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    Old 08-22-2015, 07:06 PM
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    Kudos for persevering! Great bag!
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    Old 08-22-2015, 07:06 PM
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    If you want a well written bag pattern, annie unrein can't be beat IMHO. She has lots of weekender bags patterns
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    Old 08-22-2015, 07:08 PM
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    Originally Posted by dunster
    You did a great job on it, and the piping looks wonderful. Maybe it's time to teach the daughter to make her own gifts...
    Ha! For sure... She only has a featherweight tho, and it would never sew these thick fabrics. She makes pillows and stuff, tho.
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    Old 08-22-2015, 07:13 PM
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    Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
    Wow, you sure did a professional job on that bag! Just see a page of updates when I went searching did you see them? http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/produ...es.php?upd=wtb
    Wow... thank you. LOTS of changes! But I had to cut pieces down. I wonder if they reprinted the pattern pieces in subsequent printings. They were innaccurate.
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    Old 08-22-2015, 07:15 PM
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    Originally Posted by dakotamaid
    My friend sewed one of these and used a lighter interfacing. It still turned out great.
    I didn't use interfacing or Peltex/Timtex. I started with some cotton duck fabric as a base (like a lighter canvas) and then used cotton batting and the outer home dec fabric by Amy Butler. With all the quilting lines, it made the pieces just as stiff as Peltex would have, or stiffer.
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    Old 08-22-2015, 07:16 PM
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    Originally Posted by Jeanne S
    What a great looking bag!!! I bet is is lighter in weight than purchased ones too---great job! If it didn't look so hard I would love to try one of those!!
    It weighs at least 5 lbs, empty!

    Its the piping that makes it so hard... but it doesn't have to have piping. I'm not going to 'pipe' the one I make for my daughter's friend. It will be a breeze!

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    Old 08-22-2015, 07:19 PM
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    Originally Posted by Dolphyngyrl
    If you want a well written bag pattern, annie unrein can't be beat IMHO. She has lots of weekender bags patterns
    I've never heard of her, but will look her up. Thanks so much for the suggestion.

    Edited to add: I searched for her patterns and ended up buying the cosmetics travel bag-- the drop down one you can hang in a bathroom.

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    Old 08-22-2015, 07:31 PM
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    Sewbizgirl that is a very nice (professional looking) weekender. Those fabrics look great. What a great job you did on that covered piping.
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    Old 08-22-2015, 07:37 PM
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    Thank you Susan and everyone. Not sure I will do the piping ever again!
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    Beautiful bag. BrendaK
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