{"id":28864,"date":"2014-01-01T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T19:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=28864"},"modified":"2015-07-26T20:06:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T00:06:42","slug":"bag-bargain-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/01\/bag-bargain-bonanza\/","title":{"rendered":"Bag Bargain Bonanza"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Look at these!\u00c2\u00a0 What a steal they were!\u00c2\u00a0 These zippered, sturdy, lined totes are really very, very nice, featuring an inside pocket and leather handles.\u00c2\u00a0 At JC Penny they were originally over<\/del> priced at $100, not a cost I would have been willing to pay. From the quantity available at the final clearance price, most shoppers were of the same opinion.\u00c2\u00a0 I did, however, do a google search for the bag name and found it listed on more than one site for $60-$65.<\/p>\n

While Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving, my daughter came across a table loaded with these bags.\u00c2\u00a0 They had been marked down repeatedly.<\/p>\n

After a quick call for a Mama consultation, sale-savvy Rebecca marched full steam ahead to the cash register loaded down with every one of\u00c2\u00a0 the bargains.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, no doubt she had to march more than once but clearly this girl grew up under the influence of her mother’s\u00c2\u00a0 Buy Bargains in Bulk!!! <\/em><\/strong> philosophy.<\/p>\n

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The bags with a tie on the handle are Rebecca’s. Unless I move the ties…accidentally, of course.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This was indeed a bonanza. On the other side of the state from me, Rebecca shared her boon with close family and friends, then put aside some\u00c2\u00a0 for herself, with a plan for each and every one. \u00c2\u00a0 The remaining orange and red bags were saved for me. A wider choice of colors would have been nice,\u00c2\u00a0 but I am happy with my haul!<\/p>\n

Soon, all the area JC Penneys were checked, but her later surveillance revealed that they were sold out at that price.<\/p>\n

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for the choir director, monogrammed with music on the Kaleigh Frame applique’<\/a> from Planet Applique<\/p><\/div>\n

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Two bags were embroidered as Christmas thank you gifts for the director and pianist of our church children’s choir<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Measuring 20″ x 13″ x 8″, the bags are big enough for a stack of oversized sheet music and other musical miscellany.\u00c2\u00a0 Both women are highly qualified and experienced professional musicians who are volunteering their time and talents to share music with our children. \u00c2\u00a0 So a gift was certainly in order.<\/p>\n

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for the pianist, monogrammed on Emily Frame, also from Planet Applique<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Embroidering\u00c2\u00a0 the bags was no easy task.\u00c2\u00a0 It was impossible to easily or neatly open a side seam, so the bags had to be left in tact and turned inside out.\u00c2\u00a0 With the head of the machine fully inside the bag, the tote was basted to black cutaway stabilizer which matched the lining.<\/p>\n

Yet again, I was especially grateful for the double “runway” lighting and the snowman camera capability of my Brother Quattro.\u00c2\u00a0 Not only was I able to see the embroidery process deep inside the bag, but the precisely placed snowman (cross hairs) allowed the camera to perfectly align the design without perfect hooping.<\/p>\n

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from the lovely Garden Flag alphabet<\/a> by Sonia Showalter Designs, embroidered on my grandson’s preschool teacher’s bag<\/p><\/div>\n

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The first bag I embroidered was for my preschool grandson’s teacher.\u00c2\u00a0 I used the 7″ Garden Flag monogram<\/a> from Sonia Showalter.\u00c2\u00a0 The design is lovely and looked fabulous, but I learned from that very nerve wracking experience that a horizontal design placed high on the bag is much easier to embroider when stitching in a black bag cave.<\/p>\n

Two other bags were appropriated by my dear husband for car emergency kits for our children.\u00c2\u00a0 Though the practicality of these kits is undeniable, I honestly think a few plastic grocery sacks would have sufficed.\u00c2\u00a0 I tried to convince him that it was overkill–a\u00c2\u00a0 waste of my fabulous bags!<\/p>\n

But he looked at the pile of totes and declared them to be perfectly suitable for holding such important (but unlovely) items as a car fire extinguisher, first aid kit, flashlight, Life Hammer Car Escape Tool, jumper cables and bottled water.\u00c2\u00a0 I had to agree.\u00c2\u00a0 Then he filled a third bag for my car AND he is eying one for his car!!!\u00c2\u00a0 But how can I deny my thoughtful husband?<\/p>\n

So now, what to do with the remaining bags?\u00c2\u00a0 I’m sure I will find\u00c2\u00a0 good uses for\u00c2\u00a0 them.\u00c2\u00a0 I foresee one embroidered with a bold, collegiate, power T for a dear, misguided friend, two with Gator embroidery for my fellow tailgating<\/a> cooks, one for my sweet d-i-l, etc.<\/p>\n

Have you found any great bargains lately?\u00c2\u00a0 What are your sewing resolutions for 2014?<\/p>\n

I wish you all a happy, healthy, prosperous 2014 with lots of sewing, lots of bargains, lots of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Look at these!\u00c2\u00a0 What a steal they were!\u00c2\u00a0 These zippered, sturdy, lined totes are really very, very nice, featuring an inside pocket and leather handles.\u00c2\u00a0 At JC Penny they were originally over priced at $100, not a cost I would … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[702,701],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28864"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28864"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34678,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28864\/revisions\/34678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}