{"id":5556,"date":"2025-02-05T17:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T01:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5556"},"modified":"2025-02-05T17:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T01:10:19","slug":"another-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2025\/02\/05\/another-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Another bag"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I am absolutely crazy about this bag pattern<\/a>. I’m not sure why, exactly, but it really is nice that it opens up into a flat “tray” for handy access. That’s really nice when I need to just toss some things to the side for easy use later. This is the third one I’ve made, though one was a gift. The first two were the medium size, but this one is a bit larger so I can use it either for more “stuff” or for larger items.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’d originally thought I’d use the Eiffel Tower fabric on the outside, but a friend pointed out that it would get dirty, so I switched to the purple. Both of these fabrics were scraps from my stash, but the darker purple end pieces and grab tabs were purchased after I cut the wrong size out of another stash fabric.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’ve made a certain number of bags, and I usually just do a lot of straight lines to quilt the layers of fabric and Soft and Stable together, but this time I decided to have fun with some feathers instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am absolutely crazy about this bag pattern. I’m not sure why, exactly, but it really is nice that it opens up into a flat “tray” for handy access. That’s really nice when I need to just toss some things to the side for easy use later. This is the third one I’ve made, though […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[199,226,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-5556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-free-motion","8":"tag-bag","9":"tag-feathers","10":"tag-freemotion","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0852.jpeg?fit=640%2C502&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1rC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5804,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2025\/11\/15\/oops-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":5556,"position":0},"title":"Oops …","author":"Sandy","date":"November 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"You may (or may not!) recall this post, where I'd made a bag to take to places (like quilt shows) where I didn't need a larger bag. 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