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Monday, January 13, 2014

Josipa Bag

A friend of mine is hosting a Valentine's Day themed auction with dresses, hair pretties, and jewelry and she invited me to join.  I offered to make a bag and used that as an excuse to buy a pattern I've been wanting to try for a long time.  The pattern is Josipa by Gretelies.
I decided I needed to do a trial run before I made the bag I want to offer for auction.
Here is what I made.






































This was all the fabric that was left over from my Anna Maria Horner Socialite Dress I made a couple years ago.






































There were two blueish smears on the fabric that I cut around to make the dress, so my purse has the smears on it, but I tried my best to make sure they were on the back and toward the bottom.


I mainly used the photos in the pattern to guide me, since it is completely in German.  I also copied and pasted some of the instructions into Google Translate to double check.  I did my own thing when it came the the straps and I used an invisible magnetic snap from Tantalizing Stitches instead of velcro.

I am so glad I went ahead and bought 15 sets of the magnetic closures because I never want to go back to the ones with prongs on the back again!
I tried a non-zip pocket and it's kinda not the best looking thing because I was winging it and didn't do it right, but I like the look and the idea of it.  I hardly ever zip my interior zip pockets anyway.

This bag is definitely Spring colors, but I don't know if I'll be able to wait until then to carry it.  This is one of my all time favorite prints by Amy Butler and I'm really glad to have a bag made from it.
I pat myself on the back for a muslin well done.

See?  Invisible snap.  I love it.
You must try them if you are going to make a bag.  Michelle Patterns uses these sometimes in her patterns, which I also love, and she PERSONALLY recommended these to me (eek!  I felt like I was messaging with a celebrity through her Etsy shop page!) and directed me to Tantalizing Stitches.

Next up: The REAL bag that will be auctioned on the 20th.  Gotta get going on that!





4 comments:

  1. OOOOOH! this is gorgeous! :D Can't wait to see the REAL bag!

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  2. This bag is lovely!
    I had a lot of fun reading this post. I first discovered your blog while I was sewing the Socialite dress and had some issues with its collar part (still unsolved, guess I made some mistake by transferring the pattern, as it is just so huge... gave this project a break a couple of months ago... so, you reminded me that there is still something waiting for me ;) )
    The other funny part was the bag, as I'm german. I am always sad about the lack of good patterns in german. But fortunately there are plenty in english ;) It made me laugh, that you choose exactly one of the two best german bagpattern designers I usally work with. I learned sewing with these women! The otherone is http://machwerke.blogspot.de/, you should check her pattern out. Also nice and with detailed and pictured instructions.
    Greetings from Germany,
    Anne

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    1. Oh, so neat to hear from you all the way from Germany! Thanks for reading and I will definitely check out machwerke!

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  3. I've never heard of invisible snaps. Learn something new everyday! I'll have to check those out for my clutches I like to make for gifts. Love your bag too. Thanks for sharing!

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