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Totebag mania

Pictures below…Joyce, don’t look!

I finally figured out what to do for Janome-America in exchange for being part of their artists loaner program (I’m currently using a 6600 which I love love love!)….a totebag pattern for their magazine! With customizable pockets. I wanted to do something that wasn’t necessarily quilty this time (last time I did an applique pattern using Bali Fabrics’ “Flanneltiks”, the Balinese Garden one, pattern available here — scroll down).

I saw the Japanese-inspired cranes fabric on eQuilter (although it looks like this colorway is already sold out), and knew my Mom would probably like it, so I ordered that up to maker her for Mother’s Day, then realized SIL’s b-day is at the end of May (speaking of which, Joyce, if you are reading this…please STOP reading ).

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So, made one for her, and as long as I was at it made two more. I’ll keep one of the tropical ones so Joyce and I have “twins”, and will have the extra cranes bag to send to Janome for photography.



Here’s a picture of the insides of the bag (or did I already share that?)…. I added a “key leash”…. about 18 inches of grosgrain ribbon with a ring at
the end. You can clip your keychain to it. When you need to find the keys, just pull up the “leash” and there they are. If you have an armload of groceries or whatever, you can just drop the leash inside or outside the bag, and deal with them after you are through the door and have set down your load. As you can see, I’ve got two zippered pockets (the bottom one “bellows”), a water bottle holster, pen and cell phone spots, sunglasses and the (not in this picture) leash.

If everything goes as currently anticipated, the pattern will first be published in the Fall/Winter 2006 International Janome Digest magazine!

4 Responses to “Totebag mania”

  1. Dale Anne Says:

    Oh what a great collection of bags. I’m on a tote bag kick right now also…DD is selling them to her friends.
    GREAT JOB Sarah!
    And, I’m sure Janome is going to LOVE this also.

  2. Deborah Says:

    These are so great Sarah! I am so impressed by your technical expertise and attention to detail. Beautiful!

  3. Terry Says:

    VERY nice! Wonderful fabric choices and such impeccable work–looks very “designer”.

  4. Carol Says:

    The bags are gorgeous! I’ve loved reading your blog.