Both of these patterns are fun & easy to make and make excellent baby shower gifts! You can stitch up either pattern in about 2 hours… so you can make a gift today and bring it to the shower tomorrow! No shopping, no waiting for the mail and you’ll have a beautiful handmade gift for that new special little someone.

More PDF patterns are coming soon from Sew Fun including more bags for Moms & Babies as well as lovable soft toys.

You can see all the Sew Fun patterns at shop.sewfun.com.

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Yes and yes? Well, we are delighted to announce we have just launched our new Affiliate Program! You can have fun with our patterns and make some money with your blog, too.

Getting started as a Sew Fun affiliate is pretty easy… all you have to do is, sign up for our Affiliate Program, then:
1.) Sew something
2.) Take beautiful pictures of it
3.) Talk about it!

Show how beautiful it is:
The number one BEST thing you can do – for both your blog and your affiliate program – is: take nice pictures. People LOVE pictures. Remember, your reader isn’t there in person to see what a lovely item you have created, so your pictures must convey both your craft’s beauty and utility. Your pictures need to be bright, well lit and colorful. Additionally, try to show something about the utility of the item you’ve sewn. For example, in this photo, she is showing all the neat stuff the Grab ‘n’ Go Diaper Clutch can hold. The picture says “Look what a convenient diaper bag I am! I can hold all your stuff AND I am tiny and cute!”.

Talk it up:
Talk about what you liked about the pattern. For example, you could say you liked the wrist strap with the swivel hardware or the idea of button a nice big decorative button on the flap is really cute. You could also talk about some unique twist or angle you made on the pattern. For example, this seamstress used a new kind of fabric for the changing mat of my Grab ‘n’ Go Diaper Clutch pattern. She used Heather Bailey’s Pop Daisy laminated cotton (see how nice a shiny and obviously water-proof it is?). What a great idea!

Finally, always talk about what fabric you used. Mention the designer and the color way. People are very visual so if they’ve seen you made something lovely out of the Pillow & Maxfield Whimsy line from Michael Miller, they may very well be inspired to do the same. In this example, our seamstress has chosen: Clutch Exterior – Flower Doodle in lime, Clutch lining – Whimsy dots in aqua, Changing Pad – Whimsy Dots in brown.

Best wishes with your affiliate program! If you have any questions or need more advice, please contact me.

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The Wristlet Pattern is the Camera Case Wristlet by Keyka Lou Patterns.

Belinda said, “I love both of these patterns!”.

Thanks, Belinda… we think you are pretty awesome, too!

~Jennifer

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Look what our friend Tiffany has done with our Grab & Go Diaper Clutch pattern! She used Pop Daisy by Heather Bailey, lined with a pale yellow and white pinstripe. The changing pad is laminated cotton from Heather Bailey’s Nicey Jane collection on the front, is lightly padded, and backed with the same yellow stripe as the bag lining.

Awesome idea, Tiffany… using the laminated cotton for the changing pad! It’s much more fun than the boring, white PUL* I’d been using!

See what else Tiffany’s been up to at her shop, Twilltape!

*Polyurethane laminated

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Grab 'n' Go Diaper Clutch Hardware Kit

But, I am happy to say, they are now BACK and we’re still doing FREE SHIPPING with any pattern order (and cheap shipping – only 1.95 – without a pattern order).

Kits are once again available in the Sew Fun Shop!
-Jennifer

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I’m happy to announce we now have complete hardware kits available in the Sew Fun shop for $4.95. It’s a really great price because just to buy the magnetic snap alone costs five bucks at a chain fabric store like JoAnn’s!

Here’s what’s included in the kit:

1 extra-slim magnetic snap, 5/8″ diameter
1 D-ring, 1/2″ wide
1 swivel lobster-claw clasp, 1 3/8″ long

This is the exact same hardware I used when designing the pattern. The hardware is what is shown in the photos on this website and is a perfect fit for the pattern.

Shipping is free with any Sew Fun pattern purchase.

I hope this makes your baby shower gifting a little easier!

-Jennifer

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She’s been going to town with our Grab ‘n’ Go Diaper Clutch pattern. At Sew Fun, we believe in supporting cottage industries and budding home sewing entrepreneurs. To this end, we offer Free Limited Licenses for our patterns. You can read more about our licensing program here.

Look at these adorable apple and polka dot prints:

Everything fit neatly inside. Ooo, look! She’s got little Barefoot Bag Shop tags in the inside… very nice!

