Learn to Sew Your Own Bags Series -- at Haphazard Quilting
Instructor and Workshop Series Designer: Katrina Geurkink

Workshop #2: Canvas Market Bag
Saturday July 20, 2024 9:00am – 2:00pm
Note: the classroom will remain open and the instructor will be available until 3:00pm in case you need additional time to complete your bag.

Come join us and learn how to create a canvas market bag in this interactive workshop with other people who love to sew and improve their skills together. Participants will develop core bag making skills and complete a light-weight canvas bag with some interesting and practical design elements. These canvas bags can be used for groceries to reduce plastic (and help save our oceans), as well as other types of shopping. They make great gifts around the holidays and for special occasions, and can be easily customized with your own creative elements. You will learn how to:

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• Plan design and color elements that match your current level of skill to ensure the best quality results

• Create an unlined bag with a circle closure that is one of two design elements that can be used to hold the bag open when packing it with groceries and/or other purchased items

• Finish the interior using both traditional and modern seaming techniques

• Attach small loops to the sides of the bag to enhance the utility

• Sew carrying straps with curved ends, and improve your skills in sewing curves in general

• Use chalk and/or marking pens/pencils to improve the quality of your sewing

• Personalize your bag with a unique nametag, embroidery and/or logo

Workshop participants will need to bring their own sewing machine

(in good working order) on the day of the workshop. They will also

need to purchase the pattern and the materials on the workshop

supplies list. Fabric and all supplies will be available at Haphazard

Quilts (note: some supplies may be distributed during class).

Skill Level: Basic - Intermediate. You do not need bag making skills/

experience to attend this workshop, but you should have basic to

intermediate sewing skills and be comfortable using your own sewing

machine.

Cost: $50.00 for the workshop, plus you will need to purchase the pattern

fabric and supplies.

You will receive more detailed information when you register and pay for the workshop.

* All workshops are subject to cancellation or rescheduling by Haphazard Quilts if the need arises. If you are unable to attend a workshop that has been cancelled and rescheduled, your workshop fee will be refunded to your shop account.
** If you need to cancel your registration for a workshop, you must do so two days prior to the date of the workshop.

Cancellations without a two-day notice are not refundable.