Tote bag with dividing pocket by Debbie Shore
Vložit
- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- How to make a simple tote bag with a zipped dividing pocket in the lining. Add more pockets if you wish!
Materials needed:
30" x 9" top fabric
30" x 8" bottom fabric
30" x 24" fabric for the lining and pocket
4 x 20" fabric for the handle
30" of 2" binding
12" zip
24" x 14" Bosal InRForm single sided fusible foam stabiliser
20" x 4" fusible fleece, I used Vileselene H640
The fabric and stabilisers are from www.debbieshoresewing.com
Why not join my Half Yard Club? Take a look at www.halfyardsewingclub.com for details!
Yes, it's the voice, but it's also the tone and delightful attitude toward her viewers that's a winner. So many could learn from her 😊👍💕
Hi Debbie This is Pamie from New York. Who is now Pamie from Oklahoma . I'm so glad to see you are still making Bags and Purses.
Just Thought I would say Hi.
Your tutorial Have helped me to retire and have something fun to do and keep this old lady from getting bored.
Have a great day. Cheers
Sewing seemed a terrifying prospect 2 years ago. Your videos and books have given me the confidence to try different projects. I have gained so much confidence that i have now sewn a dress as well. I cant thank you enough Debbie. For anyone who is new to sewing or like me have not done any sewing for many years, just use these videos and books and the sense of achievement gives so much confidence to continue. Thank you so much Debbie and Happy Birthday!
Ive watched your videos for a couple of years now, Your step by step instructions and calm manner of speaking make it easy for beginners and experienced sewers to have a completed project in jig time. Your a lovely soul you are.
What were you using to do ironing on.
I VERY much agree!!!
Thank you you make it very clear
This lady has the most beautiful voice I've ever heard. Really, it's so relaxing :) I've just started to learn to sew and I'm very happy to find this channel. She makes these projects so easy to make.
I never tire of your demos Debbie. You make everything look so easy and professional. Xx👏🏻😀
Thanks so much 😊
Thank you once again Debbie. I am making this for Christmas present. I feel confident following your Instructions .
Xx
I love blouse that you are wearing! Did you make it and if so pattern?
Love the bag!
I just want to say I Love you tutorials. You always get right to it and there is not a lot of needless talking...plus I love listening to your voice. I've made many of your projects and they have always turned out amazing. Thank you for doing such a great job. Keep the projects coming.
Thank you so much!
I was so excited to see you were sewing a bag. It's been awhile since your last one. I miss them videos.
I have learned to keep a record of needle changes and rotary cutter blades and sewing machine cleaning. And we should all do so much more often than we do. It makes life so much easier. I have the same little iron as you do and I truly love it. I love your tutorials.
Thank you!
Hi Debbie Your tutorials has given me the confidence to start making bags......love from South Africa
I just love hearing you talk and watching you sew! You make it look so easy!
Yay! Fantastic bag! You made something that seems so complicated so simple to do! Thank you VERY MUCH! I’ve wanted to learn how to do this for years and the secret is the binding on the top. Well done!
Glad it was helpful!
Many things are simplier(? Is that a word?) then we think if we dont overthink them. And the first one is the hardest then it gets easier the more you make I have made many totebags so now it kinda goes without thinking.
Debbie… I have learned so many things with your tutorials. Dividing pockets were such a mystery to me. Thanks for explaining it so well.
Thank you Debbie, for your tutorials. As others have said, you have a very calming and lovely voice. Also you make everything easy to understand and not rushed at all. Be very proud of your contribution to us sewists. I would love to see more projects. I am most grateful. X
Really struggled with the binding around the top of the bag and the way the handles sit but super pleased that I have created a bag with a zipper pocket for the first time. Thank you
Happy birthday debbie shore hope you have a wonderful day and you are so lovely and your patterns books are so beautiful and easy to follow xxx
Omgosh Debbie just found you on you tube and can’t get enough of you your craft your cats and dog . Love the way you explain things ! I’m hooked , thank you
Thanks so much
Your videos make things look so easy..so I'm encouraged to start and know it will come out great! Thank you for being so detailed and calm throughout all of your projects..
I was glad to see you doing a video for us. We miss you when you are gone. Thanks for the tutorial and she you next time.
You have such a pleasing personality and I love your style of teaching .My next project .Thank you
I love the bag!!! I’m not usually into bags but I can’t wait to make that one. You make everything look so simple and give great directions. Thank you.
You are just the best! I have learned so much watching your tutorials. Thank you!
