{"id":61819,"date":"2024-02-18T06:59:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T14:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=61819"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T00:19:17","slug":"finished-pink-dot-bluestem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/finished-pink-dot-bluestem\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished Pink Dot Bluestem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pink Dot Bluestem pouch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I finished the first Bluestem. It is a small (pens would fit well), firm pouch with the opportunity to use fun zippers and zipper pulls.<\/p>\n

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Pink dot Bluestem – side view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have the idea to make a group of pink bags for a fundraiser or raffle gift and this is the first of the possibilities.<\/p>\n

This pouch doesn’t take very long to make. The main pattern piece is an odd shape and I couldn’t imagine how the bag would be put together. I had to watch the video and that helped a lot.<\/p>\n

I have to say that, unlike other Sew Sweetness Squad members, I don’t watch the whole video before I make a bag. I just get started, then watch the parts that I need to watch when I am confused by the directions. Sometimes I feel bad about that, but it works for me.<\/p>\n

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Pink dot Bluestem – inside view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The construction made me worry about raw edges at first, but Sara uses some doublefold (foldover) elastic<\/a>** to cover the inside raw edges. I am not great at that part of the process, but I am getting better!<\/p>\n

You can see the foldover elastic peeking out at the top of the photo, left.<\/p>\n

I am pleased with that pale pink solid. It’s from Art Gallery and just looks perfect.<\/p>\n

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Pink dot Bluestem -end<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am also pleased with how the zipper and the foldover elastic came out together. I admit that I hand stitched one side of the elastic. I just wasn’t confident to stitch both sides at once on the machine. I plan to make more of these, so I’ll get there.<\/p>\n

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Pink dot Bluestem -label<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also remembered to add a label!<\/p>\n

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**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 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":"

I finished the first Bluestem. It is a small (pens would fit well), firm pouch with the opportunity to use fun zippers and zipper pulls.   I have the idea to make a group of pink bags for a fundraiser or raffle gift and this is the first of the possibilities. This pouch doesn’t take … Continue reading “Finished Pink Dot Bluestem”<\/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":[128,493,488,544,536],"class_list":["post-61819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-530","tag-completed-project","tag-minikins-patterns","tag-pouch","tag-sew-sweetness","tag-the-pink-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61819","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=61819"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61839,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61819\/revisions\/61839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}