Bag for handwork

[mrspez07]

What do you keep your embroidery/knitting/hand sewing stuff in when you are at home? When you travel is it the same?

I’ve been using VS or heavy paper gift bags with the flat bottom and ribbon handles for a long time to just hold the single cross stitch project I was working on, but now it’s stuffed with English paper piecing and multiple cross stitch projects and it snagged on something recently, so I figured I would replace it with something more permanent. Any recs?
And I don’t really want to make my own, sorry.

[egeiger]

My sister made me a bag but it’s a big crossbody. The key for me is that each project goes into a two gallon plastic bag to keep them separated. Smaller if warranted.

[aprilsails]

I use these drawstring bags:

www.incolororder.com/2011/10/lined-drawstring-bag-tutorial.html?m=1

I find that the free tutorial size is perfect for most of my knitting projects and for handwork. I have a couple of them.

[mala]

I put small projects and supplies that fit into photo boxes from the craft store. Yarn and larger things go in ziplocs. If I'm taking it somewhere it will get tossed in my purse or I'll put it in a tote, backpack, or whatever else I have thats appropriate for it to fit. At home they go in a dedicated drawer or cabinet when Im not working, since the toddler will run off with whatever I leave out. (Though shes left the stash buster blanket I'm crocheting completly alone!)

[mala]

Sewing groups are going nuts over the kandou project bag. Its a drawstring and I know many sellers on etsy are making them for sale (not many actually call them the kandou bag, though, fyi)

[aprilsails]

Sept 30, 2020 6:50:53 GMT -5 mala said:

Sewing groups are going nuts over the kandou project bag. Its a drawstring and I know many sellers on etsy are making them for sale (not many actually call them the kandou bag, though, fyi)

Oh that is an awesome bag. I need another project bag like a hole in the head but that is a tempting Christmas gift to make for some other sewists in my family.

[caddywompus]

I use a tapestry tote bag that has a big outer pocket and 2 inner pockets, one with a zipper, for my cross stitch projects.

[dragon's breath]

I use a small canvas zippered bag for traveling with a sock project (large enough to hold the project and a tablet and/or my kindle, as well as a toothbrush holder with "parts" (extra needles, measuring tape, crochet hook for dropped stitches) and a small coin purse with other parts (clips, markers, etc).

For a larger project, or more "stuff", I'll bump up to a small messenger bag.

I've also used a small fabric lunch bag, or a "reusable grocery" style bag I picked up traveling.

If I'm traveling light (9 days and limited to 17.5 lbs on the flight), I'll put a sock project in a little sleeve made for a travel blanket and limit "parts".

When I've had a larger project (queen size quilt with a lap frame), I used a rolling suitcase to bring it back and forth to work (I can do projects like this on "off shifts").

Honestly, I kind of have a tote/bag obsession though, and always seem to add to it when I travel somewhere. None of the bags I use are "specialized crafting bags", just stuff I have around the house.