The April Bag is Almost Here!
The big reveal is coming soon... but if you join us before the countdown timer ends, you will get the April bag (and all future bags) on release day. No waiting every 30 days, just more fun stitching up these fun designs.
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The April Bag is Here!
MEL's What the Flap Bag is the perfect way to carry your iPad, tablet, favorite book, and more while you're on the go. Grab your essentials, pop them into your gorgeous What the Flap Bag and meet friends for coffee, have entertainment at the doctor's office, or anything else your heart desires. Choose your favorite flap design or make all 3 and interchange them!
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Are you ready for a new adventure?
Journey with us through 2021 and beyond, as we create a gorgeous new bag each month, designed to help you do more of what you love and nourish your soul throughout the year.
Join thousands of people around the world as we create each new bag together. Stretch your comfort zone, improve your skills, and discover things you never thought you could do as you stitch up these fun, useful bags each month.
Introducing MEL's Bag of the Month Club
for Machine Embroidery Lovers
Join MEL as she shares her story every month by unveiling a new bag design that you can complete from the comfort of your home.
We invite you to grab a friend, choose some of your favorite materials, jump in with both feet, and embrace one of the things you love to do most: create.
Each month, on the 21st, a new bag design will be released, featuring gorgeous Machine Embroidery, maybe with some appliqué and/or quilting thrown in.
In addition to getting a beautiful new pattern each month, you will also have the chance to connect with machine embroidery lovers just like you all over the world in our private community.
That’s part of what makes this club oh so special - we will all be working on our bags together throughout the year! Sharing our own adventures with our bags, celebrating our wins, and enjoying the time spent together with our machines.
But these bags aren’t just any bags… they’re bags made with your very own two hands.
Something money can't buy.
Reminders that you can create something beautiful.
The bags you make during this year will give you a creative outlet, a way to keep your mind busy, and a space where you can connect with others all around the world who share your passion. Plus, they’re a great way to use that stash you’ve been promising yourself you would get to. Solids, unique prints, fun materials… they all have a place in MEL’s Bag of the Month Club!
~ Susan F ~
I love it and can’t wait to make another one! Thanks Sarah for another great project!
~ Claire M ~
Once I had made one, one of my friend wanted it and then I thought about whom I could give it to, so here are my 3 bags! One is for me! I love this pattern and I am looking forward to future months!
~ Kathy Sodt ~
Thanks for the videos Sarah. I’m a visual learner. I do a lot of embroidery projects. I’m excited to see what the next bag will be. I plan on making this design again.
What's Included Each Month?
A New Bag Each Month
- Do you like to change out your bag often or have options readily available? Making a new bag each month allows you to do just that!
- Plus, these make great gifts because they are practical, beautiful, and relatively quick to stitch out.
Detailed Instructions
- Download a PDF file with step-by-step instructions that show you just what to do each month - complete with detailed diagrams!
- AND/OR watch the video tutorials that will guide you every step of the way.
Multi-Formatted Designs
- Designs that can be used in all brands of embroidery machines so you can join the fun no matter what brand of machine you own.
- Includes: ART, ART80, DST, EXP, JEF, PES, and VP3.
- Required hoop size: 6" x 10" (150mm x 260mm)
Online Portal
- Each month will be delivered to you via an online portal which allows you to access everything included from any computer, tablet or phone anywhere you are connected to the Internet.
- No more worrying about losing a CD or having your computer crash. You can access the portal 24/7! Plus you get unlimited downloads which means less stress when technology doesn't behave.
A Private Online Community
- A place for you to ask questions, share your successes and challenges, and form lasting friendships with other quilters all over the world.
- Beginners are welcome! Our spaces are positive and uplifting for individuals of all skills and levels.
- You will also receive an invitation each week to join our LIVE zoom call!
Lifetime Access
- Once you pay for a month, it will be available to you for life! You can make a new bag each month with us or set your own pace.
- Don't want to make a certain bag right now? Skip it, it will be available for you to make later (it might end up being a perfect gift for someone special!)
- Want to come back months or years later and make a bag again? It will be right here waiting for you.
Take a look at the bags that have been released so far...
April 2021: MEL's What the Flap Bag
Start here with either subscription option or get the bag as a one-time purchase.
