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Rob: So you’ve been watching Man Sewing forever and you know how much we love to put
stuff together here for you in our tutorials. But we’re going to do some upcycling today
so I had to invite my very special guest, Amy Barickman, the owner and designer of Indygo
Junction. And she’s going to teach us how to take stuff apart. What do you think of
that? Amy: Sounds like fun to me, Rob.
Rob: Cool. What are we working on today? Amy: Well we’re going to make a messenger
tote, laptop bag. Rob: Ohooo
Amy: And it’s from my denim redesign book. Rob: Oh very good.
Amy: So I just have lots of ideas to share. Tips and techniques.
Rob: Fantastic. Amy: Let’s get started.
Rob: Do we have much of a supply list? Amy: Well actually, it’s not too bad because
you can get your denim from family members, the thrift shop
Rob: Right, right. Amy: You’re going to use two pairs of jeans.
And I always have a third pair available just in case you need some extra yardage.
Rob: Are you looking for matching kind of tones or does that matter?
Amy: Yes. Because what you like is, I’ll show you here
Rob: Ok Amy: You have the bag and you want it to look
like, your bag to look like maybe it came from one pair of jeans.
Rob: Sure. Amy: So, so I go shop and find matching denims.
And you want to go with about a 34 inch waist which is, equates to about a 12 or 14 womens.
Rob: Ok Amy: And what you’re also looking for is
a straight leg. Rob: Oh that makes sense
Amy: Yep, because you need that yardage. So you want to have at least a 14 inch width
that you’re going to work on. Rob: Ok
Amy: On that leg. And so, you know, I brought some samples.
Rob: I was just going to ask. Maybe it makes more sense to start. Is this where we’re
going to start here? Amy: Yes.
Rob: She’s got to teach me because I’m clueless about this stuff so she gets to show
today. I’m just going to hang out and drink coffee while she does all the hard work.
Amy: Alright, we can do that. You know we love upcycling at Indygo Junction and this
is one of my favorites. So what we’re going to do is we’re going to start with a pair
of jeans. This is pair number one. Rob: Ok
Amy: And with pair number one we’re going to open them up and we’re going to go ahead
and cut the two outside seams. And what I’ll show you here is
Rob: I’m going to stop you there too as well
Amy: Right Rob: I believe this is where we want to make
sure this is where we have the 14 Amy: Right
Rob: Let’s make sure that everyone gets that part.
Amy: Right Rob: And this is why the straight leg is so
important too because this is, got it, now I’m getting it.
Amy: Yes because you need seven and seven because what you’re going to do is slice
up here. Rob: Perfect.
Amy: And where we’re going to is just to about where the crotch hits.
Rob: Right. Amy: So then when you open this up, you’ll
see that you want to have that 14 inch width. Rob: Oh fantastic
Amy: Ok? Rob: Great
Amy: So this is pair number one and that’s what we do with pair number one.
Rob: Ok Amy: And then we’ll move on
Rob: No seam ripper? Scissors easiest? Amy: Not yet, not yet
Rob: Ok Amy: In pair number one is going to actually
be what you’re going to use for the front flap of the bag.
Rob: Oh, right, got it. Amy: So, so you’re going to want the front
pocket and the back pocket and that’s Rob: Got it
Amy: What you can see is here’s where it would, what we would be cutting into.
Rob: Fantastic Amy: When we do that piece. Ok, the other
part of this pair number one is the front of the bag. So you’re also going to be looking
for this piece. Rob: Oh, got it, got it, got it.
Amy: And you want to take that piece from the bottom, closer to the hem
Rob: Ok Amy: Because what that’s going to provide
you is more yardage to use for other things. So you want to maximize your, your yardage.
And then this side of pair number one will be your straps and what I call your gusset,
your side and your bottom of the bag. Rob: Sure.
Amy: So that’s this piece here. Rob: Got it. Great and this is an example
right here too Amy? Amy: Yes, you can see here the gusset or the
side and bottom of the bag. Rob: Perfect. Perfect. Got it. Makes sense.
