Our Christmas pot luck in December was brimming over with food, as usual. I was camera-challenged, again, so there are no photos. For those of us who had to undo the button on our pants after supper, I guess that is a good thing. ha ha.
Our program gal had us play a memory game, and did not give us a chance to practice first. Mean Charlotte, mean! It was fun though. As usual we had lots of show & share to keep each other inspired.
I provided the members with a pattern to make this bag, from THIS tutorial.
Here are my personal EXTRA instructions regarding the ZIPPER. This will make sense when you are actually doing the zipper.
- Sew the first thingy on the TOP end, leaving the two metal bits exposed so you don’t hit them with the needle. This will leave ¼” space at the folded end that does not have any of the zipper tape, and will not get in the way when you are grading the seam later.
- To get the other end with the same empty space – get out the pliers and rip off the metal end stopper of the zipper, so you don’t hit it with a needle or cutting blade. Cut the zipper to a length of 7.75”, starting at the folded edge of the pretty thingy
- Sew the second thingy to the end piece, allowing ¼” space where the fold is. The length should be 8” when you are finished.
This will eliminate a lot
of the bulk at the zipper ends and makes it MUCH EASIER to turn these buggers
right side out.
As for our January meeting on the 9th - I will be hosting a puzzle game. We will split the attendees into groups. Each group gets a set of quilt block puzzle pieces that they have to assemble. I suspect we will discover some, um, NEW blocks.
As for our January meeting on the 9th - I will be hosting a puzzle game. We will split the attendees into groups. Each group gets a set of quilt block puzzle pieces that they have to assemble. I suspect we will discover some, um, NEW blocks.
1 comment:
That's really cute. Thanks for the tutorial.
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