How to Cut your H2O Hacks - H2O Sling Pattern by Linds Handmade Designs - Square Bottom/Front Pocket 

Thank you! I have now made my boxed bottom pattern and am ready to gather my materials to make my very first H2O 2Go sling!

This is the best video on cutting instructions I’ve ever seen.

What a great video!! Now if I could just hold my ruler in place properly I would have cut this all out in no time 😂

I love the boxed bottom but I must say I actually love the original credit card slot pocket. Your idea does make it much quicker however! The boxed bottom is a fabulous hack because the round bottom is the most difficult part of the original pattern.

THANK YOU so very much for this! It eliminates confusion to this old brain! YOU'RE THE BEST!

I’m am so so happy for this tutorial. I’m over here dancing 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽🎉🥳🥳🎉💃🏽💃🏽 thank you Amanda for share your skills and talent with the world

Just in time for family to come visit!!! Thank you!

Really awesome video!!! This is my favorite hack for this amazing pattern. More videos from Amanda please!! They are all great. ❤️

Excellent tutorial , love the visuals for the measurements and clear cutting instructions - thank you 😊

I am so glad I found your tutorial videos. Thank you for sharing your skill with us. Your teaching style is so good and easy to follow. Keep up the great work.

This Video was so easy to follow along. I find it easier for me to follow along with your cadence and no nonsense, to the point instructions. Thank You, great video

thank you for making a how to video on cutting the hacked version!

Yay! Sew excited :)

Omg thanks for this hack! I have the pattern and now I think I will be making more bags now.

I have a question Amanda: When I place the pattern piece for the sides on the two 6" cut pieces the pattern piece seems to be around a quarter inch too long for some reason...This happen yesterday when I made one so I just aligned the top part with the curves along the edge instead of the bottom...Should this fabric piece be cut a little longer so this matches the pattern piece? Should the 13 x 12 piece be adjusted to 13 1/4" x 12"? also when I cut the 3 - 5" pieces from the 8 x 15" piece my last piece is also a bit shorter on the side and is not quite 5" for some reason...I know I'm measuring correctly as I've been making bags for a long time, so any help is appreciated...Thank you!

Genuis tips for cutting and piecing the pattern. I love using the pattern piece reversed so you can cut it out on both sides....Thumbs up on all counts. I subscribed. Looking forward to more videos from you. Going to watch the instructional video now.

Thanks so much for sharing these great instructions!

Thanks for an awesome video so glad I found. Looking forward to see more videos. So looking forward to finally making this H2O sling pattern 😀

You should make a how to cut video for the Dayna Pack with the top zipper hack! I would love to see a video on that!

Can you please provide the dimensions of all the pieces once you have the cut? This will be so much easier to figure out the cut sizes without rewinding multiple times. It will also make it easier for me cut each piece from a variety of fabric for the pocket. Thank you!

Great video ❤

Brilliant! Many thanks.

Excellent video!!!

First, let me say how much I appreciate you sharing your talent. Sencondly - Help! After printing the pattern, checking the scale box is accurate and perfectly matching up the triangles to be diamonds, my measurements for the height (after adding 2 inches to the bottom) is 13.5. inches. The directions are to cut the fabric to 13 inches. I've already cut the WPC lining to the pattern, what can I do to make this work? Do I need to add 1/2 inch to the side pieces? What about the middle piece? Not sure how to make this work...After searching the comments I see that others have had this problem as well. Can you post what the fix is, please?

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you 😊

Amazing video. I know what I am working on this weekend. Excellent work. The tutorial is good!!!!

Thank you so much for this!! So much easier!!

I needed this video! Thank you!

Great tutorial!

Thank you. This is awesome

THANK YOU!!!!!

I love your tutorials. Do you have any other h20 hacks such as zipper gusset

Thank you

This was great at first. Got everything set up and ready. Starting to cut the fabric from the pattern and I found the paper pattern is 13.5 long so this makes my fabric pattern to short. Did it twice and still got it. Guess I need to recheck your cuts.

Hello and thank you for this tutorial. I have not started the cutting yet but have read many comments about the measurements not adding up. I noticed on the video that you are only using the Main Body Lining Piece for cutting out the pattern. This is what you add the 2 inches to. Could this be the problem for some, they may be using the Main Body Exterior piece? Any clarification would be greatly appreciated. I look foward to trying this out. Thanks so much again.

Kindly new water bottle cover cutting and stitching video share plz

Amanda - I'm SO Glad I came across your H2O hack...!!! Love this slip/zip pocket hack. Can I ask...why seam allowances were not added since you now added 2 new seams. Maybe it's being added with the pieces you're inserting..? Just wondering if these new seams affect the opening of the H2O? In my original I use a 32oz. water bottle and it's already snug. Thank you for this video and I look forward to your response.

Can you also do the cinched top with this method?

