Thora

Designed by UJAMAA BAGETTES

The AMMA Collection includes SVAVA, LAUFEY and SOFFIA, and now, we introduce THORA. “AMMA” is Icelandic for “Grandmother” and all the bags in this collection are named after the female ancestors of one of our BAGETTES.

Thora was brought to North America by her father; her mother remained in Iceland with her younger sister. Thora and her father started a new life. She attended high school and married at the age of 17 in North Dakota. Her family of five later moved to Oregon City. Thora became a highlyrespected, civic-minded, community member and has a school named after her, Thora B. Gardiner Middle School.

This small pouch has the same front zipper styling as the other AMMAS but has her own unique shape and can be worn as a belt bag, carried as a shoulder or crossbody bag, or via a wrist strap. Clip THORA to a walker or a bicycle for alternate hands-free use. THORA is a great addition to SOFFIA, nestling in just perfectly.

Emmaline Bags sells BAGETTES patterns online, and all profits from these pattern sales go directly to the Grandmothers Campaign. 

++ This is a PDF Pattern.

++ Instructions are in English only.

Features: 

• Great scrap buster project.
• Minimal hardware.
• Skill builder - add a zippered pocket overlay and card slots.
• Suitable for confident beginner and domestic sewing machine.
• Outside:
• Decorative front feature panel.
• Handy zippered front pocket, trimmed using the AMMA Collection bulk-free construction.
• Secure top zipper closure.
• Snap tabs on the back.
• Optional shoulder strap and wrist strap.
• Inside:
• Card slot pocket with 6 card slots.
• Inside key tether.
• Zippered pocket with an attractive overlay that incorporates a key tether.
• Inside slip pocket.

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 suitable for a Confident Beginner.

Approx. Finished Size:

• Finished Size: 6-3/4” x 11-1/2” (17 cm x 29 cm)

**** 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!

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.