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Spring Sewing ~ Quilted Garden Tote
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Happy Earth Day! Alissa from Handmade by Alissa (and our board) designed this Quilted Garden Tote for us. Download the PDF Quilted Garden Tote Tutorial and you can carry tools, harvest goods and just generally enjoy the outdoors in style… Today! |
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I”m going to get started on this tote. Thanks for sharing the pattern
Great looking tote! Can’t wait to make my own!
Wow, this is a great tote!! I am making one for my mom, mother-in-law, and grandma for mothers day!! And when I am done with that I am making myself one! I also Love the Fabric choice in the tutorial. Gets me ready for all my spring sewing!! Love the posts for April so far, please keep it up for all of us!
fabulous
Great project! It’s still too soon to plant much here (too much danger of frost still) so it would be nice to have something garden related to do other than talking to my seedlings.
Happy earth day to you too. Love this tote.
love it! Mother’s Day presents!
What a beautiful tote!!! Perfect!
Very cute! I don’t really garden, but I think I may need to make one anyway!
Oh this is lovely! How appropriate for Earth Day!!!
First? Cute tote! You could use it for a lot more than gardening.
Love this tutorial! Thanks for adding it!
Very nice! I may need to make one of those.
Thank you for this pattern! I can’t wait to try it!
Nice bag!
Great looking bag! The pattern looks very well explained although I think I will add pockets to the inside too.
That is a beautiful bag! It looks to be a nice size for a shopping bag as well for those that don’t garden.
What a fun summery tote!
This looks really nice! I am a beginning gardener…and usually have a handful of things to take to the garden, including a baby monitor. What a nice gardening bag!
This is too beautiful to use as a garden tote. I love to garden and after picking out all those beautiful fabrics *sigh* I would hate to put my dirty garden gloves into it. It would be great for so many other uses though.
What a great idea. The tote is very cute and useful.
What a fun tote! I love her fabric selections -it looks so springy!
I love this! I will try it as soon as I can… I’ve been wanting a small project to learn machine quilting.
This is SO cute! My boyfriend’s mom would love this, she loves to work out in the garden, and i know she just bought a bunch of new seeds to plant! The directions look very simple, THANK YOU for the tutorial!!!!!
That’s very lovely. I think I’d like to make that. Thanks for the tutorial.
Love this tote bag!! I really love how handmade “tote bags” are back “IN-STYLE!!”
What a lovely tote! I’m bookmarking this as it would make a great Mothers Day gift.
I love this site! Just saw advertised the 12-1 sewing tool, so sign me up for your drawing.
Carol in E TN
Happy Earth Day!! Thank you very much for the PDF! I can’t wait to make one!
I love all of your free tutorials on your site! Also, your fabric selection is great! Thanks for keeping the creativity flowing!
Lovely…although my garden stuff gets so dirty I don’t think I would dare to bring such a beautiful bag outside!
This is a wonderful and practical idea! Thanks, Alissa.
Lorrie
I think I have just found the gift for my husband’s assistant this Christmas. She is a gardner and a farmer’s market shopping, just like me. She always gets handmade from me at Christmas and I think she’ll love this. Thank you. The plus is … if i make it now I don’t have to think about it in the middle of December
Oh, I love this!
This is so cute! I’m going to make one as a Scrapbooking tote for my mom for Mother’s Day!
This would make a great Mothers Day gift. Thank you Alissa and the Longthread.
I’m so sorry I meant Sew Mama Sew!!!
This is beautiful! I think I know what I’m making my mom for mother’s day now. Thanks for sharing, Alyssa.
What a wonderful tutorial Alissa put together. Beautiful step-by-step pictures and clear typed instructions. This will have to go on my to do list of spring/summer projects.
What a fantastic idea and gorgeous bag!!! I’m definately going to be using this pattern to make a bag for my mother in law!!! Thanks for sharing!
What a lovely tote! Thank you so much for the FREE pattern! Spring generosity is a beautiful thing.
How have I missed your site all this time? Who wouldn’t want to enter the giveaway!? Please enter me and thanks for all the great ideas. I am off to download that great garden tote!
How cute! I want to make this for my grandma! She loves to garden and she would love this!
What a sweet bag! Thanks for sharing such a great tutorial! Love all the step-by-step photos; very helpful!!!