Amy: From pair number one. Rob: Makes sense
Amy: And then what we’re going to do with this pair is we’re going to cut from the
front to the back at the waistband. So we’re just going to go ahead and cut around. So
when I think about using the seam ripper, there are different reasons to use it if you
find like tabs to cut through that you want to keep the integrity of the denim intact
Rob: Right Amy: But most of all when you’re cutting
through these thicknesses with the denim seams Rob: Right
Amy: You want to go ahead and use your, your good scissors.
Rob: Got it. Amy: So we’ll go ahead and cut through this.
Rob: And I see you’re being accurate but also being, here let’s move up
Amy: Right. Ya, we’re not going to use this. Ya, I’m not being that careful because the
point is just to separate your two legs, ok? Rob: Just like that there. Beautiful
Amy: Separate two legs. Alright and then what we’re going to do, this is pair number one,
is we’re going to go ahead and put those aside for a second.
Rob: Ok Amy: And look at pair number two.
Rob: Great Amy: Oh, well here it is already cut apart.
Rob: Fantastic. Amy: So there you go.
Rob: Ok, just like that. Amy: All ready to go.
Rob: Ok, do you want to hand me these ones Amy: Yep
Rob: I’ll do laundry over here Amy: Ok, you can be in charge of keeping me
in order here because. Pair number one, pair number two, so pair number two
Rob: Because she’s so organized with all of these steps. We’ve got to make sure we
keep the set organized. Amy: Well you’re helping me and I appreciate
it. So what we do with pair number two is we’re going to go ahead and cut up one of
the outside seams. I’m not going to go ahead and finish that because I know we want to
move along. And then you’re going to cut that all the way up to just under the back
pocket. So that’s your point. Rob: Ok, let me make sure I got that. You
want me to cut up to where this pin is which is going to go right under the back pocket
all the way across this leg or both legs? Amy: You can actually do it just across both
legs. You’ll, because you’re going to use this whole piece.
Rob: Perfect. Perfect. Amy: Sometimes I wait to cut it because I
want to make sure I maximize the, the piece. Rob: Got it.
Amy: So that’s what I show you too. On this, the other leg you’re going to cut up the
inner seam. Rob: Got it
Amy: On the flat felled seam here. And again, you know, if you’re cutting really close
it’s just as easy Rob: Just as easy, convenient, you don’t
need the seam ripper? Amy: You don’t need the seam ripper, right?
Rob: And you’re really trying to get as much denim as possible out of both these pair
of, I almost said Levi’s but any denim works, right?
Amy: Right. Exactly Rob: Got it
Amy: Exactly. Rob: Ok, cool
Amy: But you can have fun with your, you know, Levi’s tag. Lee jeans or your Wranglers
or whatever you’re, you’re using that day.
Rob: I love it. So do we need this again. Amy: I’m going to hand that back to you
if we need it. It’s extra and not sure if we are going to use it
Rob: Sure perfect. Amy: So when we’re cutting out, we’ve
talked about the different measurements. So let’s go back to that. What we have here
we’ll show you how we get, so once you get to the piece that you’re going to use for
the front flap. You want a 14 by 14 cut. Rob: Got it
Amy: And what you want to watch here is this is an example I brought just to show you that
my belt loop was right at my 14 inch point. Rob: Oh, got it. So that becomes a seam allowance.
Amy: That’s where, right, you need a half inch. So that’s where I took it off with
the seam ripper. Rob: Ah. Finally
Amy: There you go. Rob: Ok
Amy: On this side you also want like a half inch seam allowance to be sure that, and you
can see it right here. To be sure that you have room for your seam on each side. And
again, we were close to a rivet so we were lucky enough to have a half inch.
Rob: So you’re sewing through tags. You’re sewing through some of the thicker parts.
But you’re not sewing through rivets. You’re not sewing through zippers and you’re not
sewing through buttons. Tip. Amy: Right.
Rob: Ok, got it. Love it. Amy: Right. So back to this pant. So how do
we get this piece, right? Rob: Ok
Amy: We want to figure that out. We will take and we will cut, and I like to get as much
as I can when I do this. Just a little extra. So we’re going to cut across here. And then
we’ll cut up the side. Rob: You’ve done this before.
