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🦇 New this week: The BAT Tote (Pattern #033)This week's Pattern of the Week just dropped 🧵A little lined trick-or-treat...
10/14/2026

🦇 New this week: The BAT Tote (Pattern #033)

This week's Pattern of the Week just dropped 🧵

A little lined trick-or-treat tote with scalloped wings, pointy ears and big felt eyes. Just in time for Halloween.

The wings fly out of the side seams, the ears stand up in the contrast band, and underneath it is a plain lined bag with a boxed base and webbing handles: sweets, a torch and a glow stick fit easily.

✔ Scalloped wings in the side seams
✔ Pointy ears in the band seam, felt appliqué eyes
✔ Boxed 2" (5 cm) base, fully lined
✔ Webbing handles

Unlimited members: open the course "Pattern of the Week". It's waiting for you there.
Not Unlimited yet? A new free pattern every week, 350+ lessons, all current and future courses:
👉 Link in Bio

Show us your BAT when it's done! 🦇

✂️ Why we often don’t include seam allowance in our bag patterns.It’s not an oversight — it’s the method. Trace the actu...
10/10/2026

✂️ Why we often don’t include seam allowance in our bag patterns.

It’s not an oversight — it’s the method. Trace the actual pattern piece first, then add seam allowance directly onto the fabric. One more chance to check shape and measurements before you cut. 🧵

→ We work with 1 cm (approx. 0.4 in) seam allowance
→ If it’s already baked into the paper pattern, shifting while tracing becomes part of your final piece
→ Takes a little more time, gives precise results

The exception: our Weekly Free Patterns for Unlimited Members are computer-generated with written instructions — those DO include seam allowance.

There’s no single right way. This is simply the method we teach, and it works very well for us. ✨

💛 Not Unlimited yet? Join today for instant access to MakerSpark — 350+ lessons, a new pattern every Wednesday, free 14-day trial.

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📦 PATTERN OF THE WEEK #032NEW THIS WEEK: The FOLIO Case 🧵A padded book-style cover for your e-reader or tablet — in thr...
10/07/2026

📦 PATTERN OF THE WEEK #032
NEW THIS WEEK: The FOLIO Case 🧵

A padded book-style cover for your e-reader or tablet — in three sizes.
✔ Three sizes: 6" e-reader, 8" and 10" tablet
✔ Four elastic corners hold your device
✔ Inside slip pocket for a cable or notes
✔ Snap tab closure, padded with fleece
✔ Skill Level: Beginner

Free for all MakeDesignerBags - Unlimited members.
Log in at members.makerspark.io → "Pattern of the Week" → start sewing.
Not a member yet?
A new free pattern every week.
350+ lessons. All current & future courses.
👉 https://s.makedesignerbags.com/potw-032-fb

📦 NEW THIS WEEK: The SCOOP Shoulder Bag — Pattern #031A soft shoulder bag with a deep scooped opening — the one you fin...
09/30/2026

📦 NEW THIS WEEK: The SCOOP Shoulder Bag — Pattern #031

A soft shoulder bag with a deep scooped opening — the one you finish in an afternoon and carry for years.

The whole bag is cut from one shape: a soft body, a deep scoop and a narrow strap end rising at each corner. Two darts in the base give it a rounded bottom that stands, and the open sides let it hold far more than it looks. Ready-made handles clip into four D-rings, so you can change the look in seconds.

✔ One pattern piece, two fabrics
✔ Deep scooped opening with narrow strap ends
✔ Clip-on ready-made handles, no rivets
✔ Darted, rounded base, fully lined

Perfect in faux leather, cotton canvas, or cork fabric.

🧵 Free for all MakeDesignerBags Unlimited members — a new pattern every week, 350+ lessons, all current and future courses.

Link in Bio

09/27/2026

More than a neck pillow. Explore the Smart Stash zipper, inner pocket and clip closure. Swipe for lesson views of zipper preparation, secured ends, an inner pocket and clip fasteners. Explore the construction before planning your own version.

Explore the lessons via the link in our bio.

09/26/2026

One print, a matching set. Look inside the making: zipper preparation, D-ring attachments and a lanyard. Swipe through the matching-set inspiration and four lesson details. Small connections help bring the different pieces together.

Explore the lessons via the link in our bio.

🎉 Our new course platform just opened: MakerSpark.https://rebrand.ly/gyrwoenUnlimited members are moving over first, in ...
09/25/2026

🎉 Our new course platform just opened: MakerSpark.
https://rebrand.ly/gyrwoen

Unlimited members are moving over first, in daily waves — every course already there. 🧵

Inside: your language even in the video, a Helper that knows your lesson, feedback on your work, and a real community of makers who get it. ✨

Web and Android now, iPhone coming soon. Still in beta — we're polishing as we go.

Not Unlimited yet? Join today and get instant access, no wave to wait for.

💛 Free 14-day trial — 👉 https://rebrand.ly/gyrwoen

Where did you buy that? — I made it.

NEW THIS WEEK: The BACKSEAT Organizer 🧵https://rebrand.ly/gyrwoenOrder for the back of the car — hangs on the headrest p...
09/23/2026

NEW THIS WEEK: The BACKSEAT Organizer 🧵
https://rebrand.ly/gyrwoen

Order for the back of the car — hangs on the headrest posts and adjusts to almost any vehicle.

✔ Hangs from the headrest posts
✔ Pleated bottle pocket, pen loops and a key loop
✔ Two-part ladder-lock strap, fully adjustable
✔ Fully lined with a boxed base
✔ Skill Level: Intermediate

Free for all MakeDesignerBags - Unlimited members.
Log in → "Pattern of the Week" → start sewing.

Not a member yet?
A new free pattern every week.
350+ lessons. All current & future courses.

👉 https://rebrand.ly/gyrwoen

🧵 The detail that separates homemade from handmade: matching hardware.https://rebrand.ly/gyrwoenZipper, rivets, clasp, f...
09/21/2026

🧵 The detail that separates homemade from handmade: matching hardware.
https://rebrand.ly/gyrwoen

Zipper, rivets, clasp, feet. Every single piece, one finish. Gold throughout, or silver throughout. Never a mix. ✨

→ Decide the finish before you shop
→ Sort your hardware stash by finish, not by type
→ Let the fabric guide gold vs. silver, then commit

It is a small discipline with a big payoff. 💛

Is your hardware stash sorted, or a mixed bag right now? 👇

💛 MakeDesignerBags - Unlimited: 350+ lessons, a new pattern every Wednesday. Free 14-day trial — link in bio.

Where did you buy that? — I made it.

👉 https://rebrand.ly/gyrwoen

You came here to make something. Not to fight a course platform.So we built our own.MakerSpark is made for makers. Watch...
09/20/2026

You came here to make something. Not to fight a course platform.

So we built our own.

MakerSpark is made for makers. Watch it or read it, step by step, on iPhone and on the web. Your language. Even the video, where the studio recorded it.

Stuck on a lesson? Ask the helper and jump right to that moment. Show your work, get feedback on your photos, and move to the next step.

Unlimited members get in two weeks early. New to Unlimited? You join the early group.

Coming soon. https://learn.makedesignerbags.com/lp/makerspark-coming-soon?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=makerspark-coming-soon

Join the waitlist today.

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