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1Pretty Pursesmelanie teSta2 Blue Evening BagSuSan BruBaker knaPP

3 Yellow Evening Bag

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4 Purple Evening BagSuSan BruBaker knaPP

5 Mini Messenger Bag

luanne HedBlom

6Easy & ElegantQuilted Baglinda & laura kemSHall

7 Artful Eco Bag

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We spend so much time honing ou at quilting skills,

what bette way to show o ou wok than by spoting it

when wee out and about?

In this e-book we shae with you seven stylish quilted

bag designs om some o ou avoite Quilting Artsatists. I you ae planning a night on the town, look

no uthe than Melanie Testas Petty Puse designs.

Sophisticated and chic with a spakling zippe o added

sizzle, this puse will make you a sue-e ashionista

whethe you ae hitting the coee house o the matini

ba.

Susan Bubake Knapp oes thee elegant puse designs

to use those gloiously painted, stamped, and stenciled

abics youve been ceating and saving o just that

special poject. I made one o these classic evening bagso my mothewho lives in the bling capital o the

wold, Las Vegasand she tells me she is the envy o all

o he ashionable iends!

Like to pint imagey on inkjet abic? LuAnne Hedblom

shows you how to pesonalize you bags by digitally

alteing a avoite design o pictue, pinting it on abic,

and showcasing it on the fap o a mini-messenge bag.

I you love embellishment and stitch, but not necessaily

the inticacies o sewing pattens, then Linda and Laua

Kemshalls Easy & Elegant Quilted Bag is o you. Asnap to assemble, you can spend the bunt o you time

decoating it.

Lastly, you can be the talk o the poduce aisle by making

one o Kelli Pekinss coloul, eco-iendly gocey

bags. Kelli clevely added ties on the sides o these

bags so they can be olled up and stoed in you glove

compatment.

Enjoy!

Patricia (Pokey) Bolton

Editor-in-ChiEf

1Pretty Pursesmelanie teSta ...........................................................................32 Blue Evening BagSuSan BruBaker knaPP ...........................................................5

3 Yellow Evening Bag

SuSan BruBaker knaPP ...........................................................5

4 Purple Evening BagSuSan BruBaker knaPP ...........................................................5

5 Mini Messenger Bag

luanne HedBlom ......................................................................8

6Easy & Elegant Quilted Bag

linda & laura kemSHall .................................................... 12

7 Artful Eco Bag

kelli nina PerkinS .................................................................16

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Q u i C k & pyturning wholecloth quilts into sweet little purses

Hees a quick and easy git idea. These quilted puses

ae un to make. Because theye made om a quilted

sandwich, thee ae numeous options o pesonalizing

them. I like to stat with one o my wholecloth painted

abics and ee-motion quilt it to enhance the painted

design. Howeve, you can use any abics o you

choice to ceate you puses.

by MelAnie testA

M A T E r I A L S

Zpp, 7" ld bm

Fb p d bkg(9" 15" gl h)

Bg (9" 15" gl)

swg mh wh -mpbl

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DirectionsCeate cloth o the ace o you1.puse. (The 9" 15" ectangle

includes seam allowance, plus

about 1" additional abic on all

4 sides to allow o shinkage

duing quilting.) You may choose

to paint a wholecloth design as I

Let: This painted wholecloth design was

ree-motion quilted and used as the abric or

the purse shown above.

did, ceate a abic collage,o use commecial abic.

You could also piece abics

togethe, i you wish.

Sandwich the ace, batting, and2.

backing and quilt the layes

togethe using ee-motion stitching.

Tace the puse patten onto the3.

quilt sandwich and cut it out. Do not

cut the notches in the middle o the

patten as these will be cut late.

Fold the abic in hal to ceate the4.

puse shape so that the inside o the

puse is acing out. Set the zippe

and sew it in place. (Fig. A)

Tim the ace, batting, and backing5.

below the zippe tape to hal the

oiginal seam allowance.

Open the zippe hal way.6.

Using a " seam allowance, staight7.stitch down each side o the puse.

Then zigzag stitch the aw edges to

nish.

Fig. A

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Cut a notch on each side o the8.

bottom edge.

Pinch the cutouts open, sew a9.

" seam, and then machine zigzag

stitch to nish the aw edge.

(Fig. B)

Hand sew the zippe tape to the10.

inside to conceal the aw edges o

the quilt sandwich. (Fig. C)

Tun it ight-side out and voil:11.you have a petty puse!

resourcesZipper

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Fig. B

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M A T E r I A L S

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Fb p bkg ( bml gly b, wll hw h hd pd)

F q b p lg

thd pg d qlg

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by susAn brubAker knApp

these little evening bags make geat accessoies,as you can constuct them in any abicto match you holiday ensemble, whethe

its unky o elegant, atsy o casual. Add suace

design elements to dess up you bag, o go withoutand keep it simple and speedy. Then choose om a

long stap, a shot one, o none at all.

DirectionssurfAceDesignAnDembellishment

Enlage the pattens povided1.

hee to the desied size, o dat

you own. My blue and puple

bags measue about 11" at thei

widest point; the yellow pint bag

is about 10" wide. (I you enlage

the pattens hee by 315 pecent,

those ae the appoximate sizes

youll get.)

Cut a piece o the exteio abic2.

that is 2"3" lage in both

diections than the puse patten.

This gives you oom o the seamallowance and povides some exta

o daw-up duing the quilting

and embellishing.

I you want to embellish you bag,3.

do it now. Fist, place the abic

you ae using o the exteio

ight-side up on a fat suace.

Tace aound the patten

with a wate-soluble make

o chalk make, but do not

cut out yet. This is the nished

size. Cut a piece o batting and

backing abic slightly lage than the

top abic.NOTE:Keep any hand stitching or

beading slightly within the marked lines

or your bag, since you will be cutting out

the pieces or the bag beore stitching it

together and you dont want to cut through

any stitching or be sewing over beads. Any

quilting should go past the marked lines.