MEL's What the Flap Bag measures 9" x 12" x 3" deep and offers all the options! Choose your favorite flap or stitch them all, and interchange them with the easy snap-on design. Make a tablet sleeve or zipper purse - yes, all with the same design! This design has it all :-)
March 2021: MEL's On The Run Shopping Bag
Only available as an add-on purchase with a monthly or annual subscription.
MEL's On the Run Shopping Bag measures 12" x 16" x 7" and features the word SHOPPING on the front. A chic diamond design and a "secret" zipper pocket is on the back - that just happens to be the exact same size as a chocolate bar!
February 2021: MEL's Everyday Bucket Bag
Only available as an add-on purchase with a monthly or annual subscription.
MEL's Everyday Bucket Bag comes in 2 sizes. The large one is 8" x 10" and 4" deep. The small one is 6" x 8" and 4" deep.
Make the large or small version depending on your needs - or make them both!
January 2021: Call Me Chic Phone Organizer
Only available as an add-on purchase with a monthly or annual subscription.
The Call Me Chic Phone Organizer measures 4" x 7" and includes 4 different front flap designs so you can choose the one you love the most, make multiple and switch them out, and just have fun with this bag!
The April Bag... MEL's What the Flap Bag
Now that MEL has made and is enjoying the different bags so far, it occurred to her that one thing was missing from her collection - a bag to protect and tote her iPad when she wanted to take it with her out of the house.
MEL loved having her iPad with her at the doctor, when babysitting sleeping grandchildren, and even being productive while enjoying a change of scenery at the local coffee shop. But she didn't love having to tote the expensive device along with her purse, mask, and coffee in hand!
MEL's What the Flap Bag is the perfect solution! With large zippered pockets and a protective flap featuring gorgeous machine embroidery applique, MEL can safely bring her iPad with her without worrying about dropping it. Don't have an iPad? Bring your favorite electronic device, writing tablet, or even a book or quilting magazine with you!
The flap buttons to the bag which means two glorious things - 1) it's quick and easy to attach because it's not stitched in and 2) you can change the flap design based on your mood, outfit, the day of the week, or anything your heart desires! All 3 flap designs are included, of course!
MEL's What the Flap Bag measures 9" x 12" x 3" deep and looks great in cork, fabric, or leather! The 3 zippered pockets will protect even the smallest items from falling out and getting lost and are in tiered sizes so you can have small things, like your pen, within fingertip's reach while also storing your larger items, like an iPad, in a different pocket.
You can also use this same design to make a tablet sleeve measuring 9" x 12"!
~ Melody F ~
I must tell you again, I love your projects and your detailed instructions, even a beginner could do your projects without fail. I have done your projects in the past as well as many other designer's projects -- no one compares to you and your meticulously detailed projects!
~ Vickie B ~
I did my first purse and I think I am addicted! Thank goodness for the video instructions!
~ Carol Y~
How precise Sarah’s instructions were! Made the learning experience so much easier. I couldn’t have picked a better person to learn from and I was totally in the dark about who she was and how good she was. And including a FB group to the mix... truly the best!
Where will your bag take you?
We are so excited to bring together the love of machine embroidery and sewing with the love of having the perfect bag for every occasion. MEL's Bag of the Month Club promises to be loads of fun, an amazing way to connect with other people, and of course, full of gorgeous patterns and designs you'll love to stitch and everyone will want.
There are three options to sign up and join us!
Option 1 - Purchase the Current Month's Bag Only
Love the look of the current bag but not sure you want to stitch a different bag every month? This is the perfect option for you! Available from the 21st (release day!) through the 17th.
Option 2 - Sign Up for the Monthly Subscription & SAVE
You love making bags and want to receive a new one each month? This option includes a bag each month for a reoccurring, automatic payment. This is a true subscription product - you will start with the current month's bag. Cancel anytime. Previous months will be available for purchase at a discounted price.
Option 3 - Sign Up for an Annual Subscription & SAVE EVEN MORE!
Each year you will receive 12 bags, delivered to you digitally each month. Your subscription will start with the current month's bag. Previous months will be available for purchase at a discounted price.
This option gives you 2 months {FREE} when compared with option 2.
April 2021: MEL's What the Flap Bag
March 2021: MEL's On the Run Shopping Bag
February 2021: MEL's Everyday Bucket Bag
January 2021: Call Me Chic Phone Organizer
