Ready Set

Designed by UJAMAA BAGETTES

++ This is a PDF Pattern.

++ Instructions are in English only.

Features: 

• Outside:
• Suitable for quilting-weight cotton, or light-weight cotton or linen canvas
• Slip pockets on front and back that can be divided or left undivided. Perfect for small scissors, measuring tape, pattern, stitch markers. Use a feature panel or other decorative print for the pockets.
• Drawstring top closure that expands the height of the bag as your project grows.
• Handle that can be used over the arm for knitting from the bag but swings completely out of the way for less ambulatory knitting.
• Handle is buttoned to the bag and can be removed. I
• Inside:
  
• Quilting cotton is suitable for the lining.
• Optional slip pocket for dividing the bag - especially useful for two-at-a-time knitting or two-colour knitting from two balls at once.

PRINTING INFORMATION:

• To print, open in the most recently updated ADOBE READER or Adobe Acrobat. (If it is not updated, your pages may print black.) 
• To print accurately, open in ADOBE from a computer, and when printing make sure that the “scaling” is set to “none” or “actual size” in the print properties.
• A 1” x 1” test square is provided.
• Print the templates and measure the square to check printing accuracy

Skill Level:

• This pattern is Beginner Friendly.

Approx. Finished Size:

• ONE - 5” x 5” x 7-3/4”
• TWO - 6” x 6” x 9-1/4”
• THREE - 7” x 7’ x 10-3/4”

**** You are purchasing a PDF sewing pattern only, not the finished product. You must have the latest version of Adobe Reader to print this item from a computer!

FABRIC & INTERFACING:

• Main:
• Quilting-weight cotton or light-weight canvas 45 to 60” (114 to 150 cm) wide; 1/2 yard (.5 m) for the largest size
• Exterior Pockets:  
  
• Quilting-weight cotton or light-weight canvas 45 to 60” (114 to 150 cm) wide; 1/4 yard (.25 m)
• Fusible Interfacing & Stabilizers
  

• 20” (50 cm) wide mid weight woven fusible such as Pellon 101; 1 yard (.9 m)

Zippers, Supplies & Bag Hardware:

• 20 “ of 1” wide webbing (50 cm of 2.5 cm webbing)
• 2 - 1” (2.5 cm) diameter buttons or beads
• 2 yards (2 m) of cord or ribbon. A good alternative is shoelaces, thin cotton skipping rope
• Optional: 
  
• Cord lock can be used in place of knotting the cord ends
• Peltex square to reinforce the base
• #3 zipper about 16” (40 cm) for optional zippered divider
• Pony beads or other decorative beads for the ends of the cording

UJAMAA GRANDMAS, a Calgary-based group of volunteers, is part of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers (G to G) Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF). SLF works to address the consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic upon families and communities in sub-Saharan Africa. The G to G Campaign supports the voices and expertise of grandmothers in Africa, whose leadership is critical in reclaiming hope and rebuilding resilience across their communities. As part of Grandmothers to Grandmothers, UJAMAA GRANDMAS is committed to the Campaign’s three goals:

• to raise awareness
• to build solidarity and
• to mobilize funds for community-based organizations that support African grandmothers and the children in their care.

Since 2004, as a result of a variety of fundraising activities, both handcrafts-related and otherwise, over $1,500,000 has been sent in support of the Campaign. To learn more about UJAMAA GRANDMAS and the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, visit www.ujamaagrandmas.com.

UJAMAA BAGETTES is a small sub-set of UJAMAA GRANDMAS, raising funds through the sale of pdf patterns and finished products. A very small portion of the proceeds from the sale of patterns is used to offset some of the costs of pattern testing and bag production. The remainder is sent to the Foundation to support our African sisters. BAGETTES’ finished bags are sold at the UJAMAA GRANDMAS annual BAGS, BABIES & BEYOND in Calgary, Alberta. If you have a technical question about this pattern, contact us at bagettes@ujamaagrandmas.com.

Emmaline Bags sells BAGETTES patterns online at emmalinebags.com. All profits from these pattern sales go directly to the Grandmothers Campaign. 

It is our privilege to work together to enable us to help these very courageous women and at the same time to express ourselves through our creativity.