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A while back, I explained that I was making yet another bag, this one called Travel Essentials<\/a>. However, instead of just sitting down and making it, I’m participating in a “Slow Along” where everyone in the virtual group does the same step at the same time and has access to private videos for extra tips and tricks. One step is issued each week and \u00a0is definitely “bite-sized,” so there’s lots of time for everyone to catch up. So this is my progress so far; I’ve made all of the pockets, though none are actually attached to the “body” of the bag yet. The pocket in the photo on the right is dimensional to allow for bulkier items. I have admit that sometimes it’s hard to wait for the next step! \"Quilted<\/a>\"Large<\/a><\/p>\n

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In the meantime, I’ve also embroidered these two tea towels as gifts. Aren’t they cute? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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A while back, I explained that I was making yet another bag, this one called Travel Essentials. However, instead of just sitting down and making it, I’m participating in a “Slow Along” where everyone in the virtual group does the same step at the same time and has access to private videos for extra tips […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[301,329],"tags":[199,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-5362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-embroidery","8":"category-other-stitching","9":"tag-bag","10":"tag-embroidery","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_0338.jpeg?fit=1280%2C959&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1ou","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3546,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/02\/zippered-jewelry-bag\/","url_meta":{"origin":5362,"position":0},"title":"Zippered jewelry bag","author":"Sandy","date":"September 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Years ago I made a jewelry bag for travel, but I've always thought it was far too large for my needs, though I really liked all of its features. 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