[Nfb-krafters-korner] Help from sewers or knitters

slery slerythema at insightbb.com
Tue Jul 20 18:06:30 UTC 2010


I have looked at different ones and they are not setup the way that I like.

Cindy

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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 1:29 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Help from sewers or knitters
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> 
> Cindy;
> My work gift shop has a leather purce organizer that you can 
> put in almost any purce.  It has card slots, 2 pockets and a 
> large pocket in the middle.  It has a ring to hold on to it.  
> With items in it, it will expand, but when empty, it is flat. 
>  I can check the price or you might find one someplace that 
> sells purces.
> 
> Terry Powers
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slery [mailto:slerythema at insightbb.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 9:00 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Help from sewers or knitters
> 
> Okay, I am designing a knit (not felted) purse and I want to 
> make a liner for it that will be divided and contain a couple 
> of pockets within it. The liner will be removable from the 
> purse so that I can have the same purse in different 
> colors/patterns and simply move the liner from one purse to 
> the other on the fly.
> 
> Ideally, I would like the liner to be machine wash and dry. 
> If I could get the outside sides (picture a box for 
> simplicity of this explanation) to be stiff  so that if you 
> sat it on a table it would stand up on its own (or at least 
> once it is filled with items), this would be the heavy 
> support I am looking for.
> 
> My preference would be to fuse the fabric instead of sewing 
> but that is also an option. Just remember that I will NOT be 
> fusing the fabric to the purse.
> 
> Please tell me about any of the products regarding bags that 
> you know of. I have been looking at different patterns for 
> knit purses and 90% are felted. I do not want felting because 
> I want to use yarns that are machine wash and dry. Also, I 
> have not found any patterns that include dividers inside the 
> purse. Plus, like I mentioned above, I really want the liner 
> to be removable so I can switch purses whenever I want 
> without the hassle of reorganizing and not being able to find things.
> 
> Feel free to call me if you need a better description or to 
> talk through options. I am finally up to talking to people 
> again. It was really hard those first few days but I am now 
> able to talk about her without crying so much.
> 
> Cindy S.
> 
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> > Blindhands at aol.com
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 3:25 PM
> > To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Help from sewers or knitters
> > 
> > 
> > I would need a better description on what you want to use 
> it for.  Is
> > this to be used on fabric?  Do you want to use it for the 
> bottom of a  
> > bag?  Do you want light support or heavy support?
> >  
> > Will you be sewing it in or fusing it to something?
> >  
> > I have made bags before and they have some wonderful new products
> > available  out there just for bags and things like that.  So I need 
> > more info from you  to be able to suggest what might work best.
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > Joyce  Kane
> > www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
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