My latest tutorial on WeAllSew is live (more on that tomorrow)! Get ready for back to school by making your student a locker organizer.
Stay cool in this crazy heat by whipping up a pretty Summer Camisole. (pattern & video tutorial)
Get organized and sew up some of this fat-quarter friendly hanging storage baskets.
Headed to the farmer’s market this weekend? Don’t bring any ordinary bag, carry this cool Wave Pocket Market Tote.
This leather laptop sleeve isn’t just functional, it’s gorgeous too.
This is nor ordinary key fob! This one is zippered so you have a place to stash small items or money. (Video tutorial)
If you have a kid, chances are they’ll be on crutches at some point. I stumbled across this Crutch Pocket Tutorial, what a great idea!
Like it or not, fanny packs are back. Make one for yourself with this tutorial.
Have your child carry their lunch money in one of these adorable mini backpacks. Best of all, it uses fabric scraps AND can attach to their school back so it won’t get lost!
I am writing about the children’s messenger bag on We All Sew. I am confused about the cutting of fabric and fleece for the pocket. If you cut the fabric for the pocket to 13×16 and cut the fleece to 6.5×16 and fold the fabric in half, the pocket is too big for the bag. It is 6.5×16 and goes over the edge of the bag outside fabric. If you turn the fabric the other way, you get a pocket that is 8×13 but then the fleece is too short. Can you explain?
Fleece is just used for the exterior and flap of the bag. Interfacing is used for the pocket to reduce bulk and should be applied to the lower half of the pocket only (with the interfacing going the full 16″ length). When it is folded in half (wrong sides together) the pocket will measure 6.5 x 16″ (instead of the original 13 x 16) and the pocket will be fully interfaced. You could interface the entire pocket piece (13 x 16) and then fold in half when you get to that point, but that much interfacing really isn’t necessary unless you have very thin material.
For reference the messenger bag tutorial can be found here.