Easy Tote Bags (Sewing Project For Beginners)

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Hi there, I made two tote bags using cute cat-printed home decor fabrics. These tote bags are easy and fast to make, a perfect sewing project for beginner sewists. The final size is approximately 34 cm long x 34 cm wide and 9 cm deep. The size is enough to carry books or shopping stuff. The process started with cutting the fabric,  - The tote bag's body: 42 cm long x 38 cm wide (on fold). - Handle: 62 cm long x 8 cm wide (2x). - Bias tape band 4 cm wide. Fold the fabric right sides together and sew both sides. And then, clip and sew the bias tape band to secure the fabric (to avoid fraying). Cut the corners, 3 cm x 3cm square, after the seam allowance. Sew the corner and secure it with bias tape band ( both sides). Here is the look after I sew the corners. I work on the handles by folding them in half and then clip the seam allowance 1 cm inside. Fold the seam allowance 1 cm inside and fold the fabr...
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Black Button Down Shirt

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Hello friends, I mentioned in the previous post that I sewed a black shirt for my husband. The shirt was his birthday gift last month and glad that he loved it.
I used the tnt pattern Burdastyle Vintage Modern Frank Button Down Shirt size 56 with modification and this black shirt is the sixth version. I added 1 cm in both sides and lengthen the sleeve 1.5 cm this time.
For the fabric, I used black cotton shirting from the local shop and I was surprised that they have stock of plain colour instead of stripes.
Well, I still have two more shirts (dark blue and light pink) to sew for him and I hope to cut the fabrics soon.

It is so difficult to see the detail on the black fabric, but anyway I took the picture to show you the whole look of the shirt.
The good thing is that the black shirt is easy to wear with any colour of pants and it's truly wardrobe basic, I'm sure my husband will wear this at least in the next three of four years.
 
Picture above was taken by our son before we went out for a dinner. I was wearing my colour block dress (self-drafted pattern and used cotton blend and batik fabrics).
I also shared the picture in my Instagram last month.

The original pattern is long sleeves, two front pockets, u-shaped hem and pointy collar. 
I did modifications since the first version in 2013. Shorten the sleeve, used only one pocket, straight hemline and made the collar less pointy. Here is the first version in case you want to see the progress.

Sewing the collar was the most difficult part for me, I used a lot of pins and basted them before sewing. But the hard work paid off, the result was neat and lovely as shown below.


I loved seeing the perfect collar and after so many times sewing the collar I'm not afraid to make mistakes.
 
I top stitched the armhole and I can see that the result was okay. I sewed the buttonholes using automatic buttonholes and it made the work easier and faster than the manual one.

That's it for now, I'm off to cut some more scraps for the next little project (patchwork tote bag), pre-washing the fabric for September garments and cutting the blue cotton fabric for huband's shirt.

September is exciting month for home sewists like me, there are some Instagram sew-along/challenges going on. As usual, I'm joining Magam Sew Along, Sew Your Wardrobe Basics and Sew Yourself Sustainable.
Feel free to take a look the hashtags #magamsewalong #sewyourwardrobebasics and #sewyourselfsustainable you will find so many inspirations and meeting the like-minded people.

Happy Sewing 💓

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