Bag Making continued

Today I made the casing for the second bag. Strips are joined then sliced and then joined together again in a long strip.  All ready to attach as a casing when the bag is ready

I am writing up the worksheet as I go so not to miss anything and will circulate to those who want to do the bag at the next Quilting Arts meeting.


The pocket sections, which were made earlier and had sashing added all around, have now been interfaced as you can see here.


The next thing was to trim them and back with lining.   Here they are all ready to be attached to the bag when it is made.










The patchwork pockets are the biggest job on our bag but this is what gives it individuality and character.

The Bag Base: on this new improved version the base is lined and interfaced with a heavyweight interfacing called Fast-2-Fuse.  See the photo below.  I can supply this to those who want to use it.


 As the name suggests it is fusible on both sides and is enclosed between two fabrics - in this case between the sturdy outer fabric and a cotton lining which will not be seen but gives extra stability. 

The interfacing is washable and removes the need to put card or plastic canvas in the bottom of the bag. 

Here you see how it has been fused between the two fabrics using a hot steam iron. This part will be best done at home because it requires an ironing board, a steam iron and patience to stand there pressing each part for 10 seconds!

This is as far as I have got today but the next phase is to add the top fabric, then line with wadding and then a choice of how best to do the lovely quilting.

To be continued .....