Tues Tutorial~ Nana Bag

     Every new Nana needs a special bag, ready to go with all the necessities that might be needed wherever they might go.  That includes little toys, trinkets and snacks to entertain the special little one.  It's always a good feeling, when Nana arrives where the little one might be and the first thing that happens is they go for the Nana bag to look for surprises.

  I also made one of these for a friend at church that just likes to treat little ones with special toys, games and snacks.

 

Here was my idea for my daughter, a first time Nana, and kid loving friend.

 

 

 

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Tuesday Tutorial

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Fabric piece needs to be at least 42 inches wide.

Cut large piece to 22x42 inches.

Lining is also 22x42.

19x14"

Stack the new cut pieces, right sides together as shown above.

 

 

Change to 12+ inches

Do both

 

22x12

Main Piece first cut

Fold to find center lines

 

 

Add zipper

To make a recessed zipper you can first follow a video like this one

starting at the 25:28 time mark @ Sew Many Creations.

 

After the zipper was set in like above,

before it was "inset" the side seams were sewn.

Match top edges

All the pockets

The bottom section

Notice below where the opening was left

for turning inside out.

Then turn right side out.

Measure from seam to zipper to determine how much inset is needed.

The rule is about whatever this width.

With an erasable marking tool, 

a continuous line was marked at 2.5 inches.

 

The outer fabric was folded on that line

and stitched 1/4 inch from the folded edge

all around the bag.

(The red line shown, is the center line of the bag

that had not been removed)

Next Box the Corners of the lining and outer bag.

Turn the bag wrong side out again.

5 inch corner was marked on corner of outer bag.

 Notice the 2.5 inch midpoint is on the seam line.

 

Once again turn the bag right side out,

but don't tuck the lining back in.

Go the the open corner

press in to meet the seam lines.

Edge stitch the seam closed

Now pinch the corner like you normally do when boxing a corner.

 

With the side seam marked 

and the edge stitched seam being the center,

continue to poke the point in

until you have a 5 inch line of opening.

Edge stitch along this 5 inch opening to close it.

Tuck and sew the other lining corner the same way.

 

Finally, finish the zipper

I was too chicken to cut off this jacket size zipper

 (found on the 127 yard sale years ago).

I wanted the entire bag to be together

before I decided where to cut it off.

 You see the clip with the "to be used for tab" fabric on the end

to keep the zip from accidentally coming off.

This fabric was approximately 2.5 by 4.5 inches.

I just eyed it according to the size of this large zipper.

Double fold the end for future closure.

Fold the fabric as you see above 

with the right side of fabric next to the zipper.

Notice the stitch line is marked about 1 inch from the end.

 

After stitching,

turn the fabric right side out

Fold over toward the zipper 

turning the end under

and stitching around the edge.

Finally, after this extensive post

months of putting off the finish of this project

DRUM ROLL please

 

I actually made 2 bags.

The one above was for my daughter,

the one below for another "daughter" by another Mother.

Don't we all have one of those lovely people?

I like the outer pockets for dumping in the cell phone.

It could also hold a quick bottle or snack if need.

The strap is long enough to hang over shoulder

so you can carry the little one.

 

I hope you find this rather lengthy tutorial

easy to follow.