelaine at Shelaine's Designs in Ontario. That's probably how we all came to be waking up here in Janelle's sewing room today. Apparently, all that sipping also made Shelaine quite talkative, "For me this tour has been an eye opener and I have learned so much from each of the bloggers! I have enjoyed everyone posts and enjoyed being along for the ride. I also tried a different learning forum, and for me it was a great experience. I very much enjoyed the course I chose and learned many new skills that are going to serve me well in a variety of other projects. Another benefit of the blog tour was getting to know fellow Canadians and the camaraderie that our small group has shared! Thank you for including me in this tour and I look forward to our next adventure."
I remember we had driven to Shelaine's place after a decadent afternoon at Fiona's Tangled Blossoms Design studio overlooking budding vineyards and the Bay of Fundy. We'd had the voyeuristic pleasure of hanging around as she took the hammer to a carpet bag. (Pattern designed by Samantha of Sewing Patterns by Mrs. H, who's so awesome she could be Canadian.) I could swear over all that banging, I heard Fiona say, "I've loved every moment of our Great Canadian Craftsy Bag Tour. It's been a fabulously fun and exciting ride!"
Before that happened though, we had to make a quick getaway from Michelle's Creations in Alberta on Thursday. Michelle had just sewn herself the most stunning work of art using Janelle's Craftsy class. But her rather stiff bodyguard "Catherine" suspected we were casing the place and plotting a heist of the clutch bag masterpiece. I don't think Michelle knew what we were up to when she said, "I loved the opportunity to be part of this tour, and getting to know my fellow Canadian bloggers better. To top it off, I got to review a great class and make a beautiful bag. It's been great fun!"
Mwuhahahaha! Wait 'til she finds out what I've got up my sleeve for the next caper! Mwuhahaha!
It's straining my memory now, but I think we were on the other side of the Rockies at Reece's Happy Okapi on Wednesday. She had turned several drop-dead gorgeous pieces of fabric into an even more stunning travel organizer. (Travel + Organize?? Hmmm... I'm not buying it!) Thankfully, my memory hasn't failed completely yet and I get to pass on this message from Reece: "Thanks to everyone for following along with us on our adventure. I hope you enjoyed the reviews and found them helpful."
I'm (almost) sure on Tuesday we were still in Quebec waiting to haul Ula and Deb away from their kids. Deb had been hard at work making fabric pots to cook her kid's toy rabbit, but she claims they were "nesting baskets". Mmmm-hmmm! Somebody should keep an eye on what goes on over there at Sprouting JubeJube. We tried to be quick but before we could grab her and run, Deb whipped out a whole laundry list of love:
"So glad I got to do this tour because:
Ula on the other side of town at Lulu & Celeste was also making baskets, or was it a tote? Oh yeeeeeah! She made a market tote out of oilcloth. Well, half of a market tote... From somewhere beneath a couple of children, we heard Ula’s cries for help. Or maybe she was saying, "Thanks so much for following along on the tour! I hope you had as much fun reading all the reviews as I had. It was great having an excuse to buy more oilcloth!" Her words were a bit muffled on account of all the glue... Maybe it's best not to mention the glue. Don't talk about the glue!
Meanwhile, back at the beginning, this wild cross-country ride started on Monday. Janelle gave me a tank of that potent gas from the Alberta Oil Sands, I tossed everybody into the pouches and totes I'd been making for two weeks and hit the road. I did remember to take the cats out of the bags first before I put all of you in. You're welcome!
This really has been an epic escapade for me. And I'm not talking about just the last few days; the past 2 months have been jammed with watching Craftsy videos, sending emails, making lists, learning to edit photos, sewing, writing, hunting down links, learning some more, cursing, crying, caffeine, research... did I say cursing? I haven't gone with this little sleep since... since... let's just leave that thought right there, shall we?
Thank you all for joining us on this tour. If you missed any of the stops, be sure to go back and check them out. These ladies worked really hard to bring you their reviews, plus each one has a special link to get you 50% off the class they reviewed. Don't miss any of them.
Tomorrow at 2 PM Atlantic Time (1 PM Eastern, Noon Central, 11 AM Mountain, 10 AM Pacific... yes we have that many time zones, plus the half zone in Newfoundland and Labrador, which makes no sense to me whatsoever!) Oh dear! Lets start over…
Tomorrow (Sunday) sometime around brunch time, all 8 blogs on the tour will post a Flash Giveaway. It will last for 24 hours only! (That means it ends on Monday at 2 PM Atlantic, 1 PM... no no, let's not start this again.)
See you tomorrow! À demain Marsha
Thank you, Marsha! Wow, this tour gives a whole new meaning to the term "travel handmade". I loved being a part of this event. The bloggers put so much work into it and I really want to thank them for letting me be a small part of it. Thanks to all. So DO like Marsha SAID! Revisit ALL of the blogs tomorrow to participate in the wonderful FLASH GIVEAWAY! What a wonderful way to say farewell to the tour members. Thanks ladies!
I would love to hear about what class review you enjoyed reading about in the comments!
Or… just tell me if YOU have been to Canada.
