Friday, August 6, 2021

Aug Friday Night w/Friends

Since COVID has reemerged with the Delta variant we've decided to mostly stop square dancing for a while longer. That gave me back my Friday night to join Cheryll and everyone for this month's Friday Night With Friends.

I headed up to my sewing room after lunch and spent the rest of the day working on my new craft tote.  I spent most of the time sewing zippers and fold-over elastic onto the mesh and vinyl pouch pieces. I've never sewn vinyl before; it was a new challenge. I'm glad I bought new vinyl that had a tissue paper backing or it would have been nearly impossible.

Then I started sewing one of the two "pages" (the inserts that hold the tools and supplies). I managed to sew down the pouches on the front and back, but I still need to add the facings and bias tape, to cover the raw edges.
The project is going pretty slowly, partly because I have to spend so much time reading the directions and making sure I understand them. It seems like once I've finished this tote, I'll immediately need to make another, while the process is still fresh in my brain.

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  1. That is going to be an amazing project bag. Guess you might be able to finish it up this weekend!

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    1. Not quite. But I will probably finish it by Tuesday.

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  2. That will be a fantastic tote with lots of places to store ...
    Hugz

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    1. Thanks Fiona. I hope so. I wasn't sure how to customize it for EPP, so I'll probably use it for a few days to see if there are any changes I would make before I make another one.

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  3. It looks so practical, perfect tote for our sewing utensils.

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    1. I hope so. I really looking forward to being able to use it in a few days.

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  4. It will be lovely AnD so useful too...xox

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    1. Definitely! I'm close to being done after spending another day on the project.

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  5. One can never have enough zips and pockets in a bag. Looking forward to seeing the end product.

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    1. Me too. I'm starting to get a little excited for the finish. I'm hoping by Tuesday.

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  6. What a fun project to work on.I have never made a project bag nor have sewn in zippers. This is going to be a fabulous bag when completed. Have a great week.

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  7. Looks like a big commitment and very complicated! I am sure you will cope. xx

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    1. Yeah. I survived. It was a bit of a challenge, but was a good one.

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