I went to Cyndi’s house and sewed the other day.
![Enigma Bags in process](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231216_153116_wm-sm-300x166.jpg)
We planned to make the Enigma Bag (Sew Sweetness, Minikins Season 4) together back in November, but life happened, so we didn’t get to it until last week.
I have to admit that the Enigma Bag might be my new Hackney Bag – that is a bag I make for gifts for various people. I like it a lot. I especially like the diagonal zipper and how it opens flat. I haven’t given them to enough people to have feedback.
![Sewing with Cyndi](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231216_153108_wm-sm-300x225.jpg)
I didn’t feel like lugging my machine along, so Cyndi kindly let me use her machine. She has a Janome Skyline and I have to say that it was really nice to use for sewing. The bobbin loading was amazing. I might need to look into getting a new machine. That’s a story for another day.
As you can see, I moved in quite completely. My pattern and pieces are on the right and my go bag is on the left.
![Sewing with Cyndi - spread to the right](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231216_153113_wm-sm-300x225.jpg)
I had done all the cutting and prep for my bag, so I worked on cutting out the Goldenrod book cover, which I decided to make at the last minute, while Cyndi finished her prep. I started a bit before and was able to get to the point in the pattern where I installed the main zipper. I wasn’t happy with it, though and stopped, because I needed to contemplate the zipper in the overall scheme of making the bag.
It was a great day and I enjoyed sewing with someone else very much.