{"id":71643,"date":"2026-07-23T07:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=71643"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:33:08","slug":"finished-eppic-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/finished-eppic-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished: EPPic Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"EPPic<\/a>
EPPic cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I finally finished the EPPic Bag after 3 years of it being in process.<\/p>\n

“In Process” means that it was just cut out, but I hadn’t done any sewing. The guild UFO challenge<\/a> got me going.<\/p>\n

The best part of this whole project is the cover. I am not excited about the rest of it, though I used great fabrics and it looks<\/em> good. I found the pattern required quite a bit of knowledge of bagmaking. I was very glad I found the videos she made to assist. One thing I learned is that I am allowed to decide to finish a step using a technique I know rather than trying to figure out what someone else is trying to describe. <\/p>\n

\"Inside<\/a>
Inside of EPPic with pleated vinyl pocket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"EPPic<\/a>
EPPic pleated vinyl pocket detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This bag also has a lot of firsts. This is the first time I have ever made a pleated vinyl pocket. Making the pleats was one of the tasks I didn’t understand and didn’t know how to make from other projects. I clipped them rather than sewing them wrong and let my mind process how to accomplish what I wanted to do\/was supposed to do. I finally figured out a way – sewing the pleat parallel to the edge of the vinyl – and was able to to move forward. It is possible that the pattern said that exactly and my brain couldn’t take it in. <\/p>\n

\"EPPic<\/a>
EPPic 2 vinyl pockets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A lot of the pockets were made from fabric in the pattern. I decided to use vinyl for all of them because if I can’t see something, it doesn’t exist. The way this bag opens and closes lends itself to being able to see everything when the bag is opened.<\/p>\n

I chose to make two horizontal pockets on one of the ‘pages’ as I thought it would be more useful. Each pocket shown is divided into 2 parts. I am not sure how I would use them, but we will see. <\/p>\n

That brings up a point I need to address: Pockets. I need to figure out what I plan to put in pockets so I can plan the layout of pockets in the bags I make. Usually, I make a bag because I want to try it. That was the case with this bag and I am not sure how I will use it, or if I will use it. It is cute, uses good fabrics and is pretty. Not sure if I will use it.<\/p>\n

\"EPPic<\/a>
EPPic base<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really customized the base of the bag. I really like what I did. The whole base came out well except the pockets at the top. They shifted or moved or something when I was putting the whole bag together and now look terrible. <\/p>\n

I also did the zipper like I have done them on ByAnnie patterns, such as the Zip It Up portfolios. I left it hanging off a bit with a little tail, because I didn’t have a separating zipper long enough in the right color for this project.<\/p>\n

Two other patterns were included in the bundle, but I am not sure I will make them. I have a lot of Sew Sweetness patterns and I like them better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finally finished the EPPic Bag after 3 years of it being in process. “In Process” means that it was just cut out, but I hadn’t done any sewing. The guild UFO challenge got me going. The best part of this whole project is the cover. I am not excited about the rest of it, … Continue reading “Finished: EPPic Bag”<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[558],"tags":[531,255],"class_list":["post-71643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-eppic-bag","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\/71643","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=71643"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71657,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71643\/revisions\/71657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}