{"id":60988,"date":"2023-12-16T07:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T15:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=60988"},"modified":"2023-12-11T21:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T05:07:01","slug":"finished-ultimate-project-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/finished-ultimate-project-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished: Ultimate Project Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ultimate Project Bag – exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I finished the Ultimate Project Bag! After 5 years, I finished it. I am annoyed, because this was not a difficult project. It may have been more difficult 5 years ago, but my skills have improved tremendously since then. I was also swayed by the other members of the club saying that it was such a difficult project.<\/p>\n

I am pretty happy, not only to have it finished, but also with how it came out. I have some ideas for changes, (of course!), if I make this again. I should make it again just to remind myself that it isn’t a very difficult project. It could be very useful for toting around bag projects in process!<\/p>\n

This is the exterior and you can see the quilting pretty well. I talked about it a little in the in process post<\/a> I wrote a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

The exterior is like an Essex Linen, but by Figo. It feels like a very lightweight canvas, though drapey. It looks like the photo above on both sides when closed.<\/p>\n

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Ultimate Project Bag – interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When opened it is about 39 inches long. I don’t know why 39 inches and not 40. ~\\\/0\\\/~ On one half of the bag (top in the photo, right) is a zippered mesh pocket.<\/p>\n

In the middle is a tab with a D-ring.<\/p>\n

On the other half in a vinyl pocket where I used glitter vinyl (because I love it). The vinyl pocket also has a zipper.<\/p>\n

The pockets are quite large – around 16×16 inches, which definitely holds blocks.<\/p>\n

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Ultimate Project Bag – interior – with Road Trip bag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I mentioned, this was part of the Crafty Gemini Organizer Club and one of the first projects we made was the Road Trip bag<\/a>. The Road Trip bag<\/a> was designed, from the beginning, to be attached to this Ultimate Project Bag. It is a good idea, because I often need a place to store bag hardware I have collected as I am assembling supplies to make a bag. I put a Lobster Clip on the Road Trip bag and a D-ring in the Ultimate Project Bag, because I prefer to be able to clip the smaller bag to larger bags. Crafty Gemini designed the patterns to have the D-ring on the Road Trip bag and a Lobster Clip on the Ultimate Project Bag. It is really preference. Neither is right or wrong. I try to remember to put a leash\/tab and a D-ring on my larger bags just in case I want to clip something to it.<\/p>\n

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Ultimate Project Bag: detail-mesh pocket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am not happy with the position of the clip for the Road Trip bag. As I carry the Ultimate Project Bag, the Road Trip Bag falls out and drags on the floor. I am thinking of adding a separate tab and D-ring to the top side, under the zipper, of the mesh pocket. If I do that the Road Trip Bag will still jut out a little bit, but at least it won’t drag on the floor.<\/p>\n

Taking the binding off the mesh pocket, will be less destructive than taking it off the vinyl side.<\/p>\n

As an aside, you will notice that the Road Trip bag looks very similar to the Sew Sweetness I Spy Pouch<\/a> from Minikins Season 1. The pattern designs are very similar.<\/p>\n

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On to the Ultimate Retreat Bag!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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