Japanese Rice Bag Tutorial - A Dot-A-Day Bag

I must say I love it. I’m eighty next week. I have recently lost my husband of 59 years. I have been feeling a bit lost. Then I found your channel and saw all your lovely dots. I have been getting my supplies together and am going to start to make a dot a day. What fun. Think of how many dots I might be leaving my grands. Lol. But no kidding I do love your bag. Love the whole thing it speaks to my heart. Thank you so much.

You sound like a teacher when you say ‘are you listening’. Love it!!

A huge shout out to your beautiful rice bag, and your talents!

Once again I am blown away by your construction of the rice bag. So far I have made 6 dots and I shall be making a bag when I have enough . I am excited Jerri. by your craft /sewing work which is so unique . Thankyou for your gift of inspiration. and knowledge.

It’s so interesting to watch you hand sew. I learned to sew 50 years ago and always thought of hand sewing what you do to baste until you can get a machine involved. I’m going to have to rethink how I look at handwork.

K3N Has mentioned your channel so often, and then I procrastinate and then forget. Today....I am here and loving you! I love the dots!!

I love it Jeri... Your dots look fabulous and the muted colour palette really looks lovely... :)

Just LOVE it Jeri. A group of us at my embroidery guild are going to make a dot project and I will be making a Japanese Rice Bag with my dots. You are a wonderful teacher and I like that you are so thorough. Totally inspirational. ❤

When I made my rice bag, I made a patchwork rectangle front (equivalent to the height and 4x sides). Then I kantha quilted the front to the thin batting. (I cut the batting ½" larger than the front, then trimmed after, as it did shrink.) then I made the same sized lining piece and sewed it RS together all shut and sealed (think your little dots with a backing). I whipped stitched it into a tube (whipped side out). Then I made a square sealed bottom panel and whipped stitch to the bottom of the tube. Worked great and so easy to have each piece complete! (All hand sewn). So fun!

Thank you Jeri, you are a wonderful and generous teacher! I spent my honeymoon in Cape May in 1987. We are the same age. I'm in No. VA and if you ever do an in-person class, I'd be interested in attending. You inspire me to make more, keep moving, be grateful. Happy summer!

Oh my gosh! Another great video! Such a great way to put the rice bag together since your squares with dots already have finished edges. Love how you added the flannel to the lining. And to top it off that twine is amazing and matches perfectly. What a beautiful bag! Since I first started out making neutral squares and dots maybe I’ll make my rice bag with those since they have the finished edges. Thank you!!!

Love it, love it!! Yes I am going to make one too!!! I just found you recently and so enjoy watching you ! I share your age and love of anything fiber related . I keep very busy between, quilting , hand stitching, weaving and spinning fiber. I can’t imagine not having those things in my life . Thank you so much for sharing !!! ❤

Jeri! I do, indeed, LOVE IT! I have eight dots completed and will keep working. I love making the dots. So relaxing and I am feeling so creative and connected to the dots. BTW my dots are a neutral background but batik dots. I love your entire subdued color palette. Thanks so much for your efforts to be thorough in your installation. 😍

Absolutely love your dots. The fabrics sooo Beautiful ❤️❤️

Jeri, I LOVE YOUR RICE BAG❤! I most definitely will be making one. Just think of all of the new wrinkles we have added to our brain for more memory. What makes this bag and your dots so special is that it is completely handmade, which is really a lost art, for people want everything fast and easy.

I love it. I make bags and think this is delightful. What a great project to take out on the deck and sew away without having to lunge out my big sewing machine. And I have tons of left over batting from quilting so a great way to recycle that too.

I think I would take a spot, place it over where the four squares meet then stitch it right thru to the lining. It would hold the lining to the outer in a decorative way. A button would also work.

This is one of the nicest rice bags I’ve seen and I have seen a lot of them! You’ve inspired me to make a dot rice bag. You have a great channel 🥰

This is beautiful. I do like how you had the template to be sure everything fit perfectly. Thank you for sharing your method of assembly of the bag.❤ I do like the finished edges. This bag is wonderful definitely not a failure in any way.

The purpose of the quilting is to keep the batting in place. You have secured it in each section. I agree that it would add nothing to the outside. Lining and batting could be quilted if you thought it needed it. Love the bag.❤