What's A Versa Bag, Part II

Welcome back to another titillating post where I take you deep into the excietment and adventure that is my job. {Fist Pump!}

When I left you, here, the bag was cut out and ready to progress to the next step which is putting a binding around the top edge to give it a finished look. The binding, or bias tape, comes on a spindle and gets sewn all across the top edge.

After the binding it gets a handle put on. Some bags don't get this big wrap handle. They just have one that attaches at the seam...customer preference but the wrap is more expensive.

After this step I haul all of the bags off to get embroidered.

And here we are, about halfway done!

Next I sew in my label...

And attach the velcro...

And then, my bobbin runs out of thread, I curse under my breath because I've been sewing along without thread, and I change it out. Most annoying thing. A smart seamstress (is that what I am? Ugh.) will have loaded bobbins at the ready to change out and get quickly back to work.

Now it's time to put the bag together. This is a panel.

Depending on the order, I make bags that carry 1 to 3 doors. If the customer wants more than one I sew in these panels to divide the doors. Here is a bag all sewn together but still inside out.

This is a common scene in the office: stacks of bags at different stages in the process piled up all around.

And here's the kicker: I didn't take a finished product picture. I know! I was so absolutely ready to get these things done that I just packed 'em up and shipped 'em off. Then breathed a sigh of relief! But here, I have an extra lying around that I can show you.

Finished product:

This is the other kind of handle I do.

And here is what it looks like on the inside with the panels.

FYI: I did leave out some key points and steps just because I figured hey, this is my income. Can't have anyone getting any wise ideas. Right? {Intimidating Look}

And that's what I do. Sometimes I even do other random stuff that a customer will request. I've made room divider covers that were like 7 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Just a couple of months ago I made a tv covor for a flat screen tv on an arm in a showroom. Right now I'm trying to design a chip carrier for another customer. That's when I have to use my brain a bit more but it's good for me. : )

I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my life. Maybe next time I'll do a tutorial on how to make zucchini bread. Or freeze corn. Or not.