Last Friday I started making a bag. It is in the style of a reusable shopping bag, with four sides and a bottom piece, and was made as a bag to use when I go swimming and to sew my swimming badges on. I drafted the pattern (a paper template around which you cut the fabric, commercial ones usually include notes on how to make the finished item), and stitched the entire bag in about eight hours, though it was done over three days. I used a basic stitch to do most of the sewing, but did two other ones in the making of the handles, one of which was for decoration and the other for attaching. Here is a picture of it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project I have not<\/em> started this week is making myself a cloak, though I have all the measurements. My idea is to make a semi-circle cloak, the \u201colder\u201d, more mediaeval kind, which I can wear outside and not just for a fancy-dress outfit \u2013 albeit I\u2019ve never seen anyone out wearing a cloak! I\u2019ve decided to make a simple-ish kind of hood to go on the top of it, made of three pieces \u2013 two side ones and an over-the-top one. I chose a really nice fabric on an internet website, but when we went to the haberdashery to look at the fabric I found it wasn\u2019t thick enough. For now we are looking out for a large blanket or pair of curtains to alter, but as yet haven\u2019t found anything. When I make it I will very likely put it on Home Ed In A Shed, so keep looking out for posts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyone can do sewing, as all you need to have is a needle and thread. However, if you want to invest in it, you can buy all sorts of fancy things. Hand-made gifts, home-made clothes\u2026they all state who you are, and anyone can be proud of that. Sew why not pick up a needle?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey Blog! This week I\u2019m going to share with you a creative talent I have. That\u2019s right, it\u2019s sewing! I do sewing quite a lot. All my Scouts badges have been hand-sewn onto my shirt, or blanket by me. We have a sewing machine and other sewing equipment, and these past weeks I have used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-ed-in-a-shed-2"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home-ed-in-a-shed.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_20220409_194556.jpg?resize=269%2C358&ssl=1\")