May all of your bobbins be full,
Janelle
Here's Marsha:
It looks long but it's worth it to read to the end.
Hint: Patterns, fabric, classes, bag bling. Just read to the end, ok?
Wow! That was some trip! I had a crazy vision that I was on this epic road trip all over Canada, visiting people, making bags, making wine, drinking wine and ... what happened after the wine? All of you guys were in the car with me so somebody should remember how we got here! That "Cracksy" is some powerful stuff. But then again, from this jetlaggy feeling in my head, it might have really happened…
Last night, we were making roomy dufflebags and enjoying Happy Hour with Shelaine at Shelaine's Designs in Ontario. That's probably how we all came to be waking up here in Janelle's sewing room today. Apparently, all that sipping also made Shelaine quite talkative, "For me this tour has been an eye opener and I have learned so much from each of the bloggers! I have enjoyed everyone posts and enjoyed being along for the ride. I also tried a different learning forum, and for me it was a great experience. I very much enjoyed the course I chose and learned many new skills that are going to serve me well in a variety of other projects. Another benefit of the blog tour was getting to know fellow Canadians and the camaraderie that our small group has shared! Thank you for including me in this tour and I look forward to our next adventure."
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| Shelaine's Weekend Duffel Bag |
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| Fiona put's in a professional zipper pocket! |
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| Michelle perfects a clutch bag lining. |
It's straining my memory now, but I think we were on the other side of the Rockies at Reece's Happy Okapi on Wednesday. She had turned several drop-dead gorgeous pieces of fabric into an even more stunning travel organizer. (Travel + Organize?? Hmmm... I'm not buying it!) Thankfully, my memory hasn't failed completely yet and I get to pass on this message from Reece: "Thanks to everyone for following along with us on our adventure. I hope you enjoyed the reviews and found them helpful."
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| Reece's travel is organized!! |
"So glad I got to do this tour because:
- I got to try making something that I don't usually make
- I got insight about other classes that I found useful and even added some to my wish list
- I can honestly say that I was looking forward to seeing everyone's post just because of the level of knowledge of the ladies in the group
- I'm looking forward to the next tour to see how many things I will forget to post about next time around (heeeheee)"
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| Plenty of organized rid-rac here! |
I think I caught some kind of bad memory bug from her.
Ula on the other side of town at Lulu & Celeste was also making baskets, or was it a tote? Oh yeeeeeah! She made a market tote out of oilcloth. Well, half of a market tote... From somewhere beneath a couple of children, we heard Ula’s cries for help. Or maybe she was saying, "Thanks so much for following along on the tour! I hope you had as much fun reading all the reviews as I had. It was great having an excuse to buy more oilcloth!" Her words were a bit muffled on account of all the glue... Maybe it's best not to mention the glue. Don't talk about the glue!
Meanwhile, back at the beginning, this wild cross-country ride started on Monday. Janelle gave me a tank of that potent gas from the Alberta Oil Sands, I tossed everybody into the pouches and totes I'd been making for two weeks and hit the road. I did remember to take the cats out of the bags first before I put all of you in. You're welcome! |
| Marsha's pouches say "Hello Canada!" |
Thank you all for joining us on this tour. If you missed any of the stops, be sure to go back and check them out. These ladies worked really hard to bring you their reviews, plus each one has a special link to get you 50% off the class they reviewed. Don't miss any of them.
Here they are again (because it would seem you have the memory bug too):
Emmaline Bags -- Tour Kickoff
Seam of my Pants -- Learn to Sew: Simple Bags with Nicole Vasbinder
Sprouting JubeJube -- Sew Sturdy: Home Organizers with Annie Unrein
Lulu & Celeste -- Sewing With Oilcloth: Bags & Baskets with Kathy McGee
Happy Okapi -- Sew Sturdy Travel Organizers with Annie Unrein
Michelle's Creations -- Mix & Match: Clutch Bag Techniques with Janelle MacKay
Shelaine's Designs -- Sew Better Bags: The Weekend Duffel with Betz White
Tangled Blossoms Design -- 20 Essential Techniques for Better Bags with Lisa Lam
Now let's talk about those Sur"prizes"
Tomorrow at 2 PM Atlantic Time (1 PM Eastern, Noon Central, 11 AM Mountain, 10 AM Pacific... yes we have that many time zones, plus the half zone in Newfoundland and Labrador, which makes no sense to me whatsoever!) Oh dear! Lets start over…
Tomorrow (Sunday) sometime around brunch time, all 8 blogs on the tour will post a Flash Giveaway. It will last for 24 hours only! (That means it ends on Monday at 2 PM Atlantic, 1 PM... no no, let's not start this again.)
Prizes
Prize Pack A (Canadian, US and International entries accepted)
- 1 Craftsy Class: “Mix & Match: Clutch Bag Techniques” by Janelle MacKay of Emmaline Bags
Prize Pack B (Open to Canadian residents only)
- $32CAD store voucher for Tangled Blossoms Design (Redeemable in fabric and S&H)
- The Manhattan Bag PDF Pattern
- The Manhattan Mama Hardware Kit
Prize Pack C (Open to Canadian residents only, unless you are prepared to pay for the extra international shipping.)
