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Bunnies & Bag Sewing — Episode 11

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|Sponsored| Are you team #bagsewing? Or do you prefer to buy your bags? Join the podcast hosts this week for a deep dive into all things bags: favorite materials, favorite patterns, bag sewing philosophy and more. Fair warning: you just might be inspired! We all wanted to sew more bags after this episode! Plus, to buy or to sew: jeans, bras, swimsuits? What’s on your list?

Originally published 4/4/2019. Now available on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts. Please subscribe and leave us a review if you love Sew & Tell so we can grow our sewing family even larger.

Episode Summary

  • Welcome
  • Discussion Segment: Bag Sewing
  • Discussion Segment: Buy It or Make It?
  • SewJo: What’s giving us our sewing mojo this week
  • Sew & Tell

Sew & Tell

Answers to last episode’s question: What’s your favorite stashbusting technique?
This episode’s question: What’s your best bag-making tip?

Related Links

Ongoing Sewing Pun Tally

Meg: 2
Amanda: 1
Kate: 2

Other Notes

Meg’s Purse Sewing Days
Bunny Meet-and-Greet (Bunny on the right, Bury on the left)
Desmond Roll-Top Backpack made by Amanda for her mom
Kate’s Sugar and Spice Purse
Kate’s Abstract Tote (with pink cork!)
Kate’s Pineapple Purse (Zippy Crossbody Bag from Sallie Tomato)
Typographic Tote from Sew It All Volume 12 (sample made by Kate)

In this episode we asked you:

“What’s your best your bag-making tip?”

Leave your answers in the comments below!

Note: By answering our Sew & Tell question, you are giving us permission to read your answer in an upcoming episode.

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Episode sponsored by BERNINA


Originally published 4/4/2019. Updated 4/7/2019.


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