{"id":60801,"date":"2023-11-14T07:12:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=60801"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T19:26:09","slug":"thinking-about-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/thinking-about-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about Pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am working on another Kit Supply Tote. As an aside, having a model to look at as I make the pattern again makes the second one much easier.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, I worked on the pockets on Saturday night. I modified the pockets in the pattern, because I thought I could add more pockets. I prepared the modified pockets some time ago, but just started to sew them over the weekend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60797\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_175750_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60797\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_175750_wm-sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kit Supply Tote pocket modification\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_175750_wm-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_175750_wm-sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_175750_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kit Supply Tote pocket modification<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My pockets have the pockets from the pattern on the bottom (white fabric with blue lines of dots) and another vinyl pocket (top of vinyl has blue double fold elastic) layered on top. I thought this was a great idea until I started to sew it. I had to fold the vinyl under to make a seam, which makes the whole piece really thick. It worked, but it wasn&#8217;t ideal. I had to rip out one section at the bottom, because I didn&#8217;t quite catch the vinyl. After that I was very careful about catching the vinyl.<\/p>\n<p>I could always add an internal zipper pocket, but I think these slip pockets are more useful. I think this idea has potential; I just have to work on it a little more.<\/p>\n<p>N. B. In the photo, I am using <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3SF8RcA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sew Tites<\/a>**, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/47cKjfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pins<\/a>** and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3SECM4C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WonderClips<\/a>** to hold the pocket in place. The pins cannot be used on vinyl. I know I have mentioned this before, but it is always useful to hear it again. Vinyl doesn&#8217;t self heal, so WonderClips and Sew Tites are a must when you work with vinyl. That <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MBC44f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sew Tite Magnum<\/a>** was great! I use the pins linked above because they work better for me with bags. The super thin pins that some quiltmakers love bend when used with the layers required for bagmaking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can\u2019t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item\u2019s link in my post. There is <em>no additional<\/em> cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am working on another Kit Supply Tote. As an aside, having a model to look at as I make the pattern again makes the second one much easier. In this case, I worked on the pockets on Saturday night. I modified the pockets in the pattern, because I thought I could add more pockets. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/thinking-about-pockets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thinking about Pockets&#8221;<\/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":[519],"tags":[522,353,255,357],"class_list":["post-60801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-519","tag-aneela-hoey-patterns","tag-process","tag-project-bag","tag-thinking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60801","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=60801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60803,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60801\/revisions\/60803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}