Hello friends! I hope you love bags and even more BAGS because today I'm sharing NINE bags I made with Lori Holt's newest collection: My Happy Place! This fabulous new collection is a home decor/canvas weight fabric for Riley Blake Designs. I'm not sure how they do it, but it is a soft feeling canvas and I LOVE it!
You may be thinking NINE BAGS ... is that a bit much... NOPE! I made lots of different styles, which was so fun! I will chat a bit about each style.
Pepin Tote - My Happy Place
Supplies:
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- Pepin Tote Pattern - by NoodleHead
- 1 yard Exterior- My Happy Place Pincushion Fabric designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs
- 1/3 yard Handles - My Happy Place Pins Fabric designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs
- 2/3 yard Interior - Bee Basics designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs
- 2 1/2 yards (must be at least 20" in width) - Pellon SF101 interfacing
- 15mm (5/8") metal snap for front pocket
- 20" Zipper for recessed Zipper closure
I love being able to add metal snaps to my projects...I think the detail looks fabulous and is so useful. I ordered this affordable set of metal snaps from Amazon HERE. They are great! Plus that cute tomato pin cushion label/tag .... it's from the My Happy Place Zippy Bag Panel.
I'm a big fan of adding zippers to my bags. I like to keep everything secure and safe! I do recommend the YKK brand of zippers as they are fabulous. I used the larger purse size #4.5 zippers with long zipper pull for this tote.... they are my favorite. I order my zippers from Amazon HERE.
Zippy Bags and MORE Zippy Bags
The next EIGHT project bags are all from the My Happy Place Home Decor Zippy Bags Panel... this is seriously an amazing panel!
Of course, Lori Holt has included instructions on how to make Zippy Bags...but I wanted to challenge myself and make a variety of bags using the panel! I had SEW much fun!!!
Supplies:
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- My Happy Place Home Decor Zippy Bags Panel designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs
- (8) Zippers. I chose to use the YKK Purse #4.5 Zippers for the larger bags and the regular #3 zippers for the smaller bags.
- Lining fabric - I used a variety of Lori Holt fabrics
- 1/2 yard bag handles - My Happy Place Home Decor Pin Fabric
- Lori Holt Enamel Zipper Charms
- Lori Holt Vintage Trim
- Pellon SF101 Interfacing
Larger Zippy Bags with Binding and Handles
I love this style for the larger Zippy Bags! I used left over batting and quilted both the front and backing of the bags. The bags bags are fully lined with no raw edge seams...yay! I added binding and a handle and love it! The handles are helpful when taking your Zippy Bags on the go!
Let me know if you would like a tutorial on this style of Project Bag.
Large and Small Zippy Bags - lined with no exposed seams
This style of Zippy Bags is similar to the directions on the panel except I added a lining and have no exposed seams plus added a handle to the larger bag!
I really love adding a fun lining fabric to my bags so this was perfect! I also added (1) layer of Pellon SF101 to the exterior fabric of the smaller bags to give my bags a bit more thickness. For the larger bag, I quilted the exterior fabric with left over batting and added a handle!
The label/tags included on the panel are AWESOME! I love them so much! They are such the perfect detail to add to your Zippy Bag!
Let me know if you would like a tutorial on this style of project bag...fully lined with NO exposed seams.
Zippy Bag with Lori Holt Vintage Trim
For this adorable Zippy Bag - I added Lori Holt Vintage trim...love love love! This Zippy Bag is fully lined plus Pellon SF101 added to exterior fabric with no exposed seams and has a zipper on the top! It was fun to change up the look!
I love this "happiness is handmade" illustration ....with all of my sewing must have tools! Hmmm...maybe Lori could make this into a cross stitch design?!?!?
Let me know if you would like a tutorial on this style of project bag...fully lined with NO exposed seams.
Zippy Bag - French Seam
My final Zippy Bag today follows the included panel directions except I chose to make French Seams so I wouldn't have exposed seams. This simple bag is unlined and has no interfacing.
I absolutely LOVED making all the bags and I'm so excited to star using them for my projects!!!
Let me know your favorite style of Zippy Bag and if you would be interested in a tutorial on how I made it!
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Have a great day and happy quilting!
Melanie
Melanie
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