Belle Carry-All Bag – Whilst this bag is designed as a brilliant, spacious, and stylish baby-changing bag, I have been using it for transporting my fabric and crochet projects, and it is perfect. It would be great for any hobbies.

The bag has an adjustable shoulder strap and handles with ten pockets, inside and out, allowing you to keep everything at your fingertips while looking effortlessly chic.  The finished bag is 15” wide by 10” tall by 6 ½” deep.

You will need some sewing experience before making this bag. You don’t need to have made bags previously but will need to be able to use a zig-zag (regular foot), a zipper foot and a walking foot on your sewing machine and make or buy pre-made piping before we start.

I split this bag over two days (22nd and 23rd June)  to make the class less hurried and more fun. There will be a maximum of 10 places in the class so I can help each person individually. On day one, we will work from 10 am-4 pm and on day two, from 10 am – 3 pm (we may finish sooner).

In March, you will receive the requirements list, the full-size pattern with detailed instructions and a video tutorial on how to make piping.  This bag lends itself to using bold fabrics where you could choose to fussy cut some aspects for your bag – or is equally as beautiful with plain or straightforward all-over fabric designs.

In April, I will hold a pre-bag-making call to discuss fabrics, interfacing and fussy cutting options and ensure you can ask any questions before the class in June.  I will record this pre-call and send it to all participants.

The class is held over Zoom to allow you to see how I sew each element of the bag while enabling you to stay in your sewing area. After six years of running Zoom classes, I have extensive experience moving between three cameras to allow you to see all the action. My style of teaching is relaxed, and we never leave anyone behind. With all classes, each participant sews at their own pace, but my teaching will be in time with each person wherever you are and repeating elements and answering your questions is what the weekend will be about.