{"id":366,"date":"2011-01-24T11:48:49","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T08:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/?p=366"},"modified":"2011-01-25T21:50:14","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T18:50:14","slug":"mummygo-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/2011\/01\/mummygo-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"The MummyGo Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am calling this the MummyGo Bag because it is perfect for you mums out there, grabbing stuff and always on the go. \u00a0I wanted a medium sized bag that could hold my stuff and be easily accessible. \u00a0It is also very easy to make and takes almost under an hour from start to finish. \u00a0The corners aren’t rounded and the handle can be pulled to give it a gathered look that is so sweet. \u00a0You can carry it on your shoulder or hold it easily, whatever your style is.<\/p>\n

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First of all you will need to get your materials ready.<\/p>\n

You will need:<\/p>\n

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  • 2 40 x 40 cm squares from the outer fabric<\/li>\n
  • 2 40 x 40 cm squares from the lining fabric<\/li>\n
  • 1 strip 80 cm x 15 cm for the handle<\/li>\n
  • Sewing machine, needle, thread and an hour of free time<\/li>\n
  • This MummyGoBag<\/a> pattern piece<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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Fold your squares and using the pattern\u00a0piece\u00a0pin it on the fold in the top corner and cute it out on all 4 squares. \u00a0You should now have 4 U shaped pocket peices and 4 big U shaped squares (well almost U shaped)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pin one outer pocket\u00a0piece\u00a0to one lining\u00a0piece\u00a0right sides together. \u00a0Repeat for the other two pieces. \u00a0These will be your pockets.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sew them together leaving an inch or two for turning. \u00a0Remember to start with a back stitch and end with a back stitch so that they don’t come apart while turning. \u00a0Clip the corners and trim any extra fabric so they don’t bulk up.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turn inside out and press ( you can ignore pressing but trust me it will make your life easier)<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pin the pockets to the right side of the main bag pieces and sew all around. \u00a0Remember the open part you kept for turning, make sure it is at the bottom so you can sew over it.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sew the pockets and remember to back stitch at the begining and the end so the pockets take the abuse later on.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Put the two main pieces right sides together and sew along the bottom. \u00a0Repeat for the lining.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Measure 5 cm from the raw edge along the sewn bottom and mark.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fold over the side and pin.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fold it over and pin<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repeat for the other side<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repeat for the other corner, \u00a0it is almost like making a dart. Now sew from the top of the U to the other side<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repeat for the lining but leave an opening at the side for turning. \u00a0Don’t forget those back stitches.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Insert the lining into the outer body right sides facng<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sew along the top edges and opening. \u00a0Turn it right side out thru the opening you left in the lining. \u00a0Sew the opening in the lining<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top stitch along the edges for a cleaner look.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fold over the edge 5 cm in on both sides.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sew the edges?.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
For the handle fold both sides towards the center then fold a second time in half. Press to make your life easier<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Now sew along the edge.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Almost done. \u00a0Insert the handle into the folded and sewn edges. \u00a0Trim it using pinking shears so it won’t fray and pin them together.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sew a square to close the handle. \u00a0You can hide that in one of the sides.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
And Ta DAAAAA! \u00a0Your bag is complete. \u00a0Now go fill it with stuff and go out have some fun.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I made another one too.<\/p>\n

If you make one of these I would love to see it so let me know.<\/p>\n

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I am calling this the MummyGo Bag because it is perfect for you mums out there, grabbing stuff and always on the go. \u00a0I wanted a medium sized bag that could hold my stuff and be easily accessible. \u00a0It is also very easy to make and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,107],"tags":[112,14,113,12,13,21,58,25,20],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-patterns","category-sewing-2","tag-book-bag","tag-easy","tag-fast","tag-free","tag-handbag","tag-pattern","tag-purse","tag-tote","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p10SDt-5U","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}