{"id":36979,"date":"2017-06-08T06:35:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=36979"},"modified":"2017-06-04T21:25:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T04:25:08","slug":"boxcar-tote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/boxcar-tote\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxcar Tote"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36974\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1887sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36974\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1887sm-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"Boxcar Tote by Green Bee\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1887sm-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1887sm-768x1130.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1887sm-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1887sm.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 85vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxcar Tote by Green Bee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, I cut out another tote. Are you screaming at me? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Cutting out and prepping the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/poolside-tote-in-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poolside Tote<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/scruffyquiltsblog.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scruffy Quilts<\/a> Sewcial went so well that I decided to repeat the happiness with the Boxcar Tote. There were several factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I knew I would have very little time over the weekend to sew; AND<\/li>\n<li>I actually knew when the Sewcial was<\/li>\n<li>not to mention I would miss Sew Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, I need to get this tote done in the next week or so as it is a gift I am giving in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>I bought this pattern on a whim from Hawthorne Threads in April. I liked the shape and thought this would be a great bag for a friend. I have a number of bag patterns waiting to be cut out, so I kind of surprised myself by gathering the materials for this one then finding an opportunity to cut it out relatively quickly considering when I bought it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36975\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1889sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36975\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1889sm-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"Boxcar Tote in pieces\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1889sm-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1889sm-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSCN1889sm.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxcar Tote in pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Again, the Sewcial provided the right kind of space and also a bit of sociability which enabled me to cut out this pattern and prep the pieces for construction.<\/p>\n<p>I am using some cactus fabric I bought plus some of the winnings from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/chicken-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent BAMaQG meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t all peaches and roses as I ran out of the stiffener. Fortunately, oh so fortunately, Scruffy had something similar and I was able to move on. Still, it took me less than 3 hours to cut out and apply the stiffener to the fabric (one side was fusible).<\/p>\n<p>I was annoyed at the pattern, because the designer expected me to cut out square pattern pieces, pin them to fabric and cut the whole mess out. For non-square pattern pieces, I always make a tracing paper pattern, so the original stays pristine. Since these were squares and rectangles, I measured them and cut them out with a rotary cutter, not using a paper pattern. Not sure why the designer didn&#8217;t tell me the size of the rectangles. It wasn&#8217;t rocket science and seems like a crucial piece of information. I&#8217;d like to make another one so I wrote the sizes on the pattern and cut them out with a ruler.<\/p>\n<p>This is a pattern with all squares and rectangles, which means I will have to insert the bottom (a rectangle) into place by matching up corner dots. Not my favorite method of constructing a bottom, but I am reserving judgment. I am thinking that I may make it a little differently the second time around. We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to see how this bag comes out.\u00a0 I really want to work on some bags. I am also curious to see the final size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I cut out another tote. Are you screaming at me? \ud83d\ude09 Cutting out and prepping the Poolside Tote at the Scruffy Quilts Sewcial went so well that I decided to repeat the happiness with the Boxcar Tote. There were several factors: I knew I would have very little time over the weekend to sew; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/boxcar-tote\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Boxcar Tote&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[434],"tags":[442,110,255,66],"class_list":["post-36979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-boxcar-tote","tag-preparation","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\/36979","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}