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10 Spring Market Bags

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10 Spring Market Bags


Despite the wintery weather reports, spring is just around the corner and so are the farmers markets!  Whether you are visiting the markets weekly for fresh foods, or stopping by a roadside stand on your way home from work, having a reusable bag with you is a must.  We’ve rounded up ten adorable patterns ranging from mesh to weekender styles that will get you through market season and beyond.  Most can do double duty as beach, diaper, and school carryalls.   Better get started soon- you may find you want to make them all!

beach_bag

1. Summer beach bag – Let’s Knit

bird tote

2. Free as a bird tote – Strocel

 

girlfriend market tote

3. Girlfriend market tote – Sugar Bunny Boulevard

 

DIY Birkin tote

4. DIY Birkin Tote – Thrift Dee

 

mesh bag

5. Crochet Mesh Bag – All About Ami

 

Brighton tote

6. Brighton tote – Knitty

 

weekender tote

7. Weekender tote – A Beautiful Mess

 

crochet bag

8. Crochet bag – Attic24

 

 

iron on typographic tote

10: Iron- on Typographic Tote – How About Orange

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Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects.  Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter.  Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long. 

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success.  There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid.  She describes the different types of velvet available.  And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric.  Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric.  There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric. 

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

[photo credit: Melly Sews]