Boho Bag!
Instructor
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Valerie Pollard
Valerie is a student, shop sitter, and occasional instructor at Ephemera Paducah. She sews, knits, dabbles in quilting and mixed media. She has always had a love of making things and enjoys reusing and repurposing found treasures.
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Boho Bag
July 19, 2019
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
We LOVE making Boho Bags, and you will, too. It’s the easiest sewing project so don’t let that stop you!
You’ll dig through the piles of fabric, notions, ribbon, badges, and all kinds of adornments. You’ll create your own “Happy Patches” with stamps, stencils, fabric pens and markers. You’ll sit in a room humming with sewing machines and other folks who like to “Make Stuff!” Fun, right???
Not a great sewer? No problem!! We’re talking straight lines and topstitching. You can get as fancy as you like but part of the joy of these bags is the utter abandonment in making them. Leave your threads hanging if you like!
Using two upholstery fabric samples as the base, you’ll adorn, sew, and add to that sturdy fabric to create your bag. Valerie and I will take you through the construction of your Boho Bag complete with personalized embellishments and parts to adorn it.
We’ll spend the morning making parts, digging through the stash and figuring out color schemes. The afternoon will be spent sewing and completing your bag. Some may get fancy and line it; other may decide to just go with raw edges inside. It’s your project!
What to bring:
- A Sewing Machine in good working order along with extra needles (heavy duty or “Denim” are best), threads in a variety of colors (black, white, your favorite colors), bobbins, etc.
- Basic hand sewing kit – scissors, needles, thread
- Something sturdy for your bag’s strap. This can be a man’s tie, a belt you pick up at a Thrift Store, braided cotton strap — whatever you like! Bring a couple items to “audition” and we’ll figure out how to construct it!
- If you have elements & fabrics you know you’d like to include in your bag, feel free to bring them. Have too much fabric at home? Bring it for the share pile!
Very basic machine sewing experience is necessary. (Seriously this is straight lines and lots of topstitching. Easy Peasy.)
Minimum 2 to make the class. Maximum 6. Minimum age to participate is 16; kids 12 -16 who are experience sewers allowed with a registered adult.
We’ll take a break for lunch, ordering in from one of our local restaurants. Feel free to brown bag your lunch, as well.