Had a bit of a sort through the fabric stash today and chose the lining material for My Hakelbeutel. As you can see it's an off white fabric with a black floral print.
I don't like to be all matchy-matchy with my linings, so I like the idea of a simple black and white.
This remnant came from my Grandma Maria (my Mother-In-Law)
Maria is a professional dressmaker, thought it's years and years since she's worked in the industry... A couple of years back when she moved house (after 40 plus years in the same place), she had a HUGE fabric de-stash - and this is one of many remnants which came to live with me!
While I have the sewing machine and the fabric out, I'm going to line another bag...
This Rag Bag was stashed away in the same UFO box (that's Un Finished Object box) as the Hakelbeutel. It dates back a few years, too. I remember making it on a Crochet Weekend back in 2010, I blogged about the weekend but I don't think I mentioned this bag...
It's made from rag strips which are about 1cm (1/2 inch) wide and I think I used about a 7.0mm hook. I followed the Easy Peasy Crochet Bag pattern, and added a buttonhole handle...
All that left to do is the lining, and maybe an embellishment.
And I'm thinking that depending on the amount of material left over -
it will become a top or a dress for either Katie (age 8) or Charlotte (age 1)
But for the moment, the fabric is drying...
and I'm working on the secret handles...
which may or may not be successful...
we'll both have to wait and see on that one!
I am at the lining stage, too for my Hakelbeutel. I am wondering how you plan to address the square bottom. For my first "H" bag, I just followed the outline of the bag with the bottom pulled out. This time I am thinking of making the bottom straight and then sewing the 2 corners together to make a square.
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Sharon how is the buttonhole handle created? Are you slip stitching past the section you want left ope or is there another way to do it? Making a rag bag now and would rather use this type of handle than the long crocheted ones I have in the past... ANY help would be greatly appreciated as always :)
ReplyDeleteLoren... I DON'T KNOW!!!
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I'm thinking that this indecision is why the project ended up in hibernation in the first place.
One option is to use the same four-legged windmill construction for the lining as we did for the bag...
Twiggy... They're very easy to make!
ReplyDeleteHere's how I did mine.
I decided I wanted the opening to be 15 stitches long, and then worked out where they needed to start.
Work in single crochet up to the start of the first opening. Ch 17 (which is the length I wanted the opening to be + 2) Skip 15 sts, then continue in sc until you reach the beginning of the next opening. Again Ch 17, skip 15, then sc to end of round.
Next round work sc in each st around... your total stitch count will be 4 more than in the rounds below the opening.
Work a few more rounds of sc and fasten off.
Hope that helps!
Hey Again Twiggy... Just checked my bag, and I only did a total of 2 rows in sc after the opening was created.
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