Bag Buzz February Edition

Hello Bagineers! It's been a while since I have had a Bag Buzz for you, now that I have fully gotten back up to speed after the holidays, it's time to fill you in on what's going on in the Bag Making world! Grab a cup of coffee and a snack, this is a long one! This post contains Affiliate Links.

New Releases: The Waterlily Waxed Canvas Tote by Blue Calla Patterns:
The Cottonwood Boho Bag by GML Designs
The Summertime Sling by Andrie Designs The Maggie Bag by iThinkSew The Factotum and Mini Factotum by Chris W Designs The Atlas Rucksack by Swoon Patterns The Easy Stand up Zipper Tote by Hungry Hippie Sews:
The Joy Mini Wallet:


The Ruby Handbag by Bagstock Sewing Patterns: The Moxie Crossbody Bag by Betz White: The Paris Purse by Pink Pony Designs: The Ruth Clutch Wallet by Designz Sewing Patterns:


The Sunny Side up Clutch by Little Moo Designs: Tutorials: The Jade by Moments Designs:
The Yoga Bag Pattern by Sew Hungry Hippie:
Easy Cork or Leather Notebook Cover by Sew Sweetness: Working with Waxed Canvas by Blue Calla Patterns: Adding a Fabric End to your zipper by Blue Calla Patterns: Tips for Better Bag Making by Andrie Designs:  Happy Okapi has done a fab tutorial on how to use up your cork/vinyl scraps to make coasters, add some bling for a high end look: Other News: The Bag of the Month Club is in full swing with 2 patterns released already! You can still join up and get the previous pattern releases for this year, as well as the remaining patterns released each month through June.  Sew Sweetness is starting a monthly Cork Club, which is perfect if you have been curious about working with cork! Each month you get 10  9"x7" pieces of cork along with a video on how to create a project using those pieces of cork.  There are still a couple spots left for the June Bag Retreat by Mrs. H! It's a beautiful, relaxing sewing retreat in the beautiful Wales Countryside:

In case you haven't heard, Free Spirit Fabrics will be stopping fabric production permanently. This means that some of your favorite prints may no longer be available very soon. This includes designers such as Tula Pink, Joel Dewberry, Anna Maria Horner, Amy Butler among others. This may the time to snatch up any prints you have been wanting to stock up on before they are gone forever. We will all be watching to see which manufacturers these designers move to, but grab your favorites while you can! Sales: Connecting Threads has up to 35% off all cutting tools, it's a great time to stock up on rotatry cutter blades, thread snips and seam rippers: Have you heard about Craftsy Unlimited? For 14.99 a month or 120 a year (which inlcudes free US shipping on supplies on Craftsy, as Four $25 coupons you can use on supplies throughout the year). You can get a 7 day free trial now! This is a great chance to watch some bagmaking courses you've been wanting to check out!

Bag Buzz Black Friday Edition

Welcome to the Black Friday Edition of the Bag Buzz! Read on to catch up on the sales for Black Friday and Cyber Monday!

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Sew Sweetness 40% off patterns and free shipping on orders over 35 using code “thanks”

Blue Calla Patterns 30% off Patterns starting MONDAY 11/27, technically this is a Cyber Monday deal, so be mindful the code won't work til Monday but it's too good of a deal to miss!

Chris W Designs 30% off Patterns and videos

iThinkSew is running a sale with up to 50% off of pattern bundles.

Other:

Craftsy Black Friday Sales. HUGE sale on all classes

Get unlimited classes for 3 months for only ONE dollar at Creative Bug

Fabric & Supplies:

20% off sitewite at Fat Quarter Shop

30% off EVERYTHING at Pink Castle Fabrics

20% off sitewide at Stash Fabrics using code “THANKFUL2017”

Emmaline Bags 35% off all copper and gold hardware using code “BLING2017”

20% off all orders over 100 at The Tannery NYC

Hawthorne Threads is having a HUGE Sale, too many good deals to mention here. Go see for yourself!

Happy Shopping!!!

Bag Buzz November

Welcome to the November 2017 installment of the Bag Buzz! Read on to catch up on the latest pattern releases, new products, sales, tutorials and more!

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New Releases:



Sew Sweetness released her Minikins earlier this month! Grab them while they are still on sale! The bundle comes with 12 patterns AND 12 videos to go with each one. Most of the patterns have several sizes each so it's a great value!







Sewing Patterns by Mrs. H has now released BOTH the Jangles Anchor Bag and the Squiffy Sling Bag as pdf patterns.







The Pretty Woman Bundle by Love M.E. Patterns 




Little Moo Has designed the Festival Clutch as Part of One Thimble Digital Sewing Magazine. 



The Almafi Tote by Pfitzsewswell




The Stop, Dopp and Roll Bag by Lean, Mean Sewing Machine



The Sweet Sunday Bag by ToriskaPDF



The Katelynn Bag by iThinkSew




Other News:



Chris W Designs' Global Blog Tour is going on now! Head over to read up on some great bag makers and enter to win oodles of prizes!




Sew Sweetness shared this fab FREE video tutorial on how to make this adorable selvege pouch.




Free Tutorial for this Soft Clutch bag by So Sew Easy


Giveaways:




Enter to win a 30 dollar gift certificate at Fabric Fairy at Sew Can She



This week's giveaway from Hawthorne Threads is a bundle of Tula Pink's Holiday Homies. Enter here. 

New Products:




I've been using a new interfacing for the past few months in place of Shape Flex 101, and I gotta say, I am a complete convert. The price is better and the quality is much higher than the last few bolts I purchased of the Pellon product. This is woven fuse and it's a wonderful substutite for the pricey Shape Flex. You can learn more and get it here.


Iridescent Hardware!!!!





You may remember last month when Emmaline Bags introduced their new irridescent line, now even more items are rolling in with more on the way!




New Strap Anchors are in stock in SIX finishes!! These are a breeze to install and look so profesh!





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