What a great idea! I would feel so bad just getting a cute tote like this dirty! Im just learning to sew & Iv’e got a fever for it. I’m trying to sew up every tutorial I come across! Man, this is addictive! Thanks!
I am so going to tackle my quilting phobia by making this for my mom for mother’s day! It’s adorable!
Beautiful! I think I need to make one for my mom for Mother’s Day!
This tote is so cute! We just planted our very first garden, and I’m so excited! This tote would be a great carry-all for my tools!
Thanks!
Oh waow again… It’s a great project.
Thank you SMS and thank you Alissa!
Thanks for this tutorial! It’s such a cute bag!! Makes me want to get out in the yard get our garden started!
This is fantastic! Not just a garden tote – this is going to the farmer’s market with me!
I love this tote! And I love the simple quilting idea. The process of quilting the fabric can be intimidating, but this I can handle. Thanks for the tutorial!
That tote looks great, and like it would be good for lots of things, not just gardening.
That tote looks awesome!
Great tutorial and a cute garden tote when your done. I have some decorator canvas that will be perfect for this.
That’s a really cute bag!
This looks like the perfect gardening bag! Something I’ve been needing :0) Going shopping for supplies today! Thanks!
gardenlady58102
Lovely pattern and great tute! I wouldn’t want to get it dirty with my garden stuff, but I think it would be a great basis for a grocery bag. I think I might applique the patchwork strip (rather than sew it into the side)… Now I’m mentally sorting through my stash for adequate fabric!
Adorable Bag…Thank You for sharing it!!!
Exactly what I need to start my garden! Thanks for all the great tutorials.
so so cute~
can’t wait to make one!
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What a pretty garden tote! I only wish I enjoyed gardening more! I’ll have to think of who I know who might enjoy it.
Great tutorial..thank you!
Great tutorial! Super cute bag!
Love it! Makes me think of spring!
What a beautiful gardening tote!
Very nice. I don’t know if I would use it in the garden. It is so pretty.
too cute–you could put a ton of stuff in that tote! It’s on my to-do list, right behind the ruffle skirt from last week!
i am sooo making one of these. just bookmarked the page. probably not for a garden tote though–way tooooo pretty
What a beautiful tote! It’s so….spring-y
what a great gift idea for my Mother!
Very cute, and washable too!
Just the thing I needed to give to my gardening cello instructor. Thanks so much for all your hard work in your shop & blog!
Ooooh, I love bags. They’re so addictive to make and to own. Thanks for posting the directions! I enjoy gardening but I’d be afraid to use a cute fabric bag out in the dirt so I could use it for carrying library books or baby stuff….
What a wonderful gardening bag!
Great Idea!!!! I will have to make one for my Mom!! She is a super gardener!!!!
That’s beautiful!!!
This makes me want to run out and start gardening! Unfortunately it’s still snowing and sleeting here, maybe by the time I finish the tote…
Happy Earth day! What a fabulous tote.
This is great, I absolutely love it! I think this would even make a great market bag
Love the tote… would be a perfect present for my BF and fellow gardener. Thanks!
What a cute project. I really like the fabrics used in the example.
Nice project. Thanks for the inspiration.
Great project. Adding it to my list of things to do… it might inch its way to the top soon, though. I can think of about a million things to use this for. Thanks!
This would be perfect to take to the grocery store. Thanks for sharing.
I like that tote. It looks nice and sturdy.
This is gorgeous! And I think I have the perfect fabric for it….
Looks great!
So pretty!
That tote looks great! Thanks so much Alissa!
This is perfect! I’ve been watching for a Mother’s Day idea and this is fantastic. A quilted garden tote filled with fun garden goodies will be a great gift for my mom. Thanks!
What a great bag!! Thank you for the tutorial!
This is a beautiful tote. Looks sturdy too. thanks for the idea.
I love the tote! And the tutorial is great! Very clear and easy to understand. Thanks!
Oooh! This looks like a great bag! I’m downloading the pattern now. Thanks so much!
great tote! Spring is here! Thanks for the tutorial!
Cute tote!
HAPPY EARTH DAY TO EVERYONE. Thank you so much for the garden quilted tote. I love to garden and I love to sew. I bought a greenhouse this spring and I am enjoying it very much as my little seeds start to sprout. They are a renewed promise of warmer weather and renewed beauty to the earth.
cute AND functional…always a super combination!