Check out the handy wrist strap for Multi-Tasking Moms… Bonnie, you just need to add three bags of groceries and trying to open the car door in the rain:

I’m loving this turquoise and green combo:

My personal favorite – pink and brown (and more polka dots, of course)!

You can visit Bonnie and all of her lovely creations at at her ETSY shop Barefoot Bag Shop.

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As part of my on-going “In the Studio” Tour, I’d like to share with you how many prototypes, some more hideous than others, I suffered through before coming up with the final design.

There are six shown in this photo, but the real number was something like 7 or 8 because I think at least twice I hacked up one version in a desperate ploy to make it into another. I don’t know what is going on with that ruffled one in the back. It looks like some kind of angry chef’s hat. I don’t know what I was thinking.

But, the good news is, in the end it worked out OK. The design is now really crisp and clean. I tested the heck out of the instructions (thanks, friends over at Sew, Mama, Sew!) to ensure anyone who tried to stitch up this pattern would get good results. I guess practice really does make perfect, which worked out well for our friend Sue, she made SEVEN diaper clutches… just to start!

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Dear Sewfie,
I’m just sewing your Grab ‘n’ Go Diaper clutch, & wondered how you were able to line up the diagonal lines so well on the main picture of the pattern cover? Is it difficult to do?
- Julia

How to line up your stripes or other design perfectly on your Grab 'n' Go Diaper Clutch.... read on!

Dear Julia,
The key to success in lining up the diagonal stripes (or any design) so well is to line up where the magnetic snap goes FIRST and THEN cut the fabric out… but how do you do THAT? Well, it’s REALLY easy. Here’s what you do:

• Cut out the Flap piece first. Don’t cut out the Body (yet). Cut out your Flap such that you have your stripes in a nice place. In my case (for the cover model), I wanted a red stripe right near the edge. I just thought it looked cool and I knew I had this awesome red vintage button that I wanted to use.
• Next, transfer the snap placement mark from the pattern onto the Flap. You can mark it with a pin or some chalk. I like to use pins because they are very precise.


Cut out Flap (1) and mark snap placement

• Next comes the part where we line up the Flap with the Body. Remember we didn’t cut the Body part out yet. Lay the rest of your (uncut) fabric out on the table. It helps to iron it so it lays nice and flat. Find some area of the fabric which matches up with the Flap, and lay the Flap exactly over that area. You might want to hold it down with a pin or two so it doesn’t wiggle around in the next step.


Line up Flap (1) with fabric underneath, matching stripes or design

• Finally, position Body pattern piece (2) under Flap (1). Line up the snap placement marks from the Body and the Flap. Ensure the straight edges are parallel. Now you can move the Flap out of the way and cut out Body (2).


Position Body pattern piece (2) under Flap (1)

Your stripes or other design will now be perfectly aligned!

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Dear Sewfie,
I like to sew, but I am having trouble basting. It takes longer than I think it should. Should I skip it or do you have any tips?
Thanks!

-Izzi

Dear Izzi,
If the pattern is recommending it, you definitely shouldn’t skip it. Basting is usually recommended for seams that are long (such as a skirt hem) or for areas that are too complicated or bulky to easily use pins (such as the bottom seam of our Grab ‘n’ Go Diaper Clutch, see photo below). Also, basting is often called for because it is easier to stitch over with your sewing machine than pins.

Here are Sewfie’s tips for making basting less painful:

• Use long stitches. Basting doesn’t have to be tiny and accurate like your hand sewing stitches. For basting, use a big, long running stitch. ½” stitches (or longer) are perfectly OK and help to get the job done faster.
• Baste slightly inside your seam allowance. For example if you have a 5/8” seam allowance for a garment, baste at ½” from the edge of your fabric. This way, after you machine stitch your seam, you won’t even see the basting stitches and you won’t have to take them out! Not having to pick out all those stitches later will save you some time.
• Lay your work on a flat surface like a table or a floor (not your lap). Make several stitches at a time with your needle (see photo below) and then pull the thread through. Its like getting two stitches for the price of one! This will make it go faster, too.



• Finally, instead of using a single strand of thread like many sewing instructions recommend, use a double strand of thread, knotted at the end. This will keep your needle from falling off the thread all the time, which is what always happens to me. Not having to re-thread your needle 10 times will save you time as well.

In the end, basting seems like a hassle but it really does help you get good results the first time. And after all the hard work you put into your wonderful handmade creation, isn’t it worth it?

Basting takes extra time...

... but it helps you get great results!

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