{"id":56676,"date":"2016-07-21T11:43:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T15:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=56676"},"modified":"2016-07-19T09:42:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T13:42:44","slug":"party-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/07\/party-bags.html","title":{"rendered":"party bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s an idea for your next party. Try sewing up some party bags or goodie bags (you know, the &#8220;going home&#8221; bags for your party guests) using the Drawstring Bag pattern from <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/books\/OLV-OS026LIT.html\">Little Things to Sew<\/a>. You can customize them to go along with the theme of the party.<\/p>\n<p>I sewed a bunch of goodie bags using different cat fabrics and made them into string backpacks. I know what you are thinking: crafty mother overkill. But the project doesn\u2019t have to be too overwhelming; just skip the lining for a quicker project or better yet just sew it up using the lining pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/partyT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-56678\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/partyT-760x1121.jpg\" alt=\"Party bags made using the Drawstring Bag pattern from Oliver + S Little Things to Sew\" width=\"760\" height=\"1121\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/partyT-760x1121.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/partyT-500x738.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/partyT-768x1133.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/partyT-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of parties, why not try using drawstring bags instead of paper gift bags the next time you give a gift?<\/p>\n<p>Also in this series<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/06\/travel-kit-bag.html\">Travel kit bag<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/07\/drawstring-backpack.html\">Drawstring backpack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/07\/memory-game.html\">Memory game<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/07\/pajama-storage-bag.html\">Pajama storage bag<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next up in our Drawstring Bag series are party bags. Sew up some cute goodie bags for your next party to hand out to your party guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7455,"featured_media":56677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[18,56],"class_list":["post-56676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-inspiration","tag-little-things-to-sew"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/partyF.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-eK8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57395,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/09\/shoe-bag.html","url_meta":{"origin":56676,"position":0},"title":"shoe bag","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"September 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We're wrapping up our Drawstring Bag series with a shoe bag. 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