I must have done something wrong. I printed pattern. Added two inches to the bottom. I cut the 13x12, but My pattern is coming up 1/2 inch taller when I place pattern on top of fabric after I had cut it in half. I have checked over and over to make sure I placed pattern together correctly. I can not figure out what is wrong. The pattern is 13 1/2 inches tall not 13. Can you figure out what I have done wrong. The only thing I can figure is if I match the triangles on top of each other I will get the 13”. If I stack the triangles to make diamonds the way you show, then the pattern is 1/2 inch to tall Any ideas..🤔

So I have a question, this pattern is super super cool. And it is great for those water bottles that don't have the handles on them like the ever so popular Stanley cup ones that people are just going gaga over. So I recently bought a Stanley knock off from Hobby Lobby that in my opinion is WAY better than the Stanley and MUCH MUCH cheaper! I'd love to figure out if there is a way to hack this pattern to accommodate that handle! I have seen bags that are for sale that are for these cups but I wanna make my own. It can't be THAT hard to do but wondered if you all thought the same and would consider doing a hack to accommodate that wonderful Stanley-like cup. :-).

This is so awesome! Thanks for this step by step instructions. I hope this doesnt sound stupid but do you have or know where I can find a tutorial on how to apply the SF101 to the fabric? Thanks

Love your video! So thankful to have found your channel. I don't have a ton of time this weekend to prepare this bag for my son's summer church camp, leaving on Monday. I feel I'll be able to accomplish this quicker than the original. Quick question! Did you use 1 1/2 inch hardware or 1 inch???? Thank you again for your awesomeness!

I wish you used these that you cut for the next video, because I dont know what the contrast piece is. The inside of the pockets? Thanks

When I tape the lining patterns together, top to bottom, it's 13 1/4" high so the 13 x 12 will be too short.

Hi, the measurements aren't matching up with the paper pattern? I'm trying to figure out what went wrong, but did everything as you showed?

Great tutorial, but I didn't catch the size of zipper just how long. thanks

Love your video! Thanks but just a mention those are not squares a 12 by 13 is not a square but a rectangle! Just an FYI

Ty

I can't find waterproof canvas here in Columbus Ohio. What could I use instead in place of it? I want to start this so bad...love it and your amazing teacher!!

What if I still want the round bottom do I still add 2 inches

Would vinyl as the exterior be ok to use with this hack?

How big is the lining please!!

Question. Can you use the lining template to cut out the exterior pieces or do I need to tape together the peices that you show

What am I doing wrong? If I add 2" to pattern it doesn't measure 13". Print size is correct according to the little 1" square. If I add 1.75" to bottom it makes 13" but will I have problems later? Excellent video!

This is awesome! So I don’t have those things you put down on top of the pattern to hold the pattern in place. Is there something else one could use as a weight until one could get the proper weights for this? Thanks!

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Could you not place it on fold instead of over lapping the pattern?

Hi. My pattern piece is 1/2 “ shorter than yours...🤦‍♀️ Any explanation??? It’s true to size on my printer. When I attempt on out out my main piece, I have 1/2” longer sticking up on the top????

How big is the piece of water proof canvas?

Do you have a construction video? If so where do I find it?

Im kinda loosing it here. lol. We are only using the liner pattern piece? How is the actual liner going to be smaller (tighter) when we sew them together? wouldn't the seam allowances make the outer bag the smaller pieces? I have already cut my rectangles so b4 I go any further I thought I would ask.

Do you recommend the 1½" webbing or 1"?

Where do you purchase your waterproof canvas?

You show them wrong sides together

Omg this is making my brain hurt! So before I started, I checked my inch boxes to make sure the pattern pieces are the correct size. Then I added my 2” to the bottom and cut out all my fabric pieces. BUT... when I went to cut the curves from my main body side pieces, the pattern pieces are in fact 1/4” too big! How is this possible and what do I do now? I’ve already cut my fabric exactly to the tutorial and cannot afford to waste the material!! Can I cut off the 1/4” or is that going to totally ruin the shape, 😖😖😖 I’m so annoyed. I’ve made bags before but never had so much hassle and things go wrong with this one! The original oval bottom is impossible on a domestic machine despite being told it can handle it. Funnily enough the tutorial doesn’t show how they get the oval base under the machine at the start! I wasted so much time and material and eventually had to do a boxed bottom. Still not happy with the finished bag as particularly wanted the curved pocket. The bag was for my daughters 30th and I wanted it to be perfect which it was not. As I’ve just started a dog walking business I thought I’d make myself a dog walking bag with the front pocket and boxed bottom hacks and now that doesn’t even work. And I paid for this pattern!! 😡

Just reverse one of them before you print

Your tutorial is great, however, ditch the background music. I have to wear headphones and it’s so distracting, hard to hear you talk.

Would it harm anything to add fleece lining to the back of the waterproof lining, for insulation? Maybe with double-sided tape? Or thicker fusable lining on the main pieces? My daughter specifically asked for an *insulated* bottle bag.

I made one today!! Thanks for the detailed tutorial!! My pocket ended up being 4 inches wide. How would you increase the pocket width?? My phone barely fits 🫣