Today is my day on the #sewPINK initiative by @byannie.com. I chose to do this blog hop when byAnnie, put out the request, as my mother-in-law had breast cancer, but thankfully was able to recover from it. I have also experienced having to re-do mammograms, because they were not sure what they had found. I love the initiative that byAnnie does, to remind us how important it is to go for our mammograms regularly.
First plan was to make the hold everything bag or the Divide and Conquer bags. I decided I had better make a practice project first, especially since I was leaning towards the hold everything bag and needed to use vinyl. Not having sewn on vinyl I thought it would be great to practice. I decided to cut out a project bag. I was doing this project as I was juicing apples and processing the juice. I got a project bag almost done but the binding step just did not make sense to me. Do I bind on the inside? On the outside? Nothing seemed right. I found a video and realized I had made a mistake (you know, when you are multitasking and you think you know what you are doing?). I got it unpicked and fixed it.
I am going to make more project bags, as well as the Hold Everything bag and the Divide and Conquer bag. I think the Divide and Conquer bags will work great for carrying my quilts for trunk shows or for classes.
My project bag did not turn out 100% perfect, but I now know what I did wrong.
Disclaimer: The zippers, patterns, soft and stable, vinyl and other bag making hardware was provided to me from byAnnie.com
The fabric came from my stash. I used a Juki TL18QVP for sewing and my thread was glide 40 wt polyester by Filtec.
Before I leave today, I want to share this from byAnnie.com The #SewPink Initiative was created by ByAnnie.com LLC to raise awareness for breast cancer throughout the year. Efforts culminate in an annual blog hop during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote self-care, awareness, early detection and support for those affected by breast cancer.
To learn more and see the calendar of events visit: https://www.ByAnnie.com/SewPINK
To find screenings available near you:
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