{"id":57288,"date":"2022-09-29T07:23:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=57288"},"modified":"2022-10-26T19:38:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T02:38:19","slug":"finished-essential-totes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/finished-essential-totes\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished: Essential Totes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Finished: Clippings Essential Tote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I finished the Essential Totes last week. I am really pleased with how they came out and am plotting when to make more.<\/p>\n

Both totes are way more glittery than anything I normally make. I am kind of liking a little more glitter than normal in my life.<\/p>\n

I have to give most of the credit to Natalie of SewHungryHippie<\/a>. The pattern, Essential Tote, is designed by Natalie. It is my first experience with her patterns and I found it to be a really good pattern: clear, easy to follow, no stupid overly complicated steps, well written. I resisted buying it for awhile, but ended up purchasing it in the end. She had some Spanish Crimson soft vinyl and some glitter webbing in her newsletter and I couldn’t resist. Buying the pattern enabled me to make something right away with both unusual (unusual purchase for me) products.<\/p>\n

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Finished Echinacea Glow Essential Tote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The exterior fabric I used on both is from Anna Maria Horner. One is Echinacea Glow and the other is Clippings. These are sturdy totes, as well, since both have foam lining.<\/p>\n

The bag supplies call for exterior fabrics such as canvas. I used regular quilting weight fabric and it worked fine.<\/p>\n

I did make some changes to the pattern. I used the Spanish Crimson soft vinyl for the bottom. This meant I had to change some of the cutting directions. I cut the exterior fabric 20 x 15.5 and the spanish Crimson soft vinyl for the bottom at 20 x 5.5. Then sewed the two pieces together to make one exterior piece 20×20, which I, then treated as one piece. 20×20 was the original size I was required to cut for the exterior. You could make the bottom larger by adjusting the cut sizes if you wanted. Make sure your final piece ends up 20 x 20 and everything will be fine.<\/p>\n

I only put one vinyl pocket on the outside of each tote. Next time, I’ll put one on each side next time. I was just lazy about my cutting.<\/p>\n

I think next time, if I use the same idea of a different bottom, I’ll make the vinyl pocket a little larger and have it sewn into the seam with the bottom fabric.<\/p>\n

\"Essential<\/a>
Essential Tote: Echinacea Glow Lining<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As usual, I added a leash to the inside of both totes. You can see in the bottom of the photo, left. I never know when I’ll want to lash my keys or a pouch to my tote.<\/p>\n

The pocket fit very well with the bottom boxed corners of the tote. I was impressed! I also used the measurements in the pattern, so mostly I was impressed that following directions actually worked. LOL!<\/p>\n

\"Essential<\/a>
Essential Tote: Clippings Lining<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pattern calls for vinyl interior pockets, but I was running out of vinyl (shocking! I bought a lot back a million years ago and I thought I still had a lot. Apparently not.), so I made a fabric pocket for one bag, which will be fine. I had enough vinyl to make a slightly smaller, vinyl pocket (photo, right) for one of the bags. The vinyl required that I cover all of the edges. It was a hassle, but the results are good.<\/p>\n

I used that Philip Jacobs rose lining, because it makes me super happy.<\/p>\n

\"Essential<\/a>
Essential Tote lining bottom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am pleased with the great sewing job I did. It isn’t perfect, but everything came together really well.<\/p>\n

I showed Tim and he liked the bag. I also showed it at Sew and Tell. People liked it.<\/p>\n

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