{"id":37855,"date":"2018-05-09T03:16:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T07:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=37855"},"modified":"2024-05-01T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:53:11","slug":"bicycle-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/09\/bicycle-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicycle Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_37856\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37856\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-37856 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image-23-bike-and-bag-ED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image-23-bike-and-bag-ED.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image-23-bike-and-bag-ED-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bike bag is a perfect match to my granddaughter&#8217;s bike. What a lucky coincidence! Detailed instructions are available here.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For that special biker (your child, your grand, your mother, yourself?) who has everything, how about a pretty quilted bike bag.<\/p>\n<p>This was a fun project, made for Brother&#8217;s blog, Stitching Sewcial, in celebration of National Bike Month.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibroidery.com\/DesignDetail.aspx?DownloadID=2461\"> Detailed photo instructions<\/a> are included in the tutorial post.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve loved this design since it was first included on a Brother card, EDB LG1. Now it is available as a single design at iBroidery.com for 5&#215;7 frames.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/bike-design.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/bike-design.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/bike-design-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The scenic design has white negative space, which would have made the stitching disappear into the fabric print. So the file was converted to an applique&#8217; and stitched on sky blue pique&#8217;. The blog post gives directions for converting this and other framed designs to applique&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>My husband used to take the children on long bike hikes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37871\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37871\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-37871 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/il_570xN.1319307146_h5an-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/il_570xN.1319307146_h5an-1.jpg 570w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/il_570xN.1319307146_h5an-1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">But not this long!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of their favorite destinations was Hontoon Island State Park, 15 miles from home. They would relax there at a little snack bar overlooking the St.John&#8217;s River and enjoy a cold drink.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hontoon-Island-view.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hontoon-Island-view.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hontoon-Island-view-300x126.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hontoon-Island-view-768x322.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hontoon-Island-view-800x335.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then they would call me to pick them up. After the first seven miles, I&#8217;m sure they would have loved to reach into a bag like this for a bottle of water to quench their thirst.<\/p>\n<p>This project is unique in that it is gender neutral and age appropriate for anyone who rides a bike.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know May 18th is officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/content\/bike-month-dates-events-0\"><em>Ride your Bike to Work Day<\/em><\/a>? Please tell us about it if you do.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Bike Month!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37866\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1451-20130911-rideyourbikes-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"971\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1451-20130911-rideyourbikes-1.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1451-20130911-rideyourbikes-1-300x243.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1451-20130911-rideyourbikes-1-768x621.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1451-20130911-rideyourbikes-1-1024x829.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1451-20130911-rideyourbikes-1-800x647.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: I am required to let you know that I am a paid sewing consultant for Brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For that special biker (your child, your grand, your mother, yourself?) who has everything, how about a pretty quilted bike bag. This was a fun project, made for Brother&#8217;s blog, Stitching Sewcial, in celebration of National Bike Month. Detailed photo &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/09\/bicycle-bag\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":37870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,18,34],"tags":[1211,1239],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37855"}],"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=37855"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41818,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37855\/revisions\/41818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}