Amy: And. Oh, yes. And here, there’s where you get this piece.
Rob: Perfect. Got it. Amy: So that all makes sense.
Rob: Right. Amy: And what you’re looking for is a 14
by 14. So you will want to use your ruler Rob: Ok
Amy: It’s wonderful. And the red here, we mark with our, let me get it flipped correctly
here. We mark with like a chalk pen Rob: Ok
Amy: And figure out where our 14 inches is Rob: So you’re first eyeballing where
Amy: So here Rob: A good 14, making sure you have the pockets
and you don’t have a bunch of hazards in the way
Amy: Exactly Rob: Got it.
Amy: Exactly and then you can square it up and we can also look and make sure we have
our length. Now we are, the great thing about this is see we’re a little short?
Rob: Uh huh. Amy: The beauty of this is we’re going to
add a panel up here Rob: Right
Amy: That is a Rob: You don’t feel so short anymore?
Amy: I was like, what are you doing? Rob: I know you’re giving good instruction,
she’s going to add a panel up there. Amy: Yes, I’m going to heighten, heighten
this piece. And you can see, I’ll pull this one away because these denims match. This
will look a little prettier. Rob: Beautiful.
Amy: So you will then be able to add a piece to extend that piece to 17 inches.
Rob: Do you have kind of a rough size you usually shoot for on this?
Amy: We do about a six by 14 on this. Rob: Ok
Amy: So we have plenty of play Rob: 14 for the width and plenty of play that
way Amy: Plenty of play back and forth
Rob: Got it Amy: So I think I have one pre-sewn.
Rob: Yes you do Amy: And then I think we can get, move these
out of the way here. Rob: Ok, I’ll take those for you
Amy: Set those down Rob: Love to. Thank you.
Amy: So here we have the, the front flap Rob: Right
Amy: With the, with the panel sewn on. Rob: Right
Amy: So we sew that. We like to use like a 12 weight cotton thread
Rob: Right Amy: Because in a color that matches the denim
that maybe is sewn on the Rob: Perfect choice
Amy: The one you’re recycling. And I’m surprised, it’s super easy to sew through
these Rob: To stitch it right there on the Melody.
I watched you do it when we were warming up Amy: Ya
Rob: Great I love it Amy: Ya it works. I’ve been really happy.
I had the Rachel and used that for many of the samples here. So that’s our front piece
that we’ve created. Rob: And that is kind of this piece that is
here to here Amy: Right
Rob: Got it. Amy: Exactly
Rob: Got it Amy: So then we need our back piece.
Rob: Alright, do I have it down here? Amy: There it is. I went ahead and cut it
out of the pant leg of the denim. Do you want me to take you through that process and show
you this process? Rob: I think it makes sense. We want to make
sure that our audience has the denim deconstructed enough that it turns into a giant piece of
fabric. And this is that lower leg. And this was probably near the bottom cuff
Amy: Right. Right Rob: So ya, you’re shooting for as much
fabric as possible. But I think you did a real good job of showing us that, where that
came from Amy: Ok, ok.
Rob: Bottom of the pant leg. Amy: Right, so what’s going to happen with
these two pieces are you’re going to actually, if this is the back of the flap, you’re
going to sew these right sides together Rob: Ok
Amy: You’ll definitely want to, you know, square up before you do that.
Rob: Ok Amy: And I have an example of that that I
can show you. Rob: Here we go.Trade you again.
Amy: Yes. Rob: Perfect, we’re getting it. We’re
getting it. Amy: When you sew that, we’re using a half
inch seam allowance. Rob: Ok
Amy: And we are going to leave an opening where we can turn the bag and so, you want
to do the magic. Rob: Sure I’d love to
Amy: And don’t forget to clip the corners Rob: Oh got it. So we’ve taken the corners
off there. Amy: Right
Rob: Perfect. Amy: With that heavier denim, you want to
wherever you can to make sure you clip the corners. And at some points we’re actually
trimming the seam allowances too. Rob: I was going to ask
Amy: Depending on if we’re, if we’re topstitching Rob: Right. And the half inch is for the structure
and the strength. But sometimes you have to trim it down a little bit in certain areas.