Fo the puple bag, I stated with a

hand-dyed abic. Then I stenciled a

eathe moti onto it with blue, white,and silve abic paint. Once the paint

was dy, I heat set it. Ate layeing this

abic with the batting and backing

abic, I quilted aound the eathes

and then beaded the aeas between the

stenciled designs with puple and blue

beads in a eathe design.

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on the taced line. Poceed

until you ae 12" om the top,

and backstitch. (This 12" is let

unstitched because the lining will

attach hee.) repeat o the othe

side. Tim seams and clip cuves

to eliminate bulk and make cuves

smooth.

Tun the bag ight-side out and use3.

a blunt-tipped tool to poke out the

cones and smooth the cuves.

mAkethelining

Take the patten, cut it on the1.line maked Bottom (old) and

place both pieces ace down on

the wong side o the lining abic.

Tace aound both pieces. Then

mak a second line 12" outside the

st line o the seam allowance

(this is the cutting line). Cut out

on the cutting line.

Fo the blue bag, I used a abic om Lonni rossis

Paintbox Bights collection by Andove Fabics and

simply quilted aound the white vine motis.

Fo the yellow bag, I took seveal dotted abics om

BasicGeys Uban Coutue line by Moda, slicedthem into stips, sewed them back togethe, quilted

them with a squae moti, and then hand stitched

with pele cotton in a simple chicken scatch

patten.

constructthebAgTake the patten and place it ace down on the1.

wong side o the piece you have pepaed o the

ont o the evening bag. Using a wate-soluble o

chalk make, tace aound the patten and mak

the old line. Then mak a second line 12" outsidethe st line o the seam allowance (this is the

cutting line). Cut out on the cutting line.

Fold the bag on the old line, ight sides2.

togethe, and pin. Stating at the olded edge,

and backstitching, sew 1 side o the bag togethe

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Place these 2 pieces ight sides2.

togethe with the piece o the

ont on top. Sew up the sides o

the lining in the same manne

that you sewed the outside o

the bag, leaving 12" at the top o

the sides, and leaving the bottom

unstitched. (You will sew this

seam at the vey end, ate the bag

and lining ae stitched togethe.)

Leave the lining inside out.3.

Place the bag exteio inside the

lining, so that the ight sidesae togethe. Match the side

seams (nge pessing the seams

open) and pin along the top and

fap edges. Sew togethe on the

maked lines. Tim the seams and

clip the cuves to eliminate bulk

and make the cuves smooth.

Tun the bag ight-side out and use4.

a blunt-tipped tool to poke out the

cones and smooth the cuves. Put

the lining inside the bag exteio.

Pess the edges and then topstitch

vey close to the seam line. Take

cae and go slowly though the

bulky seams.

Pull the lining out and then old5.

unde and pess the bottom aw

edges about 12". It is best i the

lining is just slightly shote than

the inside o the bag so it will notbunch up inside. Pin and sew a

vey small seam (18" o so) along

the bottom to close. Put the lining

back inside the bag.

You may need to tack the lining to6.

the inside o the bag in a ew places

so it will lie fat on the fap.

finishingup

Make the stap: Cut o piece a1.stip 112" wide by 2" longe than

the desied length. Pess the stip

in hal lengthwise, ight-side out.

Pess each edge in to the cente

old, then old in hal on the cente

old to tuck the aw edges in.

Topstitch each long edge. Tun the

aw edge unde 14" on each end

and sew by hand to the inside o

the bag at the seam line.

Ceate closues: Each o my bags2.

is held closed with a small piece

o Velco hand stitched to the

undeside o the fap and the ont

o the bag. Attach a button o

accent piece to the ont o the fap

to add inteest, i desied.

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ssBa ginkjet fabric collage

dont you love it whensomeone makes you aspecial git? Something unique,

pesonal, and peectly suited

to you? Well, the best way toinspie that ceative spiit

in othes is to make

something special o

the people on you

git list.

I enjoy making

bags that eatue

my own natue-

themed collages,which combine antique

fowe o bid images

with vintage text. I pint my

collages on inkjet cotton sheets

and combine these pints

with commecial cotton abics

o a one-o-a-kind handmade git.

The mini messenge bag eatued

hee is a quick and simple poject.

Howeve, you may need to pint youinkjet collage a day ahead o sewing

to allow sucient time o the ink to

dy, depending on which type o inkjet

cotton sheet you use.

by luAnne HedbloM

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mAkingyourinkjetcollAgeprint

Choose o design a collage to1.

use in you 7" squae. You can

scan a taditional cut-and-paste

pape collage to pint o, i youe

amilia with Photoshop o simila

compute at pogams, you can

scan vaious vintage images om

you collection into you computeto laye into a digital collage, as

I have done. I you dont collect

antique pints, most bookstoes sell

clipat books with CDs that oe

many beautiul vintage images you

can use o you digital o pape

compositions.

M A T E r I A L S

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h bg fp 12 yd Fb a*: b bg bdy d hld p

12 yd 1 q Fb B*: b bg d fp lg

12 yd Pll Fbl Fl987F (th wh i p; hbl y, b hdl d mpwh hg.)

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n: In sewing, you will lose the outer

" o your collage image or the seam

allowance all around, so make sure no

critical artistic elements all within the

outer " o your collage image. Note

my use o striped abric border strips

around the edges o the bags collage;

text, plain, or textured backgrounds

around the border work well, too, to

help keep your design intact without

worrying about where the seam line

alls.

Pint you collage on an inkjet2.

cotton sheet, ollowing the

manuactues instuctions. Fo

pinting, I usually incease theimage