Oralee in Florida gave me the tip I needed and I am printing them out now. Thanks anyway.

You certainly could teach some of those people out there that sell and write directions for patterns for a living. They charge $12-$17 for their patterns and they are so hard to understand. Your's is soooooooooo much better!!! Thank you so much for sharing and for all the time you spent doing this for us :) I am anxious to get started!

Great job - thanks so much.

Have a problem, I have a windows 7 computer and it doesn't have the toolbar at the top togo to file or print or print preview. How can I copy them. I have tried to hit the computer icon at top but gives an error message. Also how do you bookmark the subjects you want to save on here.

As for bookmarking: Go to top of this page you are looking at. Left side, above the first post on this page and you will see 'bookmark', click it and that will open a window you can add this subject to. Hope you can understand my instructions. Oh, by the way, when you want to retrieve this, you will see in the middle at the top of this page "My bookmarks" click it and what you have saved will be there. :)

Thanks for the help

Good tute. Thanks.

Don't forget to click on "save" after adding the subject line.

I agree that the purse patterns out there are difficult to understand. i bought the bow tucks and was greatly disappointed. So I just winged it by looking at the picture on the front and reading the measurements. Lazy girl designs has better looking bags and better instructions. She has pictures! So now if I buy I pattern I wont buy online gotta have it in my hands and be able to look at the booklet. If they have a bag made in the shop I can usually look at the bag and figure out how they put it togethr.

Nope but I do hide money in the plexi sleeve.

Try doing a right click of the mouse on the page that you want to print. Select print preview and it should let you see how many pages make up the topic you want to print. I just found out how to do this today, it works in Vista.

Thank you I tried that and I think it will work. Can't get used to this new one. It's completely different than the others we have had. Thanks again.

Very cool, thank you so much for doing this. For tote bottoms, I use cross-stitch plastic and cut it to shape. Cheaper, flexible and easy to cut...

If you want to print this Pattern. I was going to print this and it was coming up as 23 pages so I copied it into word and reduced the pictures to small ones and it printed 6 pages.

Cookie

Thank you very much for this.
Nanci

Thank you for the tute! Great instructions!

Beautiful Xmas fabric i love the bag and easy to follow instruction thank you i saved it for a later date :thumbup:

Thanks for the great tute! I just bought a pattern for a tote but your instructions are so much simpler and easier to understand. All the great pictures did the trick. I printed out everything so I would not have to run to the computer to look at the tutorial. Have a great day!

Excellent job!
I was thinking of making some of these for birthday gifts - next year! I know how to make them unlined and not layered but not like you posted.

Now you provided the instructions! Thanks

Bookmarking

That is a good tute. You could adjust the size for larger or smaller ones.

Me too! Thanks. Your tote is beautiful!

I cant wait to try this, I am working on something very simular for my sons GF, I want to put the shower gell and lotion in them.

one od the best tutorials I have found!

Thanks for a super tutorial. I've got so many bag ideas running around in my head - this will help get me started! You make it sound so easy.

Thank you so much for a great step-by-step tutorial. It's bookmarked & on the list (which appears to be getting longer....)

Not only did you make a lovely tote, you also did a great job on the tutorial. Thank you.

excellent-- thank you for all the extra work

Me too! Thanks!

Yes, I am bookmarking also. I learn by pictures. This was great.

Thank you so much. I'm a bit of a beginner with totes and this one inspired me and I finished it yesterday. It looks great and I'm using it as a sort of Stocking for my step-daughter's Christmas presents. Many many thanks.

fusible batting pellon 971

fusible interfacing pellon 950

What are the numbers after the fusibles on the supplies' list? Are they measurements or Pellon-item-numbers?

Thanks.

Holly

This tutorial was very clear and concise. Thank you for taking the time to post it! I love the ideal of the decorative stitch on the contrasting fabric.

Pellon has different weights of interfacing and fleece thats the numbers. Do I know their system of numbers, nope. I feel the stuff and buy it. And so far these two have worked for me. There are other brands out there I like pellon. Many say its to expensive, I get mine half off and joanns on sale. If you use a heavier wieght fabric you dont need either. Upholstery fabric is nice and firm. And when you add it up the cost is about the same once you add the interfacing.

Thank you for your tute. I love the tute and it is so clear and the pictures are great. Now I understand how things are done. I think that I will have a go some day.

Exactly where do you buy the plexiglass?

You can get it at Lowes, Menards, Home Depot.

I enjoyed every bit of that. Thank you!!

I enjoyed every bit of that. Thank you!!

Ths is one of the many reasons I love this board. What a great tut! Thanks so much and thanks to all you others ho gave us the other hints about saving in bookmarks, printing out and copying to Word. You are all great!

Thank you so much for your wonderful tute. I'm using the tote as a container for my step-daughter's Christmas presents (I even managed a matching i-phone cover). I'm a returning quilter and this has given me so much confidence.

Happy Christmas from across the pond

Annie