{"id":51254,"date":"2020-12-06T07:18:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T15:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=51254"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:54:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:54:55","slug":"gift-post-1-oslo-craft-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/gift-post-1-oslo-craft-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Post #1: Oslo Craft Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Oslo<\/a>
Oslo Craft Bag Swap Gift – side 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I joined the most recent guild swap and made an Oslo Craft Bag<\/a> for Cyndi. She said she wanted any kind of tote bag. I was on the fence about this bag as it doesn’t strike me as a straight tote bag.<\/p>\n

A few years ago I wrote about this bag<\/a> and have been wanting to make one ever since. This was a great opportunity. I put a note in the bag that I would make her a real tote if this wasn’t what she was expecting. I thought about making her a Multi-tasker tote<\/a> as well, but lost steam and didn’t get to it. I kind of want to make her a Superbloom tote<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

\"Oslo<\/a>
Oslo Craft Bag Swap Gift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This bag went together with no problems. I thought the pockets with the yellow binding were a little too fussy. However, I like it that they have dimension. I don’t know if I would make them the same way again, but I like to make the pattern as is the first time, as you know.<\/p>\n

I saw another version in the Facebook group (a good use of FB, IMO) where the maker put two pockets like the top photo shows, but put a second mesh pocket over the first. I am thinking about making another one and I might do that. I like mesh for some reason, though I am not sure what it is good for in terms of storing sewing items.<\/p>\n

\"Oslo<\/a>
Oslo Craft Bag Swap Gift – interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was disappointed in the interior. Not the design, but the saggy-bagginess of it. The seam allowance was 1\/2 inch, which I thought meant that Sara had included enough to take up some of the lining so it wouldn’t sag. No such luck. The exterior was sewn with a 1\/2 inch seam allowance as well. I tried a few things to make the lining fit better. Short of taking the whole thing apart, none of my efforts worked.<\/p>\n

It is a nice rectangular bag and I think it would be useful for various tasks including bringing things to Sew Day. We’ll see what Cyndi thinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I joined the most recent guild swap and made an Oslo Craft Bag for Cyndi. She said she wanted any kind of tote bag. I was on the fence about this bag as it doesn’t strike me as a straight tote bag. A few years ago I wrote about this bag and have been wanting … Continue reading “Gift Post #1: Oslo Craft 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":[486],"tags":[137,128,316,255,544,59],"class_list":["post-51254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-486","tag-bamqg","tag-completed-project","tag-gifts","tag-project-bag","tag-sew-sweetness","tag-swaps"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51254","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=51254"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51258,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51254\/revisions\/51258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}