#13: Make Capri-Sun Bag

In the first week of June, my mom had brought multiple cartons of Capri-Suns (which we hardly buy), and I knew my time had come. The Capri-Sun bag was an idea I had come cross on the internet so many years ago, and always had an interest ti make. One time, I believe back in '09, I had collected Capri- Suns to make it, but never got around to it and disposed of the packets. But this year I was determined to make it, since my mom always knew I had wanted to do so. With the help of my siblings to suck down some juice pouches, we saved them in a pile on one of the kitchen counters where, after almost every pouch from the three boxes were stacked there, I sliced the bottoms and rinsed them out, leaving them to air dry for way too long. Long enough to the point I felt no motivation to do so and mom made me put them in my room.

Last week I got a spark of motivation to start working on it, but never actually did. As summer started counting down more and more, a few days ago I got to work. Originally I thought It would take multiple days to do so because I was sewing the bag, half machine, half hand, which would take forever. Once I got working, I didn't stop.

I busted out my brand new sewing machine I received for Christmas over a year go, but had no inspiration to make anything, until now. It seemed easier to sew the side pouches together, an easy, straight line, and then hand sew it all together. Tip: I do not recommend hand sewing any part of this.

Pinning proved frustrating because the bags aren't the easiest material to manipulate (especially when turning it inside out, which I did, multiple times), but it was petty straight forward (pun intended), until I had to sew the pieces together. This is when I started hand-sewing for about fifteen minutes before I gave up and frustratingly starting using the machine. I don't know how I did it, besides turning the bag inside out, especially when I did the bottom portion, but I did it. It proved very difficult to sew the bottom on, just to align  it properly, and then sew it. Turning it back out was frustrating also, and I had to be careful not to rip the seems, because that would have been awful.

The bag turned out surprisingly well for an afternoons work. I am very happy with it. The one thing I did not work out was straps, but I had come across black ribbon in my sewing box that day that went with it perfectly. I took a days break before hand stitching the ribbon/straps on, which wasn't bad.

Using a sewing machine is definitely easier and quicker, but also provides a better stitch. Now I can cross this off the list and enjoy my new bag, which I am so happy with ^.^


13: Make a Capri-Sun Bag