{"id":61372,"date":"2024-03-15T06:54:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=61372"},"modified":"2024-03-09T10:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T18:04:42","slug":"started-the-retreat-organizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/started-the-retreat-organizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Started the Retreat Organizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_61635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61635\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240129_165830_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61635\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240129_165830_wm-sm-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"Retreat in a Bag Start\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240129_165830_wm-sm-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240129_165830_wm-sm-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240129_165830_wm-sm-768x1125.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240129_165830_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 85vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retreat in a Bag Start<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, I made a start on the Crafty Gemini <a href=\"https:\/\/craftygemini.com\/retreat-in-a-bag-pdf-video-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retreat-in-a-Bag project<\/a>. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/26-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">26 Projects list<\/a>, I call it the Retreat Organizer. It doesn&#8217;t look like much because it is only two large pieces of fabric sandwiched together with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OXKTGy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soft &amp; Stable<\/a>**.<\/p>\n<p>I stopped working on it so I could finish Christmas gifts and haven&#8217;t gotten back to it yet. This may be the oldest bag ever. I really have to finish it.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Christmas gifts, I was also stalled because I was trying to decide whether to embellish the webbing like I did with the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/all-rolled-up-tote-yet-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handles for the All Rolled Up bag<\/a>. I finally decided just to finish the %$#@ bag. once I get back to it, I will just put the webbing handles on as is. If I decide to make another one, then I&#8217;ll think about embellishing the handles. I am not sure fancy webbing was available in 2018 when I bought the kit. Now, I can choose from Tula Pink webbing and the various webbing offered by Sew Hungry Hippie. I am sure a lot of other places have fun webbing as well.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things about this project is that very large pieces of fabric and foam have to be cut. With my small cutting table, it is a big challenge. I could have used the dining room table, but didn&#8217;t think of it at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I&#8217;ll have time to work on this project next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Yes, I made a start on the Crafty Gemini Retreat-in-a-Bag project. In the 26 Projects list, I call it the Retreat Organizer. It doesn&#8217;t look like much because it is only two large pieces of fabric sandwiched together with Soft &amp; Stable**. I stopped working on it so I could finish Christmas gifts and haven&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/started-the-retreat-organizer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Started the Retreat Organizer&#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":[530],"tags":[515,461,255],"class_list":["post-61372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-530","tag-crafty-gemini","tag-crafty-gemini-organizer-club","tag-project-bag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61372","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=61372"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61893,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61372\/revisions\/61893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}