Amy: Right. Especially, when we’re, like the strap we’ll want to trim it there when
we’re topstitching. Rob: Perfect. How’d I do?
Amy: You’re doing great. Rob: Thanks
Amy: You’re doing great. So if you have a. Turn it. So what I thought we could do,
if you want to iron up the, we could stitch across,
Rob: Sure Amy: Topstitch across the bottom of the bag
here. You may want to Rob: You know what, I do, I’ve got a purple
thing. Sometimes that works Amy: Wonderful. I love those. They come in
handy. Excellent. And you can see this is a Lee jean in big letters. It’s a lot of
fun going to the thrift shop and looking for your denim.
Rob: I bet it changes the whole way you go hunting.
Amy: I, I love to hunt. Rob: How did I do? Oh, I’ve got to get these
ones. Got to get all four corners, ok? Amy: Right, right.
Rob: So after we topstitch this we’re going to show them topstitching, right?
Amy: Sure Rob: Ok
Amy: Let’s at least, we can do one side of the bag and hopefully
Rob: Sure Amy: Maybe we should have trimmed right there.
Maybe do this top edge. Rob: Ok, I’ll let you do that because you’re
closer. Do you want me to press it or are you good?
Amy: You know what, I think we could, I think we could go ahead and press it.
Rob: Ok Amy: Just give it a quick press if it’s
ready. If not we can just, for demonstration purposes we can just send it through.
Rob: I just turned it on tell a quick joke. Amy: Ok. Well I’ll tell you
Rob: This quilter walks into a Amy: I’ll tell you a little bit about the
denim and I always want it, I love the, like Levi’s weight for this project, so it’s
a little heavier. Rob: Right.
Amy: But again there’s so many different types of denim now out there and just thousands
of pairs of jeans. Rob: Right
Amy: In thrift stores and the stretch denim too actually works pretty well. And you’ll
see a lot of stretch denim. But again the real key is to have that straight leg.
Rob: Right Amy: And straight top to bottom
Rob: Nice. I bet the stretch denim has a neat hand on it but I don’t know if I’d want
to put my heavy gear in it. Amy: Right, right. That would be what you
would be concerned about. Rob: Got it.
Amy: So I”m going to go ahead and send this through. And I am just using the quarter,
and of course backstitch here. And keep in mind, this will be at the top of your bag,
on the flap. You’ll flap this open over once we construct the bag. And again we’re
doing this without pins Rob: Sure
Amy: But you can see how the machine is really doing really well with the denim
Rob: Ya it’s doing great. Now I put a size 90 needle in there early on because I knew
we were using the 12 weight thread. I didn’t know if that’s what you would recommend
as well. Amy: We use the denim needle is probably our
preferred needle. Rob: Right
Amy: But you could, it looks like this needle did just fine, so. But again, you can see
here where we have the topstitching done on that side so and then we can
Rob: Ok Amy: Eventually topstitch the bottom of the
flap Rob: So we’ve got our front flap done. What’s
next? Amy: Well we’re going to put that aside
and work on the body of the bag. Rob: We’ll need this again later.
Amy: Right Rob: So the body of the bag coming at you
here. Amy: Right
Rob: See if I’ve got all the steps correct. Is that right?
Amy: Yep Rob: We don’t need that quite yet. Ok?
Amy: So this is, what you see here is the back flap and the back of the bag.
Rob: Right Amy: And I had mentioned the second pair of
jeans was where we took those pieces out of. Rob: Correct
Amy: And what you want to think about when you cut this back pocket
Rob: Right Amy: Is you want to look at your hem bottom
of that, that pant and pick, pick the hem, usually they’re about consistently worn,
but the one that has the best look. And that’s what you’ll cut your, your, this piece out
of Rob: You’re going for character
Amy: Ya. 14 by 11 Rob: Thanks, perfect.
Amy: On the pocket piece. And then on the back of the tote we’re at 14 by 16 ½
Rob: Perfect. Amy: Ok?
Rob: Perfect, perfect. Amy: And you see here, where this is the piece,
the seam Rob: Got it
Amy: So that is Rob: Got it. That’s just a single layer.
