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How to Sew an Easy Tote Bag that carries EVERYTHING! Tourist Tote Pattern by Sew Many Creations

Quilt Addicts Anonymous (Stephanie Soebbing)
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Today we're going to make a really easy bag that will carry everything you need and then some! The Tourist Tote Bag by Sew Many Creations is the very first bag I ever made and it is so easy. With just eight pieces and no hardware, this bag is just about as simple as it gets, but it looks super stylish and will fit literally EVERYTHING! We'll go over how to fuse Decor Bond to the wrong side of your fabrics, tips for working with cork fabric and canvas and tons of tips on how to get a professional finish that will make all your friends think you bought it! As always, any video featuring a pattern is meant to be a supplemental guide for all you visual learners out there. To get the cutting instructions and step-by-step diagrams, make sure you purchase a copy of Tourist Tote by Sew Many Creations. You're supporting the pattern designer and Quilt Addicts Anonymous, so we all can keep bringing you sewing inspiration! Supplies: Tourist Tote patter …...more
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cut my second piece from that same width of fabric

1:55

put your other piece of fabric on top

2:20

cut and fuse ahead of time

3:39

fold it in half

4:00

fold our edges

4:23

continue doing this all the way down the strap

5:04

switch to a jeans or denim needle

5:17

start with the outside edge

6:17

drew a line straight down the center

7:51

clip the bottom in place

8:45

add extra stability to your bag

9:55

reinforce those stitches quite a bit

10:27

stitch across to that next top stitch in line

11:15

repeat that on the other half of the bag

11:57

complete the half of our bag by adding our bag bottom

12:30

sew my quarter inch seam all the way

14:29

place that guide foot right in the fold

15:40

start by stitching along the cork side the bag

15:47

cut the corners out of our lining

16:37

secure it with those binding clips

17:14

reverse those stitches at the beginning

17:33

reinforce those stitches

18:08

match your lining sides

19:11

pin all the way along my two sides

19:34

hold these ends together with a binding clip

20:08

reinforce those seams

20:38

stitch the breast up by hand

22:12

leaving the rest of the center opening

22:38

reinforce your stitches a lot at this point

23:18

press those seams in opposite directions

23:46

pin up one corner at a time and then sew

24:32

repeat those steps for all four corners

25:13

push out all of my corners

26:14

start stuffing the lining

26:27

sew up that hole in the bottom

27:09

reinforce those stitches and clip my threads

28:25

the lining

29:33
How to Sew an Easy Tote Bag that carries EVERYTHING! Tourist Tote Pattern by Sew Many Creations
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2019Aug 13
Today we're going to make a really easy bag that will carry everything you need and then some! The Tourist Tote Bag by Sew Many Creations is the very first bag I ever made and it is so easy. With just eight pieces and no hardware, this bag is just about as simple as it gets, but it looks super stylish and will fit literally EVERYTHING! We'll go over how to fuse Decor Bond to the wrong side of your fabrics, tips for working with cork fabric and canvas and tons of tips on how to get a professional finish that will make all your friends think you bought it! As always, any video featuring a pattern is meant to be a supplemental guide for all you visual learners out there. To get the cutting instructions and step-by-step diagrams, make sure you purchase a copy of Tourist Tote by Sew Many Creations. You're supporting the pattern designer and Quilt Addicts Anonymous, so we all can keep bringing you sewing inspiration! Supplies: Tourist Tote pattern by Sew Many Creations: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.co... Get a kit to make the bag as shown in the video: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.co... Quilting Cotton: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.co... Decor Bond Heavy Fusible Pellon: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.co... Jeans Sewing Needle: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.co... Binding Clips: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.co... Thread to match: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.co... Frixion Gel Pen: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.co... Check out more from Quilt Addicts Anonymous ... Blog/tutorials: www.quiltaddictsanonymous.com Online quilt shop: shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com Brick and mortar quilt shop: Quilt Addicts Anonymous, 3416 46th Ave., Suite 103, Rock Island, IL 61201 Facebook: www.facebook.com/quiltaddictsanonymous Instagram: www.instagram.com/quiltaddictsanonymous Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/quiltaablog/ Music: Coq Au Vin by Arthur Benson from Epidemic Sound

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Quilt Addicts Anonymous (Stephanie Soebbing)

153K subscribers