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Sew Together Bag

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Woo hoo!  I made my own little Sew Together Bag!  This is just the cutest little thing, and so very useful.  I know you all will want to make one too.  It isn't a project for beginners, but if you are confident, and follow allong a couple of tutorials, read carefully and are patient with yourself, you can do it.

I had been seeing these adorable bags on various blogs, and when I saw Amanda's at Crazy Mom Quilts, I couldn't help myself.  There was no turning back.

The bag has three zippered pockets and one long zipper to hold it all together.  If you want some practice putting in zippers, here's your project.  A terrific tip I got is to use your walking foot for the entire project, including the zippers.  It worked great for me.

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Three zippered pockets for all your cosmetics, sewing notions, whatever.  

And wait for it.

 

Wait for it….

 

 

 

 

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I know.  How adorable is that?

Where to begin?  Well, with the downloadable PDF pattern from Sew Demented.  You can get it for $12  on Craftsy .

There are also lots of examples to drool over on Pinterest, Instagram and Flickr for inspiration.  You can embellish the outside with patchwork, embroidery, hexies, yo yos, whatever floats your boat.  For my first one, I just made mine out of a cute Joel Dewberry print. I used a piece of fusible batting to give it more body.

To tell you the truth, I could not have gotten through this pattern without a couple of online tutorials that walked me through it step by step.  The best one I found is one by Quilt Barn, done in five steps, supposedly over a five day sew along.  I made mine in one day.  The tutorial explains things really well and has loads of photos to make things even more clear.  Hopefully my future efforts won't take an entire day, because I have a couple of people who are going to want one of these when they see mine.

Amanda at Crazy Mom Quilts has a nice tutorial for making zipper tabs, which I think are a great addition. I used this same technique when I made those gazillion or so Teri Atkinson Zippy bags a few years ago.

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So get yourself some pretty fabric, four zippers, some fusible interfacing, the pattern and some matching thread, and give it a try!

 

18 responses to “Sew Together Bag”

  1. In the words of George Takei: OH MYYYYY!
    That is really cute, and if I didn’t already have about 37 little other gifts lined up to make for Christmas I would try this out. It will have to wait, but the time will come! 🙂

  2. In the words of George Takei: OH MYYYYY!
    That is really cute, and if I didn’t already have about 37 little other gifts lined up to make for Christmas I would try this out. It will have to wait, but the time will come! 🙂

  3. In the words of George Takei: OH MYYYYY!
    That is really cute, and if I didn’t already have about 37 little other gifts lined up to make for Christmas I would try this out. It will have to wait, but the time will come! 🙂

  7. You go, girl! What a cute bag, wonderful fabrics, jazzy insides for the zipper compartments, and good information for all who want to follow your brave example!
    I’m so glad this is still here! I wrote the above paragraph at 8:45a Eastern time, and before I could write more, my screen went black. YIKES!! I just followed techie son’s instructions and all is well. Phew! It appears Linux had a one-off Kernal-panic-crash. It certainly caused a certain amount of panic in me, too.
    Hugs!

  8. You go, girl! What a cute bag, wonderful fabrics, jazzy insides for the zipper compartments, and good information for all who want to follow your brave example!
    I’m so glad this is still here! I wrote the above paragraph at 8:45a Eastern time, and before I could write more, my screen went black. YIKES!! I just followed techie son’s instructions and all is well. Phew! It appears Linux had a one-off Kernal-panic-crash. It certainly caused a certain amount of panic in me, too.
    Hugs!

  9. You go, girl! What a cute bag, wonderful fabrics, jazzy insides for the zipper compartments, and good information for all who want to follow your brave example!
    I’m so glad this is still here! I wrote the above paragraph at 8:45a Eastern time, and before I could write more, my screen went black. YIKES!! I just followed techie son’s instructions and all is well. Phew! It appears Linux had a one-off Kernal-panic-crash. It certainly caused a certain amount of panic in me, too.
    Hugs!

  10. it’s beautiful! i was put off when i saw 99% of the people posting said they could not have gotten through it without all the helpful tutes by everyone EXCEPT the woman selling the pattern for $12! To me, if i buying a pattern it better get me through it or it isn’t a pattern…
    sorry to rant but i’m sick of buying bad patterns. i’m careful about what i buy these day.s ;p

  11. it’s beautiful! i was put off when i saw 99% of the people posting said they could not have gotten through it without all the helpful tutes by everyone EXCEPT the woman selling the pattern for $12! To me, if i buying a pattern it better get me through it or it isn’t a pattern…
    sorry to rant but i’m sick of buying bad patterns. i’m careful about what i buy these day.s ;p

  12. it’s beautiful! i was put off when i saw 99% of the people posting said they could not have gotten through it without all the helpful tutes by everyone EXCEPT the woman selling the pattern for $12! To me, if i buying a pattern it better get me through it or it isn’t a pattern…
    sorry to rant but i’m sick of buying bad patterns. i’m careful about what i buy these day.s ;p

  13. What a fun bag and good explanation. I love your choice of where to put the bright colored fabrics. May have to get zippers, pattern and give this a whirl.

  14. What a fun bag and good explanation. I love your choice of where to put the bright colored fabrics. May have to get zippers, pattern and give this a whirl.

  15. What a fun bag and good explanation. I love your choice of where to put the bright colored fabrics. May have to get zippers, pattern and give this a whirl.

  16. I have made this one to – AND you DONT get through the pattern without finding the tutorial – So it is a very lousy pattern – NO PHOTO AND NO HELP.
    And taking 12 Dollers for it is even worse – A bit like stealing from people who are buying in good faith…..

  17. I have made this one to – AND you DONT get through the pattern without finding the tutorial – So it is a very lousy pattern – NO PHOTO AND NO HELP.
    And taking 12 Dollers for it is even worse – A bit like stealing from people who are buying in good faith…..

  18. I have made this one to – AND you DONT get through the pattern without finding the tutorial – So it is a very lousy pattern – NO PHOTO AND NO HELP.
    And taking 12 Dollers for it is even worse – A bit like stealing from people who are buying in good faith…..