Got it. There’s that. Amy: And we’ll go ahead and baste the pocket
on so that. So our back is already put together and ready to go.
Rob: Got it. And that brings us to this step. That’s where I was getting kind of visually
tripped up because I was looking at what was going on down here. So you want to walk us
through your gusset? Amy: So yes, this is the side bottom gusset
piece. And this was, remember on the jeans pair number one, I said we’re going to use
one of the legs that we were going to cut strips that were going to be
Rob: Right Amy: That
Rob: How wide are those? Amy: These are three inches wide.
Rob: Perfect Amy: And it is 49 inches long. It’s a little
bit of extra because what the key is on this is that you miss the corners when you sew
it on. Because you don’t want Rob: Best tip
Amy: A seam Rob: Best tip of the whole video.
Amy: There you go. Tip number one, you do not want to run one of these seams into one
of your corners. Because you want a really nice
Rob: That is great Amy: Crisp corner.
Rob: Great. Ok. Amy: We can look at this and this will explain
a little bit more about putting that gusset, side bottom on. You’ll start at the top,
pin and stitch. And then when you get to this corner, what you’re going to do is you’re
going to stop and backstitch a half inch before the bottom of the bag, ok? And then once you
have it stitched Rob: Right
Amy: Just take that little clip and clip right into your seam allowance, don’t clip through
your threads. Rob: Ok
Amy: Of course. And then you’re going to just turn and lay the piece down, pin again
Rob: Nice Amy: Backstitch again and the beauty is you’ll
get this really wonderful, wonderful corner Rob: That’s a nice corner
Amy: Ya Rob: And you don’t have the bulk when you’re
trying to turn underneath the presser foot. Amy: Right. Exactly, exactly
Rob: Got it Amy: It’s a really nice trick
Rob: Great tip Amy: So then we take the back panel that we
have there and that’s what we would place, let’s see
Rob: Ok, let’s do this. Amy: Put that aside
Rob: Production notes. We’ll take care of that. There we go
Amy: And so you’ll be then matching up Rob: Right sides together
Amy: Right. And going through and doing the same
Rob: Making sure that the opening of your pocket is still open
Amy: Right. Make sure you don’t have it upside down. I’ve done that before.
Rob: Don’t ask how I know that. That’s right. Perfect.
Amy: There, now you’ve got the, the completed bag we can look at.
Rob: Got it, got it. Amy: So now we actually have the denim exterior.
Rob: Fantastic. I can take that for you. Amy: I’ll give you that back.
Rob: Sure. Thanks. Amy: Awesome. So the next step is the strap
Rob: Right because I see you have a strap in there but we haven’t shown them how to
build the strap Amy: Right, right. This is the one
Rob: All of our parts and pieces Amy: This is how we’re going to be building
this strap. And what I, we’ve done is we’ve cut out the denim, remember the pair number
one. We’ve got enough three inches by 47 inches
Rob: Ok Amy: Two pieces. So because you’re going
to have the strap and you’re going to stitch, you know you need the two sides of the strap
Rob: Right Amy: So there’s our big piece. And you can
see here how we’ve shown the process of combining your pieces to get that longer piece.
Rob: So you’re doing this on the bias? Amy: Right
Rob: Is that necessary? Amy: Well, no. It’s really just, we did
it actually for a detail. I’ll show you on this bag.
Rob: I remember seeing it somewhere on the strap didn’t I
Amy: Ya, we just liked this added detail on, where we angled it and
Rob: Topstitched it? Amy: Topstitched it there. Let me show you
how we did that in this little sample. Rob: Ok, thanks.
Amy: What we’re going to do is just at a right angle, right sides together
Rob: Right Amy: And then draw a line from the two outer
corners and you’ll stitch. And we already have it stitched. And then you’ll quarter
inch trim it, open it up and again that will be nicely pieced together. Take these two
straps that you have. I’ll hand that back to you.
Rob: Thanks Amy: And you’ll have that sewn right sides
together. This is where we really need to trim the, you know, down, if we can, to the,
as close to that stitching as we can Rob: Got it
Amy: So we trim both sides. Rob: So you have it something to three inches.