You are just the best teacher! I think you pay most attention of those I have found for finishing which I appreciate..thank you for these videos. I look forward to following them for Christmas presents.
Jus found your channel. I'll start a wallet tomorrow. The blouse is very pretty!
Another simple, but lovely bag, it really is a treat to watch you doing your craft and it also gives us that bit more confidence to give it a try, even if ours don't come out quite as good as yours, so thank you once again Debbie....
Happy Birthday!🎉Thank you for all your generosity with your tips, time and patience! Showing us the whole process of your lovely projects step by step is so encouraging and helpful. I am a reasonable sewer but I learn so much from you every time I watch - your tips are so clever! 😘
Oh Debbie, that tutorial was just lovely. You are always such a pleasure to listen to, I learn so much. Thankyou
Thanks so much
I’m so glad that this popped up in my recommended videos! I love this tote! picked up some extra t-shirts from my extended camping trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons this summer. I’m going to use the t-shirts for the top fabric and use cork or either blue or black denim for the bottom of each.I will use the dividing pocket tip for other bags as well!
Thank you, Debbie! Your tutorials are always fabulous!
Stay well!
Muskoka ON 🇨🇦
Thank you for sharing another great tutorial. I like the center piece pocket and looking forward to making the bag.
This would be a good bag for me to tote my English Paper Piecing gear around in. With the pocket dividing the inside I could put my round rotary cutting mat and rulers and templates on one side, spare template papers in the zip section and the other side could hold my pencil case type bag with needles, thimble, thread etc. I like the idea that my cutting mat and rulers won't be flopping around in the bag so much. Thank you, I really enjoyed the tutorial. Love your videos.
Obrigada por mais um lindo tutorial.
Thanks!
So glad to see another beautiful bag.
Hi Debbie, this is a very cute bag. However, I’m going to make another one, its your big bag. I’ve lost count how many of them I have made. I love them, so do my customers.
I hope you and your family has done well through our strange country ordeal.
We have stayed busy in the yard. Fixing to cut down about a dozen trees. Oh we have a lot of them in our back yard. I don’t want anyone to think bad of getting rid of them. Most of them are so close to the house. We’re afraid a big limb will take out half of the house. Anyway you can tell I haven’t been doing a lot of sewing lately. But going to Las Vegas NV in Oct. so I will get my bags all made before then.
Debbie I will save this bag for a later date. But definitely will make it. Thanks so much and have a wonderful day.
Cheryl
And you Cheryl, thanks
Very nice! These are the types of videos of yours that I enjoy watching. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely simple little bag. Easy to follow instructions for a newbie like me! Thanks for the tutorial, can't wait to make mine.
I really love all of your videos. You explain everything so it is easy for us to understand. I have made a few bags/ pocketbooks by watching lots of your videos and combining the ideas. Thank you so much!
This is s brilliant idea for taking keeping your valuables safe during travelling. Love this project! Thankyou 😍
Thanks Debbie what a beautiful tote bag. The fabrics you use are all very beautiful! I will make this some day. Currently just busy making fabric face masks for family & friends. I wish you had a video for us to sew along fabric face masks too. I know there are tons of people who made a video but your teaching style and instructions are very east to follow & detailed. Please do consider my request.
Hi Debbie. Is Doris. I love your tutorial. Thank you.
Just a suggestion...I use shirting interfacing for my for my handles and pockets.
You get a crisp but flexible handle and it doesn't wear thin with time.
Your right there Debbie it does look good when they are finished of.Lovely fabulous and brilliant Thanks Fran.x
I love to watch your step by step instructions. Easy and clear to follow. Tq
Glad it was helpful!
Little late in seeing this. I love your videos, so matter of fact and straightforward...which makes it easier to understand. I will be using your directions to make a bag for my daughter for Christmas. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Debbie, I just finished making this bag and I have a couple of questions regarding the measurements/materials. I messaged you via your FB page but haven't heard back, so I decided to ask about the measurements to a sewing group I belong to on FB. There was a fair amount of confusion, but one sewer suggested I ignore the 'Materials' list and just put the bag together using the 'Cut' measurements, so that's what I did and I am happy to say it worked.
For anyone else who will be making this, perhaps you can clarify what the 'Materials' list means, particularly why would anyone need to cut a 19"x16" piece for the outer top fabric, or a 19"x10" for the outer bottom, and lastly, the 28"x46" for the lining? Also, in the 'Materials' list, it appears you forgot to account for the handles.
