{"id":65254,"date":"2025-02-12T07:05:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=65254"},"modified":"2025-02-12T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T20:31:03","slug":"all-the-project-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/all-the-project-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Project Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Project bags are great for keeping all the pieces, parts and supplies for projects together. I have another jumbo project bag on the list of things I want to make for myself.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of thinking about this bag I realized I have made a lot of project bags. I was initially thinking of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DS1rgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ByAnnie project bags<\/a>**. I have made quite a few of them despite the need to quilt them. I noticed, as I looked through my photos, how many different types of project bags I have made.&nbsp; I decided to put them all in one post so I could see them in one place. It also gives you an idea of the different types of project bags there are. Keep in mind that this is a small number of the various patterns out there.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-65254 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/gift-post-tims-project-bag\/20241118_181749_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241118_181749_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tim&#039;s Project Bag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-64830\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-64830'>\n\t\t\t\tTim&#8217;s Project Bag\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/hildegarde-notions-trunk\/20240620_193153_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240620_193153_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hildegarde in the Project Bag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-62957\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-62957'>\n\t\t\t\tHildegarde in the Project Bag\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/finished-my-jumbo-project-bag\/20231115_085439_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115_085439_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"My Jumbo Project Bag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-60876\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-60876'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Jumbo Project Bag\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20231113_131645_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231113_131645_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Gerre&#039;s Project Bag #2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-60848\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-60848'>\n\t\t\t\tGerre&#8217;s Project Bag #2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20231111_131723_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_131723_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Gerre&#039;s project bag #1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-60810\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-60810'>\n\t\t\t\tGerre&#8217;s project bag #1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/gift-post-purple-project-bag\/20231108_171007_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231108_171007_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Purple Dot Project Bag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-60783\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-60783'>\n\t\t\t\tPurple Dot Project Bag\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/gift-post-10-2023-project-bag\/20220923_123540_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220923_123540_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Gerre&#039;s Project Bag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-57363\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-57363'>\n\t\t\t\tGerre&#8217;s Project Bag\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/gift-post-2-project-bag-for-mom\/20220917_193235_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220917_193235_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mom&#039;s Project Bag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-57313\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-57313'>\n\t\t\t\tMom&#8217;s Project Bag\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/finished-project-bag-for-julie\/20220917_100629_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220917_100629_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Julie&#039;s Project Bag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-57312\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-57312'>\n\t\t\t\tJulie&#8217;s Project Bag \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/gift-post-2-project-bag-for-mom\/20221221_215153_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221221_215153_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Two project bags for Mom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-58124\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-58124'>\n\t\t\t\tTwo project bags for Mom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/ultimate-project-bag-in-use\/20231202_195915_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231202_195915_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ultimate Project Bag in use\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61139\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61139'>\n\t\t\t\tUltimate Project Bag in use\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The photos above are mostly the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DS1rgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ByAnnie project bags<\/a>**. I added in the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/finished-ultimate-project-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultimate Project Bag<\/a> from Crafty Gemini, because it is more like the ByAnnie project bag than not. Also, I have a project in it, so it is a different kind of project bag.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59023\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230416_185203_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59023\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230416_185203_wm-sm-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ka-Bloom Amethyst Project Bag\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230416_185203_wm-sm-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230416_185203_wm-sm-768x923.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230416_185203_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ka-Bloom Amethyst Project Bag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have also made the Amethyst project bag from Sew Sweetness and the Sunset Project Bag from Crafty Gemini. These are quite different from the ByAnnie bags.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/finished-amethyst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amethyst Bag<\/a> is not flat. It is a box, essentially and is large enough to store blocks. I gave this away soon after I made it so I haven&#8217;t used it, but I can see it being a good bag for a large project. The ByAnnie bags are flat, so have limited space.<\/p>\n<p>I like the project bags that have some vinyl so I can see what I have in the bags.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56278\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220621_132858_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56278\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220621_132858_wm-sm-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset Project Bag: front panel\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220621_132858_wm-sm-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220621_132858_wm-sm-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220621_132858_wm-sm.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset Project Bag: front panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Sunset Project Bag is more for small yarn projects, like crochet or knitting, in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Project bags, regardless of design are useful and I will probably make more.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51610\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20210103_124820_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51610\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20210103_124820_wm-sm-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"Drawstring Bag - Project size\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20210103_124820_wm-sm-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20210103_124820_wm-sm-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20210103_124820_wm-sm.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 85vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drawstring Bag &#8211; Project size<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/all-the-drawstring-bags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Lined Drawstring Bag<\/a> pattern also has a project size.&nbsp; A lot of people use this for knitting projects. I like to give these as gifts and use them as gift bags. They are useful for knitting, but <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170815_214718607654044.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I have one<\/a> that I use when I have a knitting project and probably won&#8217;t make others. The bags made from this pattern also hold collections of things. I made one as a carry-all for a <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/gift-post-9-juggling-balls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">juggling balls<\/a> set.<\/p>\n<p>I also adjust the sizes and use this pattern to make bags for quilts. The design is useful for quilt storage bags that double as gift wrap.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I use my fair share of zipper bags and other &#8216;free&#8217; type of bags. I find they tend to slide off shelves, if I stack too many of them. Using a bag with fabric provides some grip when stacking.<\/p>\n<p>Still, making more and more project bags is not my goal. I want to be able to reuse them not just provide a place to store pieces from UFOs.<\/p>\n<p>Do you use project bags? What is your favorite pattern? What patterns have you tried?<\/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>Project bags are great for keeping all the pieces, parts and supplies for projects together. I have another jumbo project bag on the list of things I want to make for myself. In the course of thinking about this bag I realized I have made a lot of project bags. I was initially thinking of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/all-the-project-bags\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;All the Project Bags&#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":[538],"tags":[255],"class_list":["post-65254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-538","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\/65254","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=65254"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65661,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65254\/revisions\/65661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}