You build it so it’s nicely constructed and then you trim it back down so that it
will turn itself back out correctly. Amy: So it will turn easier.
Rob: Yes Amy: And then it will topstitch more cleanly.
Rob: Oh that would make sense too. Got it. Amy: Yes. And we do it on both sides when
we do that. And you can see that on the, the bigger strap here how we’ve turned it right
sides out and then stitched it. And again you can see that 12 weight thread adds a nice
Rob: Nice detail. Ya I like that a lot Amy: Really the toughest part of the bag,
because this is such an easy bag to make, Rob: Right, right.
Amy: Is, is turning the strap Rob: And the Man Sewing tube turning technique
doesn’t necessarily work here by pulling on the cord. We’ve tried that a little bit.
Let’s just take it nice and slow and feed it that safety pin through
Amy: Right Rob: You are putting your sweatshirt back
together Amy: Right, right, right. Right, take your
time, watch a movie Rob: Like you’ve got to get the elastic
back in your jammies. Yep Amy: I had my son help me with it last night,
so he offered to do that to get this one turned out
Rob: You told me there’s another trick you’ve used in the past about the side seams or something
when you’re struggling Amy: Yes
Rob: So tell me that one. Amy: When you’re struggling you could cut
actually a hole, a larger hole in the middle and then feed, feed back out from that.
Rob: Right Amy: And that’s really what we ended up
doing. So just keeping that in mind. And I do know there’s tube turner tools that are
out there too that work great for creating even thinner
Rob: Like a 17 year old guy with a needle nose pliers. Just yank that back out.
Amy: Exactly that was my son. Needle nose pliers, pull it on through.
Rob: Someone’s got to do it. Amy: Yep, yep
Rob: So thank you those are great tips. Amy: Yes, yes.
Rob: But now how did you put it into the bag, tell me, teach me that, please.
Amy: So the strap is actually just, what the key is that you want to make sure you don’t
have a twist when you sew on the sides. Rob: Ok
Amy: So make sure it is straight in the back. Rob: Non-adjustable, so did you try it on
a little bit? Amy: Yes, that is a great point
Rob: Ok Amy: We’ve left plenty of length in that
Rob: 47 inches Amy: Yes, so definitely try it on, make sure
it’s where you want it. And then what you’re going to do is again on the right side of
the side bottom piece you’re going to just pin that right sides together and then go
ahead and sew your half inch seams on both sides of the bag. So again, it’s kind of,
if you’re confused it’s inside the bag like that when you do that. And then what
you’re going to do is actually get ready for the lining.
Rob: Right Amy: And do that now by pressing a half inch
to the wrong side of the bag. Rob: Ok
Amy: So that will be ready after we get through our next steps.
Rob: Got it. So I’ll warm the iron up. And I can be pressing if you want to talk to us
about the liner. Are you ready for the liner? Amy: Oh sure, ya. Let’s go ahead and do
we have the pieces? Rob: Yes we do
Amy: Together Rob: I’ll take care of this
Amy: Ok Rob: I’ll let you have those
Amy: So, thank you Rob: And just a ***
Amy: This is kind of a fun story behind this fabric. This is a fabric line of mine called
Vintage Made Modern Rob: Right
Amy: And it’s a, it’s pages from the fashion dictionary
Rob: I’ve seen the book. It’s cool. It’s really cool
Amy: So yes, from my Vintage Notions original compilation. So it was fun to be able to use
this in the bag. And I love a light fabric for the lining of the bag. Something that
you’re going to be able to see what’s inside your bag.
Rob: In case your keys go missing Amy: Yes, exactly, exactly
Rob: See even though not all guys carry a purse I’ve always had a man bag. I’ve
always Amy: A murse
Rob: A murse Amy: Well when you think about it, when you
said keys you have your belt loops on your bag, your denim bag that you can hook your
keys on it. Rob: Right
Amy: Ok, so back to, back to business here. Rob: You know they’re actually a satchel
and Daniel Boone carries one. Amy: Ok, ok a satchel, I like that one. I
like that better. Rob: Name that quote.
