fabric baggies progress report

Have you been wondering how the fabric baggies project is moving along?

Well, see here, then...

three out of twelve fabric baggies are done

I worked on eight baggies at once! First I cut out all the fabric and interfacing (which took a while...!), and fused on the interfacing where necessary.

Then I prepared the tags with the eyelets, that will be used for hanging the bags on hooks.

Here are the tags, cut out and reinforced with fusible interfacing:

Chain-stitching the tags in order to save time:

... and chain stitching in the opposite direction ...

Here are the tags with the eyelets installed. It was a bit difficult to turn them right-side out because they are rather slim (a tad narrower than an inch) and stiff. I might make them wider for the tutorial.

tags with eyelets installed

Then I installed the zipper on the front of each bag:

outer fabric + zipper + lining for eight fabric baggies

Here they are, zipper installed on the front of the bag (outer fabric and lining):

fronts of bags, including zipper and lining

Finally I hand-stitched the labels on all the bags using a running stitch.

pinning the label to the front of the bag

labels are all stitched to the front of the bags

Coming up in the fabric baggies project

1. Sew the back side of the lining to the lining of the front of each bag. Leave an opening for turning. "Square" the bottom of the lining to give it volume.
2. Sew the back side of the outer fabric to the outer fabric of the front of each bag. Install the tag with the eyelet at the top. "Square" the bottom of the bag to give it volume.
3. Turn the baggie right side out through the opening in the lining and the zipper. Stitch the opening in the lining closed.
4. Install the wood plank and hooks, that my dad is preparing, on the wall. The baggies will be hung proudly on the hooks.
5. Write a tutorial :-) while preparing the 11th and 12th baggies.