{"id":44619,"date":"2019-01-20T07:12:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T14:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=44619"},"modified":"2019-01-08T17:57:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T00:57:56","slug":"gift-post-10-alisons-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/gift-post-10-alisons-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Post #10: Alison’s Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you know, members of my guild make bags and then the rest of the members bring small gifts\/goodies with which to fill them. This time we had a new position for which to make a bag. The Member-At-Large position was somewhat undefined, so there was some discussion about whether the job that had been done was bag worthy. I felt bad not giving a bag to a board member when, despite her work, everyone else on the board was getting a bag.<\/p>\n

\"Allison's<\/a>
Allison’s 2018 Bag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a result, I pulled fabrics and made a Jane Market Tote<\/a>. The hardest part of these bags is the cutting. I always forget how many pieces I need to cut. I take responsibility, because I have such trouble understanding patterns. I’d love a system where cutting was uniformly described across all patterns. If wishes were horses…. Still, once cut, this bag goes together easily.<\/p>\n

I add interfacing to the outside pieces, which makes the bag pretty crisp, though still foldable.\u00a0 I also set the straps in the top seam rather than sewing them to the outside. This means that three seams cover the straps and provide security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you know, members of my guild make bags and then the rest of the members bring small gifts\/goodies with which to fill them. This time we had a new position for which to make a bag. The Member-At-Large position was somewhat undefined, so there was some discussion about whether the job that had been … Continue reading “Gift Post #10: Alison’s Bag”<\/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":[477],"tags":[137,316,72,160,130],"class_list":["post-44619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-477","tag-bamqg","tag-gifts","tag-group-project","tag-guilds","tag-jane-market-tote"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44619","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=44619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}