Category: 2017

  • Episode 5: On the sunny side

    Episode 5: On the sunny side

    Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! In this episode we are creating elasticized side pockets and attaching the side panels to our front panel. For this portion of the project you will need to create two more quilted panels from the 4″ squares. Each panel is two squares wide and five squares high, for a…

  • Episode 4: Blessings and Expectations

    Episode 4: Blessings and Expectations

    Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! In this episode we are integrating the exterior front pocket panel to create our 2 way divided pocket. The pocket panel is crafted from three rows of five 4″ squares and lined with a like size piece of cotton fabric which measures approximately 11″ tall by 18″ wide. In…

  • Episode 3: Zip-A-Dee-Do-Da

    Episode 3: Zip-A-Dee-Do-Da

    Hey y’all and welcome to Sewspire! Today we are incorporating the hidden zipper pocket into the exterior of our collaborative patchwork backpack design. Yesterday we assembled the front and rear patchwork panels and finished those with a nice diamond top quilt pattern. You will need 1 of those finished quilted panels, a 6″ x 18″…