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Our new Hardware Kits (all the hardware you need to make a Grab ‘n’ Go Diaper Clutch in one handy kit… no searching around for all the STUFF) were so popular we sold out!

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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Many of our friends have been asking about hardware for the Grab ‘n’ Go Diaper Clutch pattern. I agree, it’s kind of a pain to find all the supplies needed, especially if you are trying to make a deadline for that baby shower this weekend!

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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Look what Bonnie has been making over at Barefoot Bag Shop! Bonnie specializes in cosmetic bags and pouches, handbags, totes, clutches and many more bags made from a variety of fun and colorful fabrics.

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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When the Grab ‘n’ Diaper Clutch pattern made its debut at Quilt Market – the it selling event for pattern designers – a number of fabric shop owners said it was the “best diaper bag pattern [they] had seen at Market”. (I guess when you are cool and in-the-know, you can just call it by one name). Naturally, I was delighted by this praise. When people remarked it was “just right” – the right size, the right shape, fits the little changing pad right in there with a travel case of wipes – I just said “Thanks!” but what they didn’t know was how many bad designs preceded this good one.

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

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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