Amy: There we go. So lining of the bag. Rob: Ok
Amy: We’re going to do the lining of the bag 14 by 16 ½ and we’re going to, here
are the two pieces. And what we’re going to be doing and again we’re creating that
gusset side bottom. So we seam these together. You know to create that gusset
Rob: Regular straight seam? We don’t have to do bias or anything?
Amy: Right. Again, three by 49 Rob: Ok
Amy: And then we’re going to stitch it, we’ve already turned it right side out,
right side out but what I’ll show you is we did the same method here turning this.
Rob: Got it Amy: Again it’s not as important and vital
Rob: Next corner I’m doing that. I’m doing that on the next corner I make, I tell you
Amy: Well there you go. So now we have, I think we’re ready to actually construct
the actual bag. Rob: Got it. So we’ve got our handle tucked
in. And there’s no pockets on the liner so there’s no front or back to the liner
Amy: Right, right, right. So we’re set, just slide it in there.
Rob: There you go. I get my hands out of your way. I left the pins in so be careful.
Amy: Ok, and we’re just going to match up our side pieces
Rob: Oh for the gusset to the gusset Amy: Right, right, right, right. And so we
would pin all the way around the bag. Rob: Ok
Amy: And I would, actually want to sew from the denim side because you’ll be, this will
be with your 12 weight, like a topstitch around the top edge.
Rob: So you’re looking at the denim or the denim is on the feed dogs?
Amy: You are looking at the denim. Rob:Ok. Got it
Amy: Yep, yep. So then you’re going to get a really nice
Rob: She’s placing her pins accordingly because we never sew over a pin right Amy?
Amy: Oh, oh! Rob: So she’s making sure she can pull them
out just in the nick of time Amy: Yes, exactly, exactly. Especially when
you’re being more cautious with denim in these bigger seams that you have to go through.
But like I said, I really had good luck working with the Rachel and the Melody. Ya, it’s
been great.
Amy: All finished. We pressed it if you remember and we pinned it all the way around.
Rob: Lots of pins I notice. Got it. Amy: Yes, lots of pins. Because you want it,
and that 12 weight thread that looks so nice against the denim.
Rob: Right. Amy: And we stitched it and now we’re ready
to turn it right side out. Rob: And I’m just realizing we’re totally
done, there’s no opening. Genius. Amy: No opening. It’s pretty simple.
Rob: I love it. Amy: This is a really great bag. So now we
do this. Rob: Ya, I don’t have to pull the pins out
first or Amy: Ya, if you like
Rob: Grab those because we want to put the flap on still, right?
Amy: Right. Rob: Got it let’s get these out of the way.
Amy: We will need those out of the way. Thank you
Rob: You’re welcome. That’s a cute pin cushion.
Amy: Well thank you. It’s more of the Vintage Made Modern fabric.
Rob: This came from her studio there. Amy: There you go. So here we have
Rob: Awesome. Amy: Our bag. And we’re ready to go.
Rob: And we need that flap. And I left it right here, didn’t I? Yes I did.
Amy: Ok, so this is the back of the bag, right? Rob: Yes
Amy: And here’s our front of the bag. Rob: Yes
Amy: Oops, here we go. And so what we’re going to do is we’re going to go to the
back and we’re going to place this flap in position where we’re going to then sew
across. We’ll sew here. Rob: Ok
Amy: As I mentioned before, we could either do a single line
Rob: Right Amy: This bag actually just has a single,
Rob: Right. Amy: And there we have
you on the show and I love teaching and I thought, you know you needed a little denim,
maybe you can take it to quilt market. Rob: You got it. You got it.
Amy: And again, look at the, I love the thread. This is the 12 weight thread again and the
double needle technique. So it’s a very similar bag to what we did with recycled.
Same idea. Rob: Right. Thank you, Amy. What a treat.
Amy: Thank you Rob: Thank you for being on Man Sewing. I
really appreciate it Amy: This is really exciting.
Rob: Awesome Amy: I’m thrilled
Rob: I’m speechless. I’ve got this awesome bag. I’ve got an awesome friend who gave
us an awesome project. So with that we’re just going to say, we’ll see you next time
here at Man Sewing.