I was determined to learn how to add a dividing pocket and I've accomplished that so thank you.
One more thing...what is the final measurement of this bag?
Fab...lovely fabric too. Thanks Debbie. Love n hugs Dottie x
Great tutorial Debbie you always make it look so easy. My next project I think.
Lovely little bag. I saw some one using paper at the beginning of their sewing. They put it under the end of the material, so it covered the feed dogs and sewed, no snagging. At the end of sewing they just ripped of the paper. It’s a great and cheap way of avoiding snags. It worked better than scraps of material for leaders.
Look great. For those who do not want to do bias trim, you could do a slip pocket on the inside, leaving a large opening on bottom of the pocket. Then you could sew the bag around the top, inside out, then turn it through the opening in the pocket. /After turning, you can sew the pocket bottom which will not show, and do some topstitching on the top of the bag on the outside.
Simply marvelous! The process looks complicated at first but turns out quite simple as you sew them together :)
love the way you explain things Debbie .you are so easy to follow ...of course happy birthday from Canada!
Well explained and easy to follow , I can’t wait for the interfacing to turn up so I can have a go at this bag, your choice of colours were lovely too, thanks so much
Loved this Tote with middle pocket, it’s great and you have explained it throughly easy! I’ll try it this weekend! Thanks Debbie, I am Mónica from, La Paz, Bolivia 🇧🇴 📌🧵📍
I love the butterfly fabric on the bag in the background.
I have been watching your videos an subscribe 2 your channel,i really love them it has helped me in many ways as a new beginner,were as i started 2 make bags on my own,i also took a class..You are a wonderful teacher..Thank u..May God continue 2 bless u..Trinidad An Tobago
You’re so clever Debbie you think of everything, love the bag thanks for making it so easy to understand 👍🏼😀😀
You are such a gracious host. Thank you, Debbie.
Love your tutorials. Very easy to follow instructions. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you. That is a beautiful bag and I can't wait to give it a try. You make it look so easy!
Thank you so much for sharing your technique . Easy to understand and follow.
Another fabulous tutorial Debbie ❤️ many thanks and keep up the good work 🙏 they keep me sane ! x
Why have I just found you? Love your tutorials, so easy to follow...thank you xx
I prefer make binding myself - its calming and look so much better when all is in matching colours or shades or design .
Thank you for showing us an amazing bag to make. I will be making these for gifts.
Great project, so pleased to have found your channel, apart from all your other accomplishments I remember you on Ideal World demonstrating sewing machines amongst other things. You have a great matter of fact way of putting your subject across it makes it all easy to understand and achieve. Thank you.
Thanks!
Love this and the fabrics you have used, so crisp and well co-ordinated. I think the second bag with the self bias finish is better than the first. I really enjoy your videos, very clear and straightforward. I am now subscribing.
This would make an excellent gift, but it also would make a nice summer tote too. Many thanks.
You’re welcome 😊
Thankyou Debbie, lovely bag, and now I know how to put the pocket in between!
Your instructions are so complere and easy to follow
Fabulous bag. Great demonstration. Will try that bag with some of the recent gorgeous fabric I bought from your online shop. Ali xx
If you would have turned the bag inside out and sewn the binding on the right side of the bag from the inside, you would not have had all that trouble.Have done this for years and it works perfectly. Saves a lot of time too.. :)
Hi Debbie I sure do love watching your channel. I am learning a lot from you so, thank you so much. Me and my husband are in the process of setting up a building to make me a sewing room, we are almost ready to start painting the inside and decorating it the way I want it. I would love to see a tour of your sewing room so I can get some ideas for mine. Thank you so much for sharing this video, I love this bag.
You are so welcome
You are such a good teacher! I really appreciate your tips, too.
Thanks for a wonderful tote with inside pocket divider!
Always enjoy your videos. Very easy to follow! Many thanks! 👍
I am so happy I found your video! Just what I needed.
