{"id":67649,"date":"2025-09-15T07:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=67649"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:00:18","slug":"pearce-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/pearce-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearce Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67766\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091049_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67766\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091049_wm-sm-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pearce Sling Backpack\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091049_wm-sm-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091049_wm-sm-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091049_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 85vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearce Sling Backpack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WOW! The Pearce is done. What a journey!<\/p>\n<p>My Mom has been using it for a few days and she loves it. I am so relieved. I won&#8217;t tell her about the trials and tribulations.<\/p>\n<p>It is a good thing I didn&#8217;t add that mesh pocket I discussed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/progress-on-the-pearce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">progress post<\/a>! This was a challenging bag to put together. The final seam, as mentioned, was more than a bear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67763\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091059_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67763\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091059_wm-sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pearce back\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091059_wm-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091059_wm-sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091059_wm-sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091059_wm-sm.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearce back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I like the features that Sara added, such as the vertical pocket in the back.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to use a leftover piece of zipper that I had laying around, thus the odd red zipper. Hopefully, it will add a visual cue to where my mom puts stuff. She uses that pocket for her glasses as it is too small for her phone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67767\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091129_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67767\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091129_wm-sm-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"Pearce large pocket\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091129_wm-sm-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091129_wm-sm-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091129_wm-sm-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091129_wm-sm.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearce large pocket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am running out of the Paint Tube fabric, so I had to find some other fabric that would coordinate. The dots are leftovers from a dress I had made for <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/political-wifery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politcal Wifery<\/a>. It worked pretty well, I think. No complaints anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The bag has two pockets. I added vertical credit card slots to both. I am glad I did and I would do it again. She uses the large pocket for her phone as well as various cards.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67764\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091153_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67764\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091153_wm-sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pearce small front pocket\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091153_wm-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091153_wm-sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091153_wm-sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826_091153_wm-sm.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearce small front pocket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The small pocket is accessible, too. I think she uses this for her insurance card, driver&#8217;s license, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I am pleased that she likes it. I feel like I should make another one, but am reluctant to take on that bear of a curve again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WOW! The Pearce is done. What a journey! My Mom has been using it for a few days and she loves it. I am so relieved. I won&#8217;t tell her about the trials and tribulations. It is a good thing I didn&#8217;t add that mesh pocket I discussed in the progress post! This was a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/pearce-complete\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pearce Complete&#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":[316,255,544],"class_list":["post-67649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-538","tag-gifts","tag-project-bag","tag-sew-sweetness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67649","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=67649"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67833,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67649\/revisions\/67833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}