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- #5-Making an Adjustable Strap Using a Widemouth Slider<\/a> : Watch step-by-step as Annie shows how to attach a widemouth slider to make a strap adjustable for carrying over the shoulder or for carrying cross-body.<\/li>\n
- #6-Making a Detachable Strap<\/a> : Learn to attach the necessary hardware to make an attachable\/detachable strap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>APfE: Adjustable Strap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n I finally got the adjustable strap made and am pretty pleased with it.<\/p>\n
I am also super pleased with the triangle hardware. I have known about them, but don’t think I have used them before. This won’t be the last time! They are great, because they don’t roll around after installation like D-rings. I am in the process of installing them on the bag pockets. Once the bag is finished I will be able to clip the adjustable strap to them.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Webbing ends show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n I didn’t follow the handle and strap making directions, because I decided to use the new Tula Pink webbing. I ran into a few problems. First, I ended up making handles from fabric and Soft & Stable, because I didn’t have enough of the webbing. Second, there were no instructions on finishing the ends of the webbing. The webbing frays\/shreds like crazy, so some kind of sealing process needs to take place. I couldn’t find any tutorials or even any pictures of what others have done. I ended up using Aleene’s Tacky Glue<\/a>** on the edges of some of the pieces and L’Oreal Miracle Base Coat<\/a>** on others. I wanted to see the difference. I considered burning the edges, but was reluctant because of the smell and, also, I didn’t want the edges blackened at all. The webbing edges will show, regardless, and I wanted them to be as neat as possible.<\/p>\n
Both worked well. The glue took longer to dry, but I worked on other things while it dried. I would recommend cutting the end and sealing it immediately. The cut end seems to spontaneously fray. I covered my work surface with wax paper<\/a>**. I like the wax paper because one side is slippery-ish. It is covered in wax and while the glue sticks it doesn’t bond to the wax paper. I haven’t tried it, but parchment paper<\/a>** would probably work as well.<\/p>\n
In general, I found the webbing easy to work with. I was able to sew through two layers plus fabric and Soft & Stable pretty easily. I did put in a new needle and sewed slowly.<\/p>\n
This bag takes a long time. Stay tuned for more progress!<\/p>\n
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- ByAnnie A Place for Everything v.2 pattern<\/a>**<\/li>\n
- Tula Pink video<\/a> on how she deviates from the pattern to make more design decisions<\/li>\n
- Tula Pink video<\/a> on applying ribbon to cover \u2018connections\u2019<\/li>\n
- #5-Making an Adjustable Strap Using a Widemouth Slider<\/a> : Watch step-by-step as Annie shows how to attach a widemouth slider to make a strap adjustable for carrying over the shoulder or for carrying cross-body<\/li>\n
- #6-Making a Detachable Strap<\/a> : Learn to attach the necessary hardware to make an attachable\/detachable strap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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I spent Sunday working on the A Place for Everything bag. I despaired at making any progress, because the handle instructions didn’t seem to make any sense.I know part of this was that I had lost momentum. It makes me think I need to make the Take A Stand bag that has been on my … Continue reading “APfE v.2 Progress: Handles and Straps”<\/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":[506],"tags":[505,513,353,255,66],"class_list":["post-54944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-506","tag-a-place-for-everything-v-2-bag","tag-byannie-pattern","tag-process","tag-project-bag","tag-tote-bags"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54944","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=54944"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54951,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54944\/revisions\/54951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Tula Pink video<\/a> on how she deviates from the pattern to make more design decisions<\/li>\n
- #6-Making a Detachable Strap<\/a> : Learn to attach the necessary hardware to make an attachable\/detachable strap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n