Sale on Lazy Girl Design patterns? Where???

Leslie, I don't put the Bag-E-Bottoms in my bags because they would just add lots more bruises. (I tend to run into things anyway, so nothing "hard" in my bags.) I use Timtex in the bottoms instead for some extra firmness. You can also use plastic canvas, or heavy "pasteboard" (cardboard stuff??) or anything like that. Using a firm batting and more quilting in the sides will help it stand up better too. As will adding a layer of medium to heavy weight interfacing (fusible) to the lining. Lots of options to get the effect you want. I started making Lazy Girl bags a few years ago. Love them. There are several in my webshots in the "bags"(??) album.

Pati, in Phx

Leslie & The Furbabies > BTW- I didn't want to spend the $$$ for the special heavy plastic bottoms

Just cover a piece of cardboard (not the corrugated kind) with the lining fabric and you have your solid base. I don't think the quilting alone would keep the bag in shape once you had anything in it. You're probably not going to need it to be waterproof! . In message , Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes

Sorry Kathyl (and others!), I really should read other replies before making my own. I just happen to have a bad - made by a friend - that has a card base, so I just typed without looking ahead. . In message , KJ writes

What about template plastic?

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

Leslie & The Furbabies > BTW- I didn't want to spend the $$$ for the special heavy plastic bottoms

Bought the Towne and the City patterns at the same time as the Wonder Wallet.

I got the patterns from

D> I put the Bag-e-Bottom in my Towne Purse & took it out - don't really need

Hey! No apologies! I'm actually glad to know I would have the same idea as you! It brings me up to a higher level! ;-)

Lots of people are suggesting cardboard type 'stuff' for the bottoms, but I thought one of the main attractions to these bags would be washing them? I know I end up setting my bag on the floor a lot, so there is always a huge potential of them getting something nasty on the bottom of the bag. I saw a small segment of a television program where they tested the bottom of many handbags and the amount of e. coli- among lots of other icky, nasty things- found on the bags took care of that for me! Yuck!!!

Comments?

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Silly sausage! . In message , KJ writes

You don't have to sew the card base in, Leslie. Just leave it loose. My main shopping bag has a piece of card in the bottom, not attached or even covered with anything. Keep some spare lining fabric (or I don't suppose it matters what). Then, if the base gets dirty (or *too* dirty), pop a new one in.

In message , Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes

The plastic pieces are just set in the bottoms Leslie. (At least it was in the one I made.) You would remove them for washing just as you would a cardboard one. If your fabric covered cardboard/ needlepoint canvas one became dirty, you could slip off the covering and wash it.

Ha! I just piggybacked on one of your messages without reading through them all first. My first impulse would be to say, "great minds think alike" but I'd never put myself into that category!

Some bag-making supply places make things called bag feet. Helps keep the bottom of the bag off the floor and gives it a nice, finished/fancy designer look. Never used them myself, but thought I'd throw that out there.

I don't remove my needlepoint plastic canvas. Pop it into the washer with the laundry and hang it to dry after.

Butterfly (germs can travel. Not sure if they can live on plastic and I'm not gonna take a chance)

I put in the bottom of purses and totes, the plastic canvas stuff that little kids use for needle point. It comes in lots of shapes.

Buttons on the bottom sound good! Puffy fabric paint (like on no skid socks) might work too.

Kellie

Howdy!

"Given away"--- you have my address, right?

Or we could barter a trade...? ;-)

R/Sandy --thinking of those BBS baggies going out soon...

That is one reason I like using the Timtex-- it is washable. I have also washed a bag with plastic canvas in it. You can also make a "sleeve" and make the bottom removable. That is how you use the acrylic bottoms, they slip in so you can use the same one in several different bags.

Pati, in Phx

Leslie & The Furbabies > Lots of people are suggesting cardboard type 'stuff' for the bottoms, but I

The Lazy Girl patterns [well, at least the Gracie Handbag, and I assume the others too] are designed with a "slot" for the bottoms to slip into: there's no need to cover it, since it will be hidden anyway. I used two thicknesses of template plastic cut to size: works perfectly to keep the bottom firm, and it's easy to slip out and put in the other Gracie handbag, or the third one...can you tell I really like this handbag?