Intermediate
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58 min 6 sec
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00:33
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01:27
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02:41
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12:39
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10:34
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12:35
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10:29
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02:45
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04:23
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Taught by Joel Dewberry
In this class, Joel and Laurie combine their love of colorful fabric with sewing know-how to make a stunning and sturdy farmer’s market tote bag. Both the interior and exterior of the bag are pieced together with eye-catching fabrics. Laurie walks you through the steps for constructing the bag from the inside out, and covers details like adding fusible interfacing and making pockets. Once the sides of the bag are assembled, she shows you how to add the bottom of the bag and hand-sew the opening closed with a slipstitch. A little decorative top stitching gives the finished bag a polished look.
Learn how to:
What you’ll get:
Here’s what you’ll need:
Materials:
- PDF Pattern
- Paper scissors
- Fabric scissors
- Thread snips
- Seam ripper
- Sewing machine and thread to match fabric
- Point turner (or chopstick)
- Straight pins and pin cushion
- Hand sewing needle
- 1/4 yd heavyweight interfacing
- 1 yd light to mid-weight interfacing
- 2 1/2 yds of quilting weight fabric (Joel and Laurie chose fabrics from the True Colors fabric line by FreeSpirit)
- Iron and ironing board
Downloads:
- Apply fusible interfacing
- Pin and sew curves
- Hand-sew a slipstitch
What you’ll get:
- An easy-to-follow class on how to sew a tote bag
- 8 HD video lessons you access online anytime, anywhere
- Detailed supply list
- Downloadable PDF pattern include - $16 value
- Step-by-step instruction by designer Joel Dewberry
- The ability to leave comments, ask questions and interact with other students
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Sewing a Tote Bag Reviews
138 users recommended this class to a friend
Sierra Felker
This video was easy to follow. One thing though, I left the lining open to turn the finished bag and machine stitched it closed. No hand stitching and my closing seam is hidden in the inside bottom. Viola! Thank you for an enjoyable project that I am gifting to friends and family.
More than 3 months ago
Angel Cisson
I loved it
More than 3 months ago
Ellen Crouch
When purchasing the light/medium interfacing make sure of the width. I didn't pay attention and even though I purchased a yard it wasn't enough because the width was narrow. Also, they didn't have iron on heavy weight interfacing and I had to sew mine on and that created some issues with the seaming. The iron on can be cut inside of the seam line which would have made things easier. Overall, I liked the pattern because it allowed me to incorporate a friend's childhood crochet zig zag blanket attempt. I turned it into pockets for the inside of the bag. I did find sewing in the bottom panels a bit challenging. It isn't a perfect result but it is fun and quirky with the various fabric patterns.
More than 3 months ago
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