{"id":2827,"date":"2009-08-26T06:43:05","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T13:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2016-08-30T08:03:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T15:03:16","slug":"handbag-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/handbag-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"Handbag Finished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, I have been thinking of branching out from the Eco Market Tote bag pattern that I have a been using for the past 1.5 years. I saw the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allpeoplequilt.com\/quarterlychallenge\/Over-the-Top-Bag-QM1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Over the Top bag<\/a> in a recent issue of Quilts &amp; More magazine. That mag is on Facebook, so I get more notifications about what they have going. I saw their promotion for Quarterly Challenges, which reminded me of this bag. A couple of things came together, including watching their little tips video, so I downloaded the pattern last Friday and made the bag, mostly, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2829\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2829\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PICT4430sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2829\" title=\"Batik Handbag\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PICT4430sm-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"Batik Handbag\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PICT4430sm-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PICT4430sm-1023x918.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PICT4430sm.jpg 2006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Batik Handbag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am pleased with the way it came out.\u00a0 It is the perfect size for a small handwork project tote. As with all things I sew from a pattern, I found that the first piece is really a test piece. I rely heavily on TFQ and her garment sewing experience when it comes to 3D projects, so deciphering this one alone was a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>There were a few things I didn&#8217;t really understand in the pattern and, thus, skipped. I don&#8217;t see that it made much difference in the long run. There were some things that the pattern said to do that I would do differently a second time. I would add more stiffness to the bottom, perhaps something like Timtex.\u00a0 The pattern says to sew only to the dots, which are about 1\/4&#8243; away from the edge. This makes sense for the bottom seams. It is necessary in order to put the Y seams together. It isn&#8217;t necessary on the top of the bag and actually turned out to be a pain. since the top seams weren&#8217;t crossed by another machine stitched seam, they started to come apart after I had the bag mostly together.\u00a0 I ended up hand stitching the tops of the seams.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>I think that this pattern has a lot of opportunities for embellishment, which could be fun. I keep thinking of a picture I saw in either thr3fold journal or Quilting Arts, where Laura Kemshall did a beaded edging on one of her bags.<\/p>\n<p>In anticipation of loving this pattern, I bought enough magnetic clasps to make 4 bags total. After making it, however, I am not sure whether or not I will make any more. In some ways I want to make the bag again, so I can perfectmy construction techniques. On the other hand, I don&#8217;t think they style and size would be that useful for me, so I am not sure I want to have a bunch of them hanging around the house. They may, however, make nice gifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, I have been thinking of branching out from the Eco Market Tote bag pattern that I have a been using for the past 1.5 years. I saw the Over the Top bag in a recent issue of Quilts &amp; More magazine. That mag is on Facebook, so I get more notifications about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/handbag-finished\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Handbag Finished&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[86,255,66],"class_list":["post-2827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-389","tag-off-topic-crafts","tag-project-bag","tag-tote-bags"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}