I'm sewing with friends for the next 3 days. Yesterday, I made 3 bags with a dungeons and dragons theme. I made the collaged fabric from bits of leftover fabric. They're a modified Zippy Strippy Bag from Atkinson Designs. I'll be adding dragon charms to the zipper pulls before they're done.
My granddaughter wanted to make her own school supply bag. So we watched some youtube videos and she picked one out. It's called the "All in One Roll Up Pouch" by Sewing Times. We had a lot of fun picking out coordinating fabric, fold over elastic, zippers, and mesh. The video had the basic steps online with the video. (You definitely needed to have previous bag making experience - I had to add pages of instructions to what was provided). We both finished our bags. Hers is the teal and pink one and mine is the green and yellow one. And our granddaughter's school supplies fit perfectly in hers.
I'm doing a block of the month from Fig Tree Quilts. It's called Bodega Bay and it's a mystery. The only clues we get is the name - we get can guess that it involves water/oceanside themes. I finished month 3 last week.
Worked on my Sauder Village quilt shop's block of the month. We're on month 5 now. The patterns are in a book called Strawberry Garden by Fig Tree Quilts. We only had to get one of the bigger blocks done, the rest are bonus blocks. Those bow tie blocks were fun!
And while we were making keychain wallets, I made a bunch for my friends at Bible study.
My granddaughter and I were working on a fun project together - making little bags to give to her friends. She's getting really good at putting in zippers. The only thing that I have to help her with is using the iron and the rotary cutter. I took the Zippy Strippy Bag pattern and modified it to make it extra small, then added a lobster clasp swivel ring. She and I made all these fun bags together. Then we went to a dollar store and filled them with little candies and stickers. What a fun project to do together!
For the last 2 weeks, I've been teaching myself a new bag. It's called the Zippy Bag, by Sallie Tomato. I made it out of Sallie Tomato chevron cork with gold Sallie Tomato hardware. It's got a zipper top enclosure and 3 zippered outer pockets. I used fusible fleece on the lining, but I don't think I'd do that again. When I was turning the bag inside out, it was quite voluminous trying to turn that bulk through a 4 inch hole. Next time, I'll stick to Shapeflex. I learn something new with every bag I make. I'm truly having a great time learning new things.
