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Class Description: Sunday Sew Day – Member-Led Class By Annie Project Bag 2.0 with Rachel

Learn a quick, adaptable, and addictive bag using the ByAnnie Project Bag pattern. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to create an easy, versatile bag that’s perfect for storing your Works in Progress (WIPs) or other sewing supplies. Along the way, Rachel will share useful tips and tricks, help you tackle sewing with vinyl, explore ways to customize the pattern to fit your needs, and, of course, enjoy some great company.

In this class, we will be making the Large size bag (finishes to 13.5×13.5). To make this as accessible as possible, included in the class fee is the vinyl and Soft and Stable needed for the large bag. This is a beginner project. Once you make one you will want to make more. They also make great gifts.

Details:

May 17th from 10am -3:45pm* at 35th Ave Sew & Vac. $20 for PAQA members/ $30 for non-PAQA members

Skill Level:

Confident Beginner – Participants should be familiar with their sewing machines and basic piecing using an accurate 1/4-inch seam.

*Note: I know several people may have conflicts in the morning. You are welcome to join later recognizing that you may not finish the bag.

Supplies Needed:

General Supplies:

Sewing Machine – standard and zipper feet (required); Teflon, walking and in-the-ditch (aka edge joining or edge stitch) feet are helpful if you have them

Wonder Clips – essential for working with vinyl

Needle – 80/12 or 75/11

Thread – 50 wt cotton to match your fabric

General Sewing Goods – scissors, rotary cutter, ruler, bobbins, marking tool, etc.  A stiletto and basting tape are optional but helpful. Check out the March 2026 “Make a Grab & Go Sewing Kit” article to double check you have what you would like

Class Materials:

Main Fabric – fat quarter; for base / outside of the bag; cut to 15×15

Lining Fabric – fat quarter; for inside of the bag (what you can see behind the vinyl); cut to 15×15

Coordinating Fabric – ⅓ yard; for borders, binding, handle, zipper pull. There are two options for the front border. For either, you will need fabric for the zipper strips, border strip (if piecing), handle and binding

• Option 1: Assorted fabrics (as seen in the photo). If you would like to piece together the border front, you will need 8 3 ¾ x 2 ⅛ pieces. You can make this ahead of time (in as many pieces as you want) as long as it is 3 ¾ x 13 ½ finished
• Option 2: Contrasting fabric. Cut to 4 ½ x 13 ½

#5 Handbag Zipper – 15.5″ or longer. ByAnnie or Sallie Tomato make great options. This is a larger bag, so you want a larger zipper

Fusible Interfacing – ⅓ yard; Pellon SF101 works like a charm

ByAnnie Project Bag 2.0 Pattern- Note: Sharing patterns is a copyright violation as well as disrespectful to the time and expertise pattern designers put into their work.