{"id":46892,"date":"2019-08-04T07:22:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T14:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=46892"},"modified":"2019-08-03T19:00:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T02:00:25","slug":"community-giving-sew-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/community-giving-sew-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Giving Sew Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent the day yesterday sewing for good. It was the guild’s Sew Day and we made zipper pouches for the Grateful Garment Project<\/a>. The project provides a variety of items to assault victims. You can read more about the project on their website.<\/p>\n

\"31<\/a>
31 BAM zipper pouches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We ended up with 31.5 zipper pouches. I have one that I need to finish, which is the other half. 3 of us made over half of them, but everyone contributed. Mary talked to me about a production line where we could more done in the same time frame. I like that idea and hope we can do it again soon.<\/p>\n

I also like the variety we came up with. Peggy, the awesome, put out a bin of fabrics and we were allowed to choose the ones we wanted. This meant there were fabrics with which I had never worked and that expanded my horizons a bit. I think some of them will be suitable for men, too.<\/p>\n

\"Green<\/a>
Green & Yellow Zipper Pouch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I chose fabrics I liked, but I concentrated on producing as many well done zipper pouches as I could in the allotted time.<\/p>\n

The first zipper pouch I made was the hardest. It came out fine, but was a challenge to get oriented to the pattern. After making the first one, I consulted with Mary on the zipper. We traded tips and after that our zippers came out as well as can be expected. I made two using the green and yellow fabric combination.<\/p>\n

\"Purple<\/a>
Purple Zipper Pouch for BAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second one I made was from purple fabrics. I liked the various motifs and like to use fabrics I enjoy.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t a big fan of the white zipper, but there wasn’t a lot of choice in zippers. Peggy bought a bulk packet and there were no purple. Needs must and all. I think it looks fine.<\/p>\n

\"Dots<\/a>
Dots and Stripes Zipper Pouch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Midway through I made two bags from the dots and stripes. I couldn’t, of course, resist the dots and the stripes were just great.<\/p>\n

I like light interiors for pouches bags and handbags. Black interiors: blech! The light insides\/linings allow one to see what is inside the bag. Light can also reflect on the light fabric to aid seeing what is in the bottom corner of your bag. I am sure I have said this before.<\/p>\n

\"Dots<\/a>
Dots with white zipper pouch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had a lot of the dots, so I made a third pouch with a different interior. I liked the stripes better, but the light white on white (or maybe a very light pink) is fine. It does show the red dot fabric through a little bit, which is a shame.<\/p>\n

By the time I made all of these pouches, I didn’t need a pattern. I was just making them over and over and refining as I went along. One thing I should have done was sew the lining with a larger seam allowance so that it fit inside the pouch better. It didn’t occur to me until I was almost done. I’ll do that on the last one.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The pouches I made<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I spent the day yesterday sewing for good. It was the guild’s Sew Day and we made zipper pouches for the Grateful Garment Project. The project provides a variety of items to assault victims. You can read more about the project on their website. We ended up with 31.5 zipper pouches. I have one that … Continue reading “Community Giving Sew Day”<\/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":[137,355,413],"class_list":["post-46892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-477","tag-bamqg","tag-doing-good","tag-sew-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46892","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=46892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}