{"id":47018,"date":"2019-08-17T06:58:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T13:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=47018"},"modified":"2019-08-16T16:21:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T23:21:14","slug":"more-on-go-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/more-on-go-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Go Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reader Colleen was kind enough to leave a comment<\/a> about her experience with quiltmaking Go bags. She wrote, which reminded of more detail I should have included: “I do have a go bag. It\u2019s one of those big, flat bags they sold about 10 years ago that holds an 18\u00d724 cutting mat and a 6\u00d724 ruler, plus lots of pockets and sections for smaller tools and a project.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t actually like it for carrying projects. I got plastic lidded totes that are about twice the size of a shoebox, that seem to work well.<\/p>\n

While I do have some duplicate tools, I have created a list of what I need to take, so I can grab the items quickly when packing up. I just joined my quilting group last year, so I also wrote down everyone\u2019s name and a brief description, so I could refresh my memory before going the first couple times.”<\/p>\n

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Best Bag Ever<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A go bag like the black one<\/a> I showed doesn’t include everything I need to sew at Sew Day, on retreat or in a class. This bag includes basic supplies. I also have a flat bag<\/a> like Reader Colleen describes. I probably wouldn’t have made myself a bag like this, but I got it in a swap. I find that it is very useful. It keeps a large rotary mat flat, a few rulers and a flattish, portable ironing board ready to go on a moment’s notice. I don’t always take this bag, but I have it available if I need it.<\/p>\n

The point, however, is that I can’t just grab the black bag and go. I need to pack. The black bag does not include projects or fabric, specialty supplies or a sewing machine.<\/p>\n

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ArtBin Project Box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Reader Colleen says I also put some of my active projects into ArtBin project boxes<\/a>. I just started this practice in the last year<\/a>. I also use larger bins (larger projects, quilting) from the Container Store. As I said in that post from last year, I like the fact that they are stackable and I can keep all the stuff for one project (or a group of projects like the Crafty Gemini Organizer Club<\/a> bag supplies) together. This helps A LOT with Grab & Go.<\/p>\n

Whatever is leftover and loose, I toss into a Chubby Charmer<\/a>. Sometimes, these items end up in the project box\/bin later; sometimes not. On a good day, I have 4-5 bags and boxes with me plus a sewing machine sometimes. This is a lot of stuff, but it is much more organized than having to cannibalize the supplies from my workroom, hunt through fabric for a project and find notions. I like to be organized in this way, because it gets me sewing or working on my project faster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reader Colleen was kind enough to leave a comment about her experience with quiltmaking Go bags. She wrote, which reminded of more detail I should have included: “I do have a go bag. It\u2019s one of those big, flat bags they sold about 10 years ago that holds an 18\u00d724 cutting mat and a 6\u00d724 … Continue reading “More on Go Bags”<\/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":[329],"class_list":["post-47018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-477","tag-organization"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47018","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=47018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}