{"id":45223,"date":"2019-03-10T07:07:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=45223"},"modified":"2019-06-20T10:18:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:18:05","slug":"classmates-tote-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/classmates-tote-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Classmates Tote Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Gerre's<\/a>
Gerre’s Classmates Tote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I decided to make another Classmates tote for my friend’s birthday. I didn’t mail it until Monday, so I hope she has it by now and the surprise won’t be ruined.<\/p>\n

This one went a lot more smoothly than the first one<\/a>. I learned different things this time, such as color placement. I am thinking I will make one to contain all of my random suitcase flotsam. I meant to see if it all would fit before I sent off the bag, but didn’t do it.<\/p>\n

\"Gerre's<\/a>
Gerre’s Classmates Tote- open<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I went through the pattern and marked the cutting chart up so I would know what I was cutting, which would help me with color\/ fabric placement. My plan worked very well.<\/p>\n

One thing that sent me over the edge in liking this project is the number of pockets. I knew as I was making it that I would get a lot of pockets, but I found, once I put the whole thing together, that there were even more pockets than I thought. This turned out to be because when I put the pockets I had made separately on the lining, additional pockets were created. The bonus pocket behind the center zippered pocket could hold a 6×6 inch ruler! Or nearly.<\/p>\n

\"Gerre's<\/a>
Gerre’s Classmates Tote- outside cover, open<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am pretty thrilled with how this one came out. I worked really hard and did my best work. The one thing I would change is the binding. It looks great on the inside, but doesn’t go very well with the ice cream fabric. I am not sure what I would use. I might need to change the linking to go better with the outside. I wanted to make sure the piece was cheerful, which is why I chose the lining fabric. I also wanted to use the ice cream fabric so this bag would go with the sewing machine mat and other items I have made for her. I thought it would be segregated enough to not matter, but I didn’t thinking about the binding and how that would united the outside with the lining.<\/p>\n

\"Gerre's<\/a>
Gerre’s Classmates Tote- partially open<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think I would also change the handle a bit. I think it would be good to add a little padding to it. I am not sure my machine could make it through an additional layer of padding.<\/p>\n

I am pleased with how the lobster clip and ring line up. That was a concern on the first one and this effort came out perfectly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I decided to make another Classmates tote for my friend’s birthday. I didn’t mail it until Monday, so I hope she has it by now and the surprise won’t be ruined. This one went a lot more smoothly than the first one. I learned different things this time, such as color placement. I am thinking … Continue reading “Classmates Tote Gift”<\/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":[480,316,255],"class_list":["post-45223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-477","tag-classmates-tote","tag-gifts","tag-project-bag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45223","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=45223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}