Another Debbie Shore satchel bag

So last week I decided to make another Debbie Shore satchel bag, and i must say the more you make these the easier they are!

I made this particular one in a cotton canvas I bought a metre of each and paid around £6 a metre and this bag doesn't take a lot of fabric at all so i could probably make a couple more bags from this.

I used the Bolsal foam again as the wadding for the front and back of the bag, i love this stuff its more expensive at about 8 per half metre but this bag only takes a bit i've made about three of these bags out of that and a makeup bag so it is quite cost effective but that obviously depends on what bag you make and how big it is.

Here are some photos of the bag I made. I love the colours of this one it is muted but still has that bit of colour. I didn't use an adjustable strap for this one as I didn't have a slider available and couldn't wait to make it.

My sew together bags

I thought I would update you on some current sewing projects specifically sew together bags.
I have made 2 since I bought the pattern and I've got to say it's gone very smoothly. I followed a sew along on another blog which I will link below and I found it easier that following the sew demented instructions. I think this is because the blog sew along shows more pictures.
I think all together it took me about 2 hours to make which I was really impressed with and the bags grow quite quickly.
I hope you like my sew together bag the second one I am planning to keep myself but I will show that one in my next post.

The sew along
http://quiltbarn.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sew-long.html?m=1

More fabric shopping

Today me and my mum went fabric shopping at oh sew sweet shop again but this time at their Wombwell shop.

I went knowing exactly what I wanted to make so that I knew how much fabric was needed.

I am wanting to have a go at making the sew together bags that seem to be very popular within the sewing world.

My first choice was the beautiful metalic butterfly fabric in the first picture, this is for the outer of the bag,  I then chose three contrasting colours in a print but as you can see they are all the same print.

I then didn't know what to choose for another sew together bag as I was spoiled for choice but as I was at the cutting table I saw some fabric that they had just got in and they where cutting them into fat quarters. The fabric is by Lewis and Irene and as you can see in the second and third picture they have a Chinese new year theme to them which I thought was different and I adore the fabric with the pandas on.

Lastly, I needed interfacing and was shown a new interfacing that has diagonal quilting lines on as a guide for quilting so I thought I could quilt the outer of my bags !

So that was all I bought today but I know I will be going back for more fabric very soon. Keep popping back to my blog as I will most deffinatly be blogging about my sew together bags.

If you would like to check out oh sew sweet shop please find their online shop below.

www.ohsewsweetshop.co.uk

Another Satchel Bag

On Tuesday I made another satchel bag, this one isn't  completely finished yet as I need to pop two buttons on it and I need to buy some bag webbing for the strap as I wanted it to have webbing on the strap for this one.

I have used linen again for the pattern fabric but this time I have used an old pair of jeans for the contrast.

This particular bag is for my mum as it is her birthday on Tuesday and she wanted this bag and she choose the fabric, she hasn't seen it yet so I hope she likes it.

This one when more smoothly than the first, probably because I knew how it was constructed so it didn't take me as long.

I will update you once I've added my buttons and the strap so you can all see the finished product.

Debbie shore charlie bags

A couple of days ago I had a go at making the Debbie Shore charlie makeup/toiletry bag. I believe this pattern is from the bags galore cd rom but also comes free on a learn to sew cd rom from issue 1 of sew inspired magazine.

I can't belive how easy these where to sew especially when they look so effective.

I used the fabric that I showed in my last blog post and the two contrasting fabrics look fab so much better than if you where to use just the one fabric.

The red makeup bag I used a regular Wadding and because of the wide bottom it does stand up slightly. The pink makeup bag I used bosal foam and that stands up perfectly so for anyone wanting to make these I would reccomend using that.

Tomrrow I am planning on making a bag from the high style handbags cd rom so I will blog about that when I'm finished.

Fabric shopping

On Tuesday night I did a bit of fabric shopping at oh sew sweet shop in Mapplewell I went in for some fat quarters with no projects in mind but so I had some fabric in when I had a project to make. I got 6 fat quarters and some fabric for a bag I decided to make so that's what the linen is for and the green spot is going to be my lining.

I will be blogging about what I make with these fabrics so you can see them transformed into projects.

Debbie shore satchel bag pattern

I have recently made a satchel bag using a Debbie Shore pattern that came free with her sew inspired magazine , issue 2. I used a new type of wadding/interfacing called bolsal which is like a foam, I thought with it being thick it wouldn't be nice to sew with but it was quite the opposite.

I used a plain linen and then a contrast linen and then a cotton on a bright red print for the lining. The strap is adjustable and then it fastens with 2 magnetic snaps.

I always read through a pattern before I start sewing so I know exactly what I'm doing and the instructions are very clear. My only issue is that the requirements list doesn't tell you enough. For example it says quarter of a metre of contrast fabric but this is for the lining also but there wouldn't be enough but I bought a different fabric for the lining anyway which I got 1/2 metre so just bear that in mind.