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It's Sew Easy TV Show 1808: Here Comes The Sun

8/8/2020

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In this show you'll see something for summer fun, bags fit for any season, and another installment in the Angela Wolf trench coat series.
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​First up, Emily Thompson shows you how to create a fabulous family sized towel tote. You’ll see that it's actually a towel and a tote, all wrapped up into one clever item. You'll find it handy for trips to the beach, the pool, or even the backyard!

If any of my long-time local students are reading this, you may remember a similar project I demonstrated eons ago. I still have "my own towel in a tote" sample where I embroidered the words Splish Splash, time for a swim on the outer pocket.
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Emily is using terry cloth yardage for this project. If you’ve never made something with this fabric, I will tell you that it ravels like crazy. You may be inclined to use your serger for edge finishing and that is fine. If you are hemming the edge after serging it will be quite secure. However, for standard serger seams on terry cloth, consider going over the serged stitch with a triple zigzag on your sewing machine for extra security. I’ve made several baby and toddler bathrobes with terry cloth and found that my serged seams needed reinforcement.

As always, Emily provides good instructions for her show projects. CLICK HERE to find her file for this segment.

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​Rebecca kemp Brent is up next with zippered accessory bags, perfect for summer or any other season. Can you ever get enough bags, pouches, and totes?!? I think not!
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You’ll see cork and batik fabric featured in her boxed bag samples. In this show Rebecca shows three ways to box the bag bottoms.  I love her third version. It is nifty and different from what you might expect. provided full instructions and a free pattern for her rounded zippered pouch. You'll find the pattern and instructions HERE.

If you own one of the Brother ScanNCut digital cutting machines you could print the pattern halves, tape them together, scan, and then cut them all out on the ScanNCut mat. You’ll see how easy it is on the show. Rebecca always has lots of tips. I love her trick for fusing two pieces of fabric together to give it more body. I’ve done that multiple times myself.

Speaking of pouches, if you missed my August Brother Free design blog post, you can CLICK HERE and view or download instructions for yet another type of zippered pouch. This one sports a golf theme but you could easily change out the design and fabric to make something else that suits your style.

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In the last segment Angela sews the lined back flap on her Chloe trench coat.
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For me personally, that’s my favorite style element on the coat. Having extra fabric over the shoulder is a great design element. In practical terms, it helps shelter the shoulder area from the weather, providing extra warmth and protection from rain soaking through to the inside. 

I don't know about you, but when I experience cold shoulders the rest of me gets throughly chilled. That's why I'm such a fan of wraps. I often wear a Polar Fleece wrap over my coat for an extra layer of cozy comfort. When cooler weather arrives, I promise to take a photo to show you. My favorite (easy to make) fleece wrap was featured on a previous It's Sew Easy TV show. You can watch this fleece wrap segment HERE on my YouTube channel.

If you've been following Angela on the trench coat journey you are well on your way to finishing the coat. If you're in the process of making one for yourself or already have done so, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Send me some photos via joannebanko@letsgosew.com and I’ll post it in the grand finale blog post for the ISE1800 series!
 
Ready to go an watch the show? You'll find this show airing for free online at www.itsseweasytv.com until noon EST August 14th. Enjoy!
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