Great gift for my sister – I help her garden every spring
This is so great. I need to get started on my new garden tote. Thanks for the pattern.
What a beautiful tote! I love the design.
Great tutorial! Thanks!
What a great tote bag. I think I found my mother’s day gift. Thanks again.
I love all the pockets on this tote! And I need some new scissors!
Great tote and a great tutorial, many thanks
my sewing machine and needles would never decide to sew through that much fabric! so moody!
Great tote! It looks very sturdy for gardening and it’s so pretty. Thank you Alissa and Sew, Mama, Sew!
This is such a wonderful tote ! Thank you !
Barbara
I love that tote. It looks so handy dandy! It would be great for toting my laptop, journal, etc around the apartment. Would also make a great diaper caddy.
Looks like a great little bag – a fantastic Mothers Day gift if I could be quick!
This looks great!
I definitely need this tote for my garden once things start growing. I am always trying to carry armloads of produce into the house – this would be soooo much better!
Wow. Excellent tutorial and awesome tote. Thank you so much. This is probably one of the most useful totes I’ve seen.
*sigh* I love making bags! This looks like a good one for practicing quilting skills.
Love the tote – if only i had a garden!
Happy Earth Day. What a great tote bag. Thanks for sharing.
That is a really neat tote. Thanks for the tutorial!
Very nice tote. Now I just need a garden.
What a great bag and an easy to follow tutorial. Thanks!
what a super cute bag! Always looking for a reason to make yet another bag!
Beautiful bag, would make anyone want to start gardening right away. Thank you so much for the tutorial!
great tote, its very cute.
Great tote. It’s on my list of things to make soon.
Love IT! Now I know what to make my sister for her birthday.
I like that the bag is quilted; it looks very sturdy. Thank you for sharing the pattern.
I never thought of using a tote in the garden. I love the style on it too. I’ll be making one for my mother-in-law this spring.
Thank-you!! Perfect bag for so many things and just the right start for me! I have no touble with 2 dimensional quilts etc, but have been wary of the leap to 3 dimensions, and you’ve given me the perfect project to leap!!
I love it that every time I check up on your blog there is a free pattern for yet another fun and useful project. Thanks for sharing!
I want to make one of these and fill it with red ripe tomatoes!
i so need a garden tote, now that i am gardening.
isn’t it great how projects beget sewing? 
great bag! thanks for sharing the pattern
it’s so cute, I could make it “Spring Picnic Tote”
what a beautiful bag! I love it
I may have to attempt this one!!
So cute – almost makes me want to garden! ha ha
Too Cute!
I love this tote pattern and it looks so easy, but pretty. Thank you for sharing with us. I have some lovely pink fabric with bright daisies on it that would be perfect for this.
Oh I love this tote – how great it is. I´m sure I will make me one too. Thanks so much!
Thanks for sharing. It’s such a cute tote, I love it! xxx
Wow! This tote bag tutorial is totally Prefect for Earth Day! I can use this funky tote bag for my groceries instate of the regular plastic bag! Let’s go GREEN!
My mum definitely deserves a bag like this when she goes out into the garden… And I should have one too, to bring everything I need when I sit and knit/crochet/read and sip tea in the garden house…
Thank you for the great tote bag.
Jean
What a beautiful tote! Thank you!
Wonderful! I now have idea for a Mother’s Day gift!
Great looking tote!
My gardening stuff is everywhere! This is perfect to contain it all together.
I like it!
Gorgeous! Thank you!
Really cute… Hope to find some time to make one!
I love to make tote bags. This one is real nice! Thanks for sharing. Happy Spring!
What a great tutorial!
Great tote! I’d love to make one for mother’s day!
Great tote, I can’t wait to make one.
Great looking tote! I have a garden minded friend that would be perfect for!
Love this tote! Thanks for the tutorial! Putting it on my long to-do list now.
Thanks for sharing this pattern. I will definetly put this project on my to-do-list.
Seems like everywhere I look there is another tote pattern, but this one really cought my eye. I can’t wait to get one made. Thanks!
Just wonderful!
would make a great mother’s day gift!
Got my fabric – now i just need to get to it! Beautiful! Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this lovly tutorial. Love Jofrid Norway
Cool tote! I love the fabrics.
