Latest Bag Make

[RJR_38]

 I’m really enjoying bag making at the moment - it has even overtaken patchwork and quilting! I think I have found my ‘thing’ as I love making things that are inherently practical as well as pretty.

I have made this for a gift as a birthday in October. I think I might make a matching wallet/purse.

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[WildAtlanticWay]

I’d l9ve to see your bag but I can’t seem to view the attachment. 


Edit: thanks I can see them now.

Wowsers. They’re gorgeous and really well made bags. 

[RJR_38]

I know.... there seems to be issues uploading photos onto the site at the moment

Edit to add - I have found a work around but you have to insert them rather than just attach and it makes them turn sideways. Sorry about that! Hopefully the glitches will be sorted soon...
@WildAtlanticWay

[Celia]

That bag is lovely, it looks so professional. I know what you mean about making practical things

[Bodgeitandscarper]

Nice bag!

I clicked on the little images and they disappeared, I then refreshed the page and they reappeared 

[wrenkins]

Your bags are brilliant. 

[Vezelay]

Love your bag @RJR_38. Do share what pattern you used please. I have bag plans also - it's so satisfying and practical as you say. And none of that fitting malarkey!

[wrenkins]

Yes @Vezelay. Bag plans, let's call them that.  I bought all the ingredients last year to do a byAnnie week-ender.... Suffice to stay it has stalled....

[Gernella]

That is stunning.  Something like that would be worth loads of money @RJR_38 I think you've found your vocation there.

[Lowena]

I'd love to make bags,purses etc  but as I can't sew,other than straight lines of running stitch for p&q  ( zips,buttonholes, lining, pockets are a mystery to me ) I'll admire your beautiful work

[Syrinx]

I've just dug out some bag patterns (very simple ones!) to try out. Your bag is such inspiration to get on and make one, though nowhere near as lovely as yours!

[Silver Rose]

Beautiful bag and pretty fabric too, well done.

[Acorn]

I know.... there seems to be issues uploading photos onto the site at the moment

Edit to add - I have found a work around but you have to insert them rather than just attach and it makes them turn sideways. Sorry about that! Hopefully the glitches will be sorted soon...
@WildAtlanticWay

As I said yesterday, @RJR_38 if you post a screenshot of what is happening I will take a look at it, but nobody else has reported any problems, so it seems likely that they are at your end.  Pictures from ipads usually get inserted sideways - there is nothing a forum can do about that because the orientation information is not given in a way that a forum can read.  You can solve it by using lunapic - UttaRetch's tutorial is here.

[Acorn]

By the way, if you are trying to upload enormous pictures directly from a phone or tablet, you will encounter problems.

There is a lot of information about picture size here.

[BrendaP]

The photos opened just as they should for me - using a Mac laptop.

That bag is lovely   Sometimes I get tempted to have a go at something more complex than a simple tote but I do know that a good bag has a lot of internal under pinning - or is that inter-pinning?  :thinking:  to make it work.