{"id":10883,"date":"2012-12-14T07:16:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T12:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=10883"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:08:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:08:52","slug":"simple-tote-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/12\/14\/simple-tote-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Tote Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/10\/11\/coasters\/sewingheaderfinal-jw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SewingHeaderFinal-JW\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4594\" alt=\"SewingHeaderFinal-JW\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?resize=640%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10882\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/12\/14\/simple-tote-bag\/pinktote\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PinkTote.jpg?fit=640%2C1019&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,1019\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PinkTote\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PinkTote.jpg?fit=640%2C1019&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10882\" alt=\"PinkTote\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PinkTote.jpg?resize=512%2C815&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"512\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PinkTote.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PinkTote.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a simple tote bag I made with fabric from Denyse Schmidt&#8217;s Flea Market Fancy Collection. It measures 15 1\/2&#8243; x 17 1\/2&#8243;, with an inside pocket and generously long straps to allow for bulky winter coat sleeves. This project can be made in about an hour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a simple tote bag I made with fabric from Denyse Schmidt&#8217;s Flea Market Fancy Collection. It measures 15 1\/2&#8243; x 17 1\/2&#8243;, with an inside pocket and generously long straps to allow for bulky winter coat sleeves. This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/12\/14\/simple-tote-bag\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,19],"tags":[1650,3674,2158,1580,2157],"class_list":["post-10883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sewing","tag-denyse-schmidt-fabric","tag-diy","tag-easy-sewing-projects","tag-flea-market-fancy","tag-tote-bags"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-2Px","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9132,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/07\/27\/summer-bag\/","url_meta":{"origin":10883,"position":0},"title":"Summer Bag","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"July 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This was going to be a tutorial, but truth be told, it's been a crazy week around here. 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