VentureTote

Sewfisticated VentureTote

Reference

• Pattern Link
• Sew along with Jenn and Sam!
• Packing video

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I had so much fun making this bag using a variety of substrates!  

Tester - Sam Harris, NSW from Australia
Shop Link - Made by Erillant; Made by Erillant (IG)
Machine used - Domestic/Vintage - Singer 201K
Recommended Skill level - Adventurous Beginner
Cut and Sew - 4 hours

I can't remember for my exterior fabrics. Lining is Sewfisticated Twill in Plum and Black from Sewfisticated supplies and 3D air mesh from Sewfisticated Supplies.  Stabilizer using Sewfisive Heavy and sewfisive premium (Base).

 

 

Tester - Jenn Hoopert-McGinn, Pennsylvania from the USA
Shop Link - Jenn's Homemadeology; IG Jennshomemadeology 
Machine used - Vintage domestic Sears Kenmore 158.17550
Recommended Skill level - Adventurous Beginner
Cut and Sew - Cut time 1hr and 15mins, sew time 5 hrs: total time about 6hrs
Materials used -

Dreamy fern print in WRC from Seweird fabric, peacock and bronze twill, seafoam, slate VibrantVue and teal 3D mesh all from Sewfisticated Supplies.  Stabilizer using 2.7mm Sewfisive premium foam for base, 2mm cosplay foam for side panels

 

 

 

Tester - Susi Schuegraf, Mexico
Shop Link - Jungle Pearls
Sewing Machine used - Industrial Juki du1181n and LS 1341
Recommended Skill level - Advanced Beginner
Cut and Sew - I took one afternoon to cut and 2 6-hour days to sew
Material used - 

Exterior - Sewful Therapy 
Base and interior lining - More Me Know
Stabilizer - SCD adhesive premium and heavy

 

 

Tester - Milena Hunt, England
Shop Link - Created by Milena
Sewing Machine used - Domestic Pfaff Select 4.2
Recommended Skill level - Adventurous Beginner
Cutting/Sewing Time - Several hours with a lot of interruptions

Miffys Vinyl, Wattle&Slate Water-resistant cotton canvas, Sewfisticated Twill and Vibrant Vue. Sewfisive Foam Heavy for the main panels, and extra stiff stabilizer by Crackers Fabric for the bottom

 

 

 

Stitch vinyl from Hapa Fabrics, Vibrantvue from Sewfisticated Supplies for lining.  Decovil light for exterior, adhesive foam for interior base.

 

 

Tester - Nikki Wendland from the USA, Florida
Shop Link - Resin Melody FB; Resin Melody IG; Resin Melody
Sewing Machine used - Vintage 1948 Singer 201-2
Recommended Skill level - Advanced Beginner
Cut and Sewing - 10-11 hours
Material used - 

Exterior: Blue PU-backed WPC, black vinyl, and Star Wars print in a bonded nylon; Interior: blue PU-backed PVC, yellow VibrantVue from Sewfisticated Supplies, and white 3D air mesh from Sewfisticated Supplies lining the tech pocket.  I used all Sewfisive Foam from Sewfisticated Supplies

 

Material used -

The print is a cotton canvas, vinyl and WPC for liner, all materials from Marybeth Made It. It was a project pack.  Stabilizer using profuse Stiff.

 

 

Tester - Cynthia Molina
Shop Link - Dandelion Craft and Creations
Machine used - Domestic - Brother SE1900 
Recommended Skill level - Advanced Beginner
Cut and Sew - 5-6 hours 
Material Used -

Cotton Woven from My Little Shindig; Therxtex from Fabric Therapy; all Hardware from Atelier Fiber Arts.  Stabilizer using foam.

 

 

Tester - Roeshell Arjin, USA
Shop Link - Made by Roeshell
Machine used - Semi industrial juki TL 18 QVP
Recommended Skill level - Advanced Beginner
Cut and Sew - 8-9 hours
Material Used

Retrostitch Custom Fabrics.  Peltex 70, I used heat n bond ultra hold to fuse it to my canvas.

Tester - Holly Ward, USA
Shop Link - Hausofstitches IG; Hausofstitches YT
Sewing Machine used - domestic brother LX3817A
Recommended Skill level - Intermediate
Cut and Sew - 4-5 days
Material Used

WPC solid and print: more me know. Hardware: Amazon.  Stabilizer: decovil and bosal

 

Tester - Kymmberlee Wright, USA
Shop Link - SewKnot_Stitches IG; SewKnot_Etsy
Machine used - Industrial Walking foot. Thor RE-0303
Recommended Skill level - Advanced Beginner 
Cutting/Sewing Time - I believe it took around an hour to cut all the pattern pieces out. It took a little over 6 hours to sew, but I did make sure to take my time and go through each step very thoroughly to follow the pattern exact.
Material used - 

Interior is Kona quilt cotton fabric. Exterior of is vinyl from https://www.marinevinylfabric.com/, Accent slip pocket is cotton fabric from Joann's. Webbing is 1.5 inch nylon jacquard webbing from Amazon. Hardware, interfacing (profuse woven), and stabilizers (decovil heavy and decovil light) are from Wawak.  Stabilizer using Decovil heavy and light.

 

Tester - Jayne Han, Australia
Shop Link - Ochonio Collections FB; Ochonio Collections IG
Machine used - Cowboy CB6900 Cylinder Arm Industrial Machine
Recommended Skill level - Intermediate
Cutting/Sewing Time - About 2hrs to cut. About 8hrs to sew
Material used - 

Floral Vinyls from Your Vinyl Source; Bluish Vinyl - from Bo Dee-Oh. Webbing - from a shop in Singapore, WPC and Hardware - from my collections.

Decovil Light, Decovil Heavy (Base with bag feet) & Smack-Down Stabilizer Medium Weight (Base Stabilizer)

 

Tester - Gladys Tan, Singapore
Shop Link - Chavanthandmade IG, Chavanthandmade FB
Machine used - Semi industrial. Janome HD9
Recommended Skill level - Beginner 
Cutting/Sewing Time - Cutting approx 2 hours. Sewing approx 5 hours
Material used - 

 

 

 

Tester - Stacy Holmes Muth, USA
Shop Link - DarkCarnivalDesigns Esty; DarkCarnivalDesigns FB; DarkCarnivalDesigns IG
Machine used - Juki Haruka TL18 (categorized as semi-industrial)
Recommended Skill level - Advanced Beginner 
Cutting/Sewing Time - 6 hours
Material used - 

Exterior: Spencers Custom Fabrics - Cotton Woven - Floral Mario / Interior: Waterproof Canvas.
Stabilizer: Decovil Heavy, SF101 on Cotton Woven, and Thermalon Fusible Fleece for the interior pocket.

Tester - Kimberly Marie Rice, USA
Shop Link - Mamas.Pretties
Machine used - Domestic, Brother NS 1750D
Recommended Skill level - Advanced Beginner 
Cutting/Sewing Time - 8 hours
Material used - 

Magnetic snaps came from Joann fabrics, matte black D ring came from ait said creations, matte rainbow sliders came from ait said creations, black zipper tape and pulls came from Amazon, snaps (yellow) came from Kam Snaps, my logo label came from Heartwood and Hyde, "hello to brighter days" label was from sewing blurbs, black seatbelt webbing came from Amazon, blue and orange Ottertex wpc came from fabric wholesale direct, Owls Babyville PUL fabric came from Joann fabrics, white marine vinyl came from Hobby lobby, gold swivel clasp came from Amazon, rainbow rivets came from More Me Know, and pumpkin king Tex 35 thread from Wizardry Stitcherythread.

Stabilizer using Sewfisive foam.