Friday, August 10, 2018
Zips
The tulip beaded bag must have a zippered pocket in it, so I thought it would be a good idea to practice making zippered pockets in a bag. I did some sleuthing and found Maria Wallin's The Bia Bag as a free download from Craftsy. The bag is a little smaller than I was visualising, but it has three zips and a very detailed tutorial, so I decided it would do the trick. I had to buy zips, but found the three lots of fabric needed in my stash:
The pattern has a lot of pieces - I think it could only have been designed by a quilter!
I'm following the detailed tutorial step by step, very slowly and painstakingly. At the moment I have a mish mash of half-completed elements, hopefully it will all come together eventually.
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Ooh! This will be fun to see!
ReplyDeleteLovely fabrics! Looks like a jigsaw at this stage :-)
ReplyDeleteI am sure you will make something beautiful from all that!!! :)
ReplyDeleteOMG - you do love a challenge, don't you?
ReplyDeleteOhhhh - I bet it will be wonderful! I hate cutting out all those pieces, but it usually makes for a very professional-looking end product!
ReplyDeleteIt will be lovely to see how it comes together.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing your bag and how it works out with the pockets.
ReplyDeleteI find that bags designed by quilters don't have as good a finish as those designed by bag designers. I'd suggest looking at the free patterns by Mrs H, Emmaline Bags, Swoon and Blue Calla as a good start.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I’ll do that.
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