Hello Hive
A wonderful Tuesday to us all, I hope that we are having the best of the day so far. Personally I just got back from the farm as well and trying to relax and just then Anastasia comes out of the room preparing to head out with my recently sewn tote bag.
Just like one twinny to myself she hardly allow any of my items rest. In order to avoid a fight I always have to sew clothes in double and do thesame doe shoes, accessories and any other item. If I make a bag for myself and do not want her trouble I have to make something useful and similar for her.
The moments I made a tote bag for myself she has admired it so much and I know that it's only a matter of time before she inherits it.
I dediced to fulfil my obligation of sewing a tote bag for her too. The fabric I had used earlier has some left over piece and like you all should know that by now nothing is allowed to go to waste.
I took out the zipper and ripped off all the earlier embellishments on the dress.
Then cut out the different pieces I want to use for the front and back the bag.
Then I got another piece of fabric I want to sew on the bag to give it some fancy look.
Here I created the hemming for the extra fancy pocket that will be at the back of the bag. And that fabric wouldn't sew without a piece of paper covering it. It's a kind of fabric that is often slippery in the machine and sewing needle finds it difficult to penetrate this fabric.
Lubricating the fabric or adding a piece of paper on the top solves this challenge.
Here I attached the fabric and denim pieces together
When I couldn't get any quality material to use as the strap for the bag
I decided to use this long lace used for embellishments as the straps, this is even more fancy to use but I was scared of it's durability.
For the final steps I closed up all the inseam line and that is how we moved form A to B below.