{"id":63710,"date":"2024-09-06T07:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=63710"},"modified":"2024-09-11T16:49:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T23:49:56","slug":"thinking-about-the-classmate-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/thinking-about-the-classmate-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about the Classmate Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44322\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-15431789689594918903443412013090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44322\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-15431789689594918903443412013090-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"Classmate Bag for Lindsay - BAM Swap\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-15431789689594918903443412013090-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-15431789689594918903443412013090-768x800.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-15431789689594918903443412013090-983x1024.jpg 983w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-15431789689594918903443412013090-1200x1250.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 85vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Classmate Bag for Lindsay &#8211; BAM Swap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am starting to think more about gifts, not just the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/the-pink-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pink Project<\/a>, but upcoming birthday and holiday gifts. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3WPPXjt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classmate Tote<\/a>** by Atkinson Designs has been on my mind for some reason. Perhaps I need to make one for myself!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45231\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512324721473496925824769784513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45231\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512324721473496925824769784513-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gerre's Classmates Tote- open\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512324721473496925824769784513-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512324721473496925824769784513-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512324721473496925824769784513-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512324721473496925824769784513-1200x1832.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512324721473496925824769784513.jpg 1965w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 85vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerre&#8217;s Classmates Tote- open<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I like making useful bags. As you know I have made two of them before, one as a <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/bam-swap-bag-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swap gift<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/classmates-tote-gift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one for Gerre<\/a>. I like the idea of this bag and I think it is useful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of things I need to remember, if I decide to make one of these again. The pen holder is too small for *my* pens, so I need to make sure to measure my pens.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45237\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512413047254684040040179526923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45237\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512413047254684040040179526923-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Gerre's Classmates Tote\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512413047254684040040179526923-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512413047254684040040179526923-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512413047254684040040179526923-1024x779.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wp-15512413047254684040040179526923-1200x913.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerre&#8217;s Classmates Tote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The other thing is to make sure the binding goes with the the interior and exterior. I have to admit that I really like getting to the sewing part. That means I sometimes take shortcuts in choosing fabrics. It is so stupid, because I love shopping for fabrics and I enjoy the fabulous motifs of different fabrics. So, the reminder is to make sure all the fabrics go together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**Obviously, you should shop at local fabric, knitting shops or quilt shops. However, if you can\u2019t, please know that I use affiliate links. I may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item\u2019s link in my post. There is no additional cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I do not recommend items I don\u2019t like. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am starting to think more about gifts, not just the Pink Project, but upcoming birthday and holiday gifts. The Classmate Tote** by Atkinson Designs has been on my mind for some reason. Perhaps I need to make one for myself! &nbsp; &nbsp; I like making useful bags. As you know I have made two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/thinking-about-the-classmate-again\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thinking about the Classmate Again&#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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[530],"tags":[137,480,91,316,72,255],"class_list":["post-63710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-530","tag-bamqg","tag-classmates-tote","tag-future-projects","tag-gifts","tag-group-project","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\/63710","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=63710"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63816,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63710\/revisions\/63816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}