This so cute…I love it!!!
Cute! Just what I need for the summer!
This goes on my To Do List. Thanks!
Love the tote!
Thanks for the tutorial. I always have problems getting my lining and shell to match up. For some reason I am always too short on the lining and my shell ends up having to be bunched up. I thought I would hold off on seaming it and just attach it first, but yours are exactly the same size. I’m going to try this…
Cute tote! I don’t garden, but it could totally double as a diaper bag, don’t you think?
Very cute! Thanks for the pattern.
That is SO cute! I put in a garden this year, and although I could use something like that, I’m afraid it would just stay dirty.
Super cute bag! Happy Earth Day!!
Beautiful bag! This “garden” tote would be a joy to take shopping, to the beach, anywhere! I plan to make one as soon as I finish the project I am working on. Thank you so much for the tutorial. I really enjoy your blog.
How awesome is that? It looks like some of the bags I’ve made, but I love the pretty pockets on the outside! I’m going to give yours a try! Thanks for the tutorial!
I had an aha! moment when I saw this. My mom and I keep talking about only exchanging homemade or consumable gifts next year for Christmas, and I’ve been wondering what to make her. I think she would love this!
I love this!
My mom would love that! Wouldn’t it make a great Mother’s day gift?
What a great bag! Thanks!
What a great project for a beginning quilter. The tutorial part makes it less intimidating. I especially like the handles on the tote, they look good and would be strong! I might put a coat of Mod Podge on the bottom to keep it clean and waterproof. Thanks!
Great tutorial. I’m going to try making one.
That is a great idea! And you made the construction easy – wonderful job!
i’m sooooooooooooo love it!
This is a great tutorial, I will make one for sure as a diaper for my 4th granchild soon to be born. This will make a great gift. Thanks for entering me for your giveaway. I love your blog.
ooops !! I meant I will make it a diaper BAG for my 4th grandchild.
Thanks again
What a cute little bag! I just bought some pretty pink fat quarters today that would be nice in this bag. I’m thinking……knitting bag!
nice bag…i’ll try it..thanks
I really like this idea. I think my mom would like it for Mother’s Day, too! Thanks so much.
What a great tote, this would be a wonderful Mother’s Day gift for moms who garden or shop. Thanks so much!
oh my goodness, this would be a perfect gift for my friend who loves gardening!
thanks!
Ooh…this would be great for my mother-in-law!
This is great. I am planning on doing a garden this year and I don’t have anything to put stuff in so this would be perfect.
My friend has a number of flower gardens and her Birthday is in coming up in May. I just found an Apron to make for her gardening and now I can make her a bag too. She will absolutely love it. They just did a huge remodel and she now has a big atrium too so I’m sure she’ll put it them both to good use. Pretty and practical…..thank you so much!!
Wonderful tote for much more than gardening. I’ve been looking for a nice sized diaper bag to make for charity, and this one will work just great done in some cute baby fabrics. Thanks to all who worked on this tote and the tutorial for it.
Thank you so much for this – I made one for my mother on Saturday and I’m SO thrilled with it! It’s the first time i feel I’ve got my fabrice choices spot on! Will take some pictures for the photo pool! i have to say that the tutorial is so clear and simple to follow that it gave me the comfidence that I needed to get a great result! Brilliant! thank you!!
How did I miss this? It’s perfect! I can see so many uses for it!
Absolutely adorable! What mom wouldn’t like this as a special treat.
This is so cute, i’d love to try this out.
I love this tote – it’s a different shape from what you usually see and the exterior pockets are a big plus.
HI,
Just wanted to say how much I love this tutorial! I’ve featured it on my blog, The Handmade Experiment in a post all about great gardening gear tutorials and hand made buys. Thanks and keep the great tutorials coming!!
Emily
Check it out at http://emilyflippinmaruna.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/must-have-monday-garden-gearus/
Alyssa, that is really great. Thanks! I have been enjoying your blog!
i just finished making this tote and it was such a great pattern. i love the magic at the end. although, it’s way too cute to use in the garden.
I really like the garden tote and would like to make it for my gardening friend but I don’t seem to be able to download the PDF. Can anyone help?
I love having this site to look at all the projects everyone does and to get ideas for my own. I also love looking at the colors everyone puts together.