love your videos, easy to follow, looks like i will have a go at this one when i buy more fabric etc
Your tutorial are always so clear and make things look easy. I learned a lot from you. Thank you for another great video!!! Will you do some tutorials for Needlework organisers with lots of zipped pockets and flapped compartments that look like a book? Thank you
Can't beat navy and white for a classic and classy summer look! I'm glad you got caught up with the needle chomping the edge of the fabric! I thought it was just me! Drives me insane! I'm always doing that! Sometimes so bad it gnarls up inside the bobbin area and forms a giant lump I have to cut out! But...maybe, perhaps, well ok probably, it may be that my needle is blunt and forcing the fabric downwards rather than poking through it easily! 🙄 Can I remember the last time I changed my needle...? Wait! What? We're supposed to change them? I tend to only do it if the needle breaks! I know, I know... But I don't sell things I make, they're only for me or family, and they always look ok... I wouldn't give them away if they didn't! I'm a contrary Mary really, because I'm my own biggest critic, I see only my mistakes glaring at me instead of what I've made, I'm never 100% satisfied with anything I make, I'm meticulous about neatness and symmetry etc etc... Yet I use so many shortcuts that are potentially project ruining! Talk about setting yourself up to fail! I'd love you to demonstrate free motion using a standard sewing machine! I've watched a few but I tend to always refer back to you! 😊 I'm not particular about learning to do perfect quilting stitching or elaborate patterns, just some random freestyle wiggles for journal covers etc. If you've already done a tutorial on that, could you please link it for me? I have looked but didn't see one...? Thank you Debbie! You really are the best sewing teacher on here! You always make beautiful things that look complicated, yet break it down into easy, pretty much "beginner" steps! 😘😘😘
Re needle chomping edge of fabric: I recently discovered the beauty of leaders and footers - always begin and end your seam with a spare square of fabric - you chain stitch so that you never get that chomping and you waste much less thread! If is my new favourite sewing hack.
P.S. use a small scrap for this
Lovely bag. I learned so much from you. Thank you for the great and easy explanations and step by step professional finish. Love everything you do. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😊 I keep making bags and bags and bags. Love your little iron 👍
Thank you so much!
Beautiful tutorial and a beautiful soul. Thank you so much for sharing😘
Thank you so much!
Hi Deb
Thank you for your beautiful sewing.I have every book of yours&ready to buy your latest one.
Thank you for your lovely youtubes.
Regards
Caroline(Australia)
Learnt a lot here, got confused with Seam allowances and the pocket - shortened the wrong side so then shortened the other too. But pleased with my make. I did cream canvas too and cut up some old black denim jeans for the base. Quilted it with variegated thread - should have done pre trimming etc but got away with it, thanks Debbie xx
Hi Debbie, just discovered your channel and love the way you explain things simply and slowly.
Looking forward to making this tote bag.
Cool zipper trick. It's like magic.
Thank you for your tutorial Debbie I must make more bags! I learn a great deal from you
I’m new to sewing, and I love this tutorial. I just wish she would discuss the measurements of each section when talking about the bag. The bag looks great.
Would you please explain how much shorter the width of the pocket is versus the outside of the bag. I too, am new to Sewing and this would be my first time making a bag with a center zipper. Thank you for your reply. Laura in Sun City Arizona
Debbie does give the measurements for each piece, including the pockets at the beginning of the video. The time stamp is 0:53 where she quickly shows the measurements. She wrote cut 4 pieces 10”x8” for the pocket and pocket lining.
That is the most beautiful blouse!
Wonderful Tutorial. You are amazing. You sew so beautifully. Pam from NY now from Oklahoma. Making more bags for Christmas presents. You're my girl Debbie, Happy Holidays!!!!
Happy holidays to you too!
I sincerely enjoyed this tutorial. The only thing i wish you would show a close up shot of how you join the ends on the bias binding. Please.
Happy birthday Debbie x
Great great tutorial as usual mam.
Thanks for sharing
Looking forward for such great bags
Thank u.
I made 3 rag quilts (very thick). Needle broke. Good tip.
Your videos are so easy to follow
I was wondering if you could use double needle to sew top stitch? Using an embroidery/rayon thread to add contrast like seams on jeans? Really loving your videos! I’ve got 25m of mixed saree fabric coming from India. I’m so excited to use it for your projects. I want to raise money for the Little Princess foundation, they provide wigs for young people suffering hair loss from cancer and other illnesses. I’d like to gift them little bags with some handmade hair accessories. It will look so beautiful quilted and made into your bag designs. My brother scan and cut is amazing at cutting out my pieces that have been ironed onto stabiliser. I’m only now working on structured items, from dressmaking. It’s not as easy as you make it look!
I have made all my clothing for all my adult years; with some exceptions and I can put zippers in with my eyes closed; but bags are a bit different.
Love it! Looks stunning and eye catching. Thank you for sharing
Love ❤️ those bags I will be making those.
Thank you for another great tutorial. Sue
Love your tutorials, love the bag♥️ thank you
Debbie I love your work 🥰
Love this bag and you make it look so easy. Thank you,