Come and create the Grainline Studio Townbag. The bag is a great everyday purse and/or a do-it-all project bag, no matter what your project may be. It has a drawstring closure and interior pockets – designed for corralling tools, patterns, and miscellany plus tote-style handles and external front and back pockets. Techniques involved include reading a pattern, sewing straight seams, topstitching. edge stitching, working with heavy fabrics, and setting rivets. We will assist throughout. It is a beginner-suitable pattern but you will need to have some experience with a sewing machine.
Level: Beginner
Instructor: Mary Sigler and Sam Green (Read Mary and Sam's bio)
Members: $100
Non members: $ 120
Materials fee: $4 (collected at time of workshop)
Materials provided by instructor: Rivets, Rivet setting tools, black cording (you’re welcome to bring your own in a different colour), fray check
Materials students should bring:
- The Grainline Studio Townbag pattern:
https://grainlinestudio.com/collections/accessories/products/town-bag
- 1 yard of 8 or 10-oz cotton canvas
- All-purpose thread - we recommend Gutterman or Mettler
- 1.5 yards of 1.25 wide webbing for handles
- If supplying your own, 2.5 yards of 5/32” or 2.3mm cording for the drawstring
- Heavyweight sewing machine needle
- Your preferred cutting tools for cutting the pattern out plus scissors for clipping threads
- Pins or wonder clips
- Ruler
- Fabric marking tools i.e. chalk or washable marker
- A sewing machine - please let us know if you need a machine
Here are a few sites where you can find cotton canvas: https://www.moodfabrics.com/ https://hartsfabric.com/ https://stonemountainfabric.com/ https://stylemakerfabrics.com/ Thread, chalk, pins, and machine needles can be purchased through Wawak.com or at Joann’s.
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