My Kaffe Sew Together bag

Last weekend I made my second Sew Together bag.  People say they are addictive, and they might be right.  I always intended to make two, and even cut them both out before our retreat in July.

My friend helped me to make my first bag at our retreat, but she didn't want me to use my fancy zippers.  I knew deep down they would work, but I wanted her assistance, so played along and didn't use them.

This time I was at home so could do it my way, and I'm so pleased I did.  I love this Kaffe Fassett bag, and have already found things to store in it.  Now I have two and that will be enough for a while.

I like to hand sew my bindings down.

Pattern is Sew Together Bag by Sew Demented on Craftsy.
The tutorial I used is by Quilt Barn and is on her blog here.

And a link back to my blog post about my first bag is here.

If you're keen to use fancy zippers, here what I did.
1. Source some fancy zippers. There are lots on Amazon.

2. Sew a normal seam and press, and then press wrong side together.

3. Place the zip face down, and then the fabric wrong side down.  Sew along the zip with the zipper foot on.

4. It will look like this:

5.  Turn it over and it will look like this (so use matching thread):

6. Repeat on the other side, and then (and only then), sew the bottom of the pocket together. 

my Sew Together bag

Last weekend I went to a quilting retreat with our guild.  My good friend Anne offered to teach me how to make a Sew Together bag while we were there.  She's made about 6, so she knows all the ins and outs. Here's what I made:

 

The pattern for the Sew Together bag is by Sew Demented, and is available for purchase on Craftsy.  If you do want to make a bag like this, I highly recommend the tutorial by Quilt Barn on her blog.  There are many extra little steps not mentioned in the pattern, but the tutorial explains them all.

I chose some lovely Tula Pink fabrics for this bag, and mixed them with some other pinks from my stash.

I've got a second bag cut out already, and it will be all Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I'll tackle it another day. My first bag took me about 10 hours, but I did hand sew my bindings down.  I'm hoping that the second one will be slightly quicker.

I didn't think I really needed one of these bags, but now I'm on holiday in Auckland I'm finding it really useful for storing my hand quilting supplies.