Prize Pack D (Canadian, US and International entries accepted)
- 1 PDF Purse Pattern (winner’s choice) from Blue Calla Sewing Patterns
See you tomorrow! À demain Marsha
Thank you, Marsha! Wow, this tour gives a whole new meaning to the term "travel handmade". I loved being a part of this event. The bloggers put so much work into it and I really want to thank them for letting me be a small part of it. Thanks to all. So DO like Marsha SAID! Revisit ALL of the blogs tomorrow to participate in the wonderful FLASH GIVEAWAY! What a wonderful way to say farewell to the tour members. Thanks ladies!
I would love to hear about what class review you enjoyed reading about in the comments!
Or… just tell me if YOU have been to Canada.
May all of your bobbins be full,
Janelle
Bag of the Month Club
Airport Sling Sew-Along Details and What's Happening Here?
4/06/2016 10:16:00 AM
We Have a Sew-Along Coming!
If you've got our book, or are getting ready to order it (sold at amazon, C&T Publishing, or book & quilt stores near you), Lindsay and I are excited to tell you that we are going to start tackling some of these projects with you!
Do you buy a book and never make the projects? I do that a lot, because it seems like I like to look at the pictures and dream of the projects I would make, but sometimes I need a bit of a push. It's more fun to make things with a friend! So we are doing this together.
We are starting with my pattern, The Airport Sling. The first instructional post of the sew-along will be here on my blog, and I'll go through all of the cutting and fusing of interfacing and talk a bit about interfacing/fleece & fabric choices with you. Then, I'll spend a couple of weeks, and several blog posts, going through all of the steps to sew it together and it will be so easy to follow along because I'll share photos of the whole process.
Please make sure you join our Facebook group "On The Go Bags", and join in the chat, and fabric photo sharing.
Prizes!! Yes, we will wrap up the Airport Sling Sew-Along with prizes and then….
we'll jump into Lindsay's sew-along for the cover photo bag, the Sporty Strap Pack - with more Prizes!
You don't need to enter anything to join the sew-along, you only need to follow here for the instructional posts, and in the Facebook group if you like.
We hope you'll join us!
Janelle & Lindsay
Bag of the Month Club - April Pattern!!
We are most of the way through this session of the Bag of the Month Club already. Bags from January to April have been presented to the members already, and we are looking forward to see what May and June patterns will be. If you would like to see my pattern, the Gabby Bag, and all of the tester versions - go here!
It's not too late to get this club subscription and get all of the patterns shown and the other 2 that are on the way. Here is the club website, and join us in the facebook group for all of the photo sharing fun!
The Great Canadian Craftsy Bag Tour
The bag tour is on day 3 and so far we've had 5 Craftsy classes reviewed. The blog posts are very informative and there are entries for prizes at the end of each. I hear there will be a big give-away at the end of the tour! Here is where the tour starts, but you can go down to the bottom of that post and see all of the stops.
Thank you so much for reading!
May all of your bobbins be full.
Janelle
If you've got our book, or are getting ready to order it (sold at amazon, C&T Publishing, or book & quilt stores near you), Lindsay and I are excited to tell you that we are going to start tackling some of these projects with you!
Do you buy a book and never make the projects? I do that a lot, because it seems like I like to look at the pictures and dream of the projects I would make, but sometimes I need a bit of a push. It's more fun to make things with a friend! So we are doing this together.
We are starting with my pattern, The Airport Sling. The first instructional post of the sew-along will be here on my blog, and I'll go through all of the cutting and fusing of interfacing and talk a bit about interfacing/fleece & fabric choices with you. Then, I'll spend a couple of weeks, and several blog posts, going through all of the steps to sew it together and it will be so easy to follow along because I'll share photos of the whole process.
Please make sure you join our Facebook group "On The Go Bags", and join in the chat, and fabric photo sharing.
Prizes!! Yes, we will wrap up the Airport Sling Sew-Along with prizes and then….
we'll jump into Lindsay's sew-along for the cover photo bag, the Sporty Strap Pack - with more Prizes!
You don't need to enter anything to join the sew-along, you only need to follow here for the instructional posts, and in the Facebook group if you like.
We hope you'll join us!
Janelle & Lindsay
Bag of the Month Club - April Pattern!!
We are most of the way through this session of the Bag of the Month Club already. Bags from January to April have been presented to the members already, and we are looking forward to see what May and June patterns will be. If you would like to see my pattern, the Gabby Bag, and all of the tester versions - go here!
It's not too late to get this club subscription and get all of the patterns shown and the other 2 that are on the way. Here is the club website, and join us in the facebook group for all of the photo sharing fun!
The Great Canadian Craftsy Bag Tour
The bag tour is on day 3 and so far we've had 5 Craftsy classes reviewed. The blog posts are very informative and there are entries for prizes at the end of each. I hear there will be a big give-away at the end of the tour! Here is where the tour starts, but you can go down to the bottom of that post and see all of the stops.
Thank you so much for reading!
May all of your bobbins be full.
Janelle
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