The pattern is from the camping trip shopping this past week. Fabric purchased at a sewing "yard sale" in February. Pattern is from Lial Tueller Designs, the Snazzy Bag No. 19.
I am not good at gathering or finishing touches...but I like this pattern. If I ever learn to use the ruffler foot for my Janome 6500 then this might be even less stressful. Being that I finished it at 11:30 this evening, it took me a bit longer than I had anticipated but still not bad. I know I didn't start on it until after we returned from Cooper's Birthday party so I am thinking close to five before I started.
Instructions are very well written. Thank goodness. After about nine, I needed "well written" and illustrated. Which the directions fulfilled. Pattern called for strips from a honey bun but I cut my one strips. I noticed after they were cut that I had failed to use a wavy edged cutting blade in the rotary cutter to reduce the amount of "shedding" of the strips. It looks like honey bun cuts my have a pinked edge on them so without that I may do a bit more shedding than I planned.
I also played with the serger before I started on the bag in earnest. I got a rolled hem, a narrow him, and a couple other stitches to sew out on the serger. I was happy. Then as I got ready to use the overlock stitch to edge the lining and the outside of the bag the machine acted like it wasn't getting enough juice or the connections were not good. Then after a little jiggling of plugs and plug-ins the serger started right up and kept right on going for at least as much as I needed tonight. Hope it works well tomorrow in my class.
Take care all. Have a great week.
Thanks for posting about my Snazzy Bag pattern! Great work!!
Posted by: Lila Tueller | 04/24/2012 at 12:26 AM