{"id":1438,"date":"2019-02-12T07:39:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T14:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2019-02-12T07:39:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T14:39:35","slug":"making-beautiful-bags-for-mahjong-lovers-one-at-a-time-my-journey-through-the-world-of-mahjong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/making-beautiful-bags-for-mahjong-lovers-one-at-a-time-my-journey-through-the-world-of-mahjong\/","title":{"rendered":"Making beautiful bags for mahjong lovers one at a time! My journey through the world of mahjong."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bags<\/a><\/p>\n

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Years ago in my effort to offer a wide variety of fabrics I found a print with mahjong tiles. Since I am always on the lookout for fabrics that might reflect my customers interests and hobbies I bought some. I used it for my usual zippered bags, my Raven coin purse<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 and Scooter makeup accessory “use for everything” bag\u00a0 <\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Mahjong<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mah<\/p>\n

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As time went by I was asked to make a zippered pouch that would hold a mahjong card with an inside pocket for coins as there can be some friendly wagering involved.<\/p>\n

\"mahjongg<\/p>\n

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Although I had the mahjong fabric I knew nothing about the game itself. Luckily I have a friend named Google who told me all about it. I learned the card comes in two sizes and a new one is released each year. So I designed the Slide<\/span><\/a>, and made sure it would hold the larger size card.<\/p>\n

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\"card<\/p>\n

The next customer request I received jump started my focus on the mahjong equipment itself. I learned that some players liked to buy more than one set of the tiles. The tiles are fascinating little objects with a great feel in the hand and interesting suits of characters on them. The back of the tiles can have a variety of designs, which can make then appealing.\u00a0 You can find a description of the meaning of the tiles here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

When you have more than one set you might just need the perfect bag to hold, and even reflect, the tiles design. Enter my large Zini flat bottom bag.<\/a><\/span> I designed this to hold up to 166 tiles. It has proven to be very popular.<\/p>\n

\"flat<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Flat<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I learned of an issue that was in need of a solution. Mahjong is played using racks for the tiles to sit on, similar to Scrabble. You can buy a set of tiles and racks and they tend to come in a hard case like a briefcase. The problem with this case, besides not being especially attractive, is that that the tiles all sit on a special ledge inside the case and you have to put them in one by one. Too much work!<\/p>\n

After a fair amount of design work I had the solution and a beautiful one it is, if I do say so. I designed a soft sided open top tote which I call the tote-ster<\/a><\/span> that will hold the racks and the pushers for the tiles. It has a pocket inside for the above mentioned card. The tiles, now easily swept from the table into the large Zini, sit on top of the racks inside the tote-ster. Long handles allow the tote to be carried hands free on the shoulder.<\/p>\n

\"soft<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Soft<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tote<\/a><\/p>\n

\"tote<\/a><\/p>\n

\"soft<\/a><\/p>\n

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Then one more request came in. Can the tote have a zipper? Voila! The zippered tote-ster and large Zini<\/span><\/a> came into the world of Zoe. It’s a popular set and a product of which I am quite proud. They are beautiful. I made a custom set for one of my customers and then for her friend. She told me they thought about keeping them on display in their homes!<\/p>\n

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\"zippered<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Zippered<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"zippered<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Soft<\/a><\/p>\n

\"tote<\/a><\/p>\n

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Come take a look at all the mahjong bags in my shop!<\/span><\/a> Custom orders are welcome.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Years ago in my effort to offer a wide variety of fabrics I found a print with mahjong tiles. Since I am always on the lookout for fabrics that might reflect my customers interests and hobbies I bought some. I used it for my usual zippered bags, my Raven coin purse\u00a0 and Scooter makeup…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-behind-the-seams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1556,"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions\/1556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoesbagboutique.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}