Peltex and decovil light are not the same at all. If you have decovil heavy, that would be a good substitute for the peltex in the base. As for a the sf 101, that’s too lightweight in my opinion. You’d need 2 layers to equal a “midweight” or medium weight woven interfacing. I personally love the Pixiefuse premium from Royal Pixie custom fabric or the cotton soft from geekyhardware.com.

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Wow!! Thank you so much! I’m so glad you love them 🥰

The medium weight interfacing should be just fine.

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I got the LS which is the rust colored machine. It has a narrower foot which I wanted and does NOT have a zig zag option as I have no need for that function in bag making personally. The LSZ is the pretty blue machine. The foot is much wider but it does have a needle positioner option so you can get the needle closer to your project if need be and it has the zig zag option. This machine runs a couple hundred dollars more and I didn’t find those added features worth the price difference for me. I would recommend getting a left and right zipper foot and extra bobbins as it only comes with 4. That’s the only other “extras” I’d recommend to start.

⁠@@LindsHandmadeDesigns Thank you. For the information. I haven’t decided which one I’m going to get yet. How much wider is the foot in the LSZ do you know?

Thank you so much! I’m glad people appreciate those types of details I spend a lot of time on ☺️

I use the silver marking pen from weftandwarpco. The ⅛” DST is from wawak ☺️. Anything dark that doesn’t need to be removable I’ll just use a standard pen.

I’m not Linds, but a long time bag maker & sewing instructor. I do believe the black ink is a Frixion pen (available at most big box stores), the white looking ink is a refillable silver ink pen from Tandy Leather or Moremeknow, and the double sided tape is most likely from Weft and Warp Co (1/8” tape has that smaller, plastic ring in the center). Other bag making suppliers also sell great 1/8” & 1/4” double sided tape, but that W&WCo tape is awesome. (If you find that DST sticks to your sewing machine needle, you can add a little Sewer’s Aid or sewing machine oil to your needle) Good luck on your bag making journey!!!

@@AnneMarieMitchell-om3gr Thank you for your input...I am also a long time bag maker and sewing instructor lol just didn’t know if it was anything different then what I had...Again Thank you so very much

Isn’t it such a great machine??? 😍

You are so welcome!

It looks like she is using a Sailrite Ultrafeed LS, you should be able to just Google that much and find info on it pretty quickly. Hope that helps! ❤

@@terribleLIAR17thank you

Whoopsies! Just added! Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

Thank you! 😀

What a nice compliment! Thank you so so much!

Long story short, 3 of my testers ended up having their zipper panel be too narrow despite being certain they did an accurate SA. I was at a total loss because it was a perfect fit for me (or I only needed to trim a scant ⅛” off each side for all my test makes) as well as all my other testers and their zipper panels. BUT since they had to redo their entire zipper panel being too narrow, I decided after this video, to add a ¼” to each zipper panel side so people would have to trim down instead of redo that entire section 😵‍💫. Unfortunately all these new fancy speciality zipper tapes aren’t as standard in width as they once were. Some I’m finding to be a little less than 1 ¼” wide and others almost 1 ⅜” wide! 😮. When it comes to a gusseted bag, these things end up being a big problem.

Thank you for getting back to me!

Thank you!

11”w by 11½”h by 5½” deep (roughly)

It’s a digital pattern to make your own, not physical item so everyone can get it if they like ☺️

I bought a multi punch set on Amazon that I use with the press.

@@LindsHandmadeDesigns thanks I have looked for them but can't find them not sure if I'm searching with the correct key words. Do you have the link to them?

Thank you so much! Yes I would definitely do a practice one in lighter materials and see how it goes before jumping into using materials that are thicker and less forgiving if seam ripping is needed.

Awww. ☺️

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It’s actually happening right now in Kansasville WI. We will be doing a repeat retreat April 3-6th 2025 for those who couldn’t make this one. Tickets will most likely go on sale in January.

lol, if you click the video description those 2 are mentioned in the first sentence 😉. Juki TL 2000qi with tex 45 bonded poly thread.

Great idea!

The Rae Dual zip crossbody bag was exclusively released through the Bag of the Month Club as the featured design for October. It won’t be available as a stand alone pattern on our website until January. If you’re interested in getting it now, head over to bagomc.com to subscribe, otherwise we will send out an email when it’s available in January ☺️

@@LindsHandmadeDesigns Got it! I subscribed!

Thank you so much!

Why is that? As you can see in my video, I’m using a domestic machine.

Thanks!

Thanks! Until the end of the month, it’s exclusive to the Bag of the Month Club here: bagomc.com. It will be available as a stand alone pattern on my website in January.

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Yes the bag I used all summer was all vinyl. This is just a preview video. There is a full length tutorial of this bag on my channel as well

i was thinking the same thing. I just finished a bag with binding and i held off for a week completing it becasue of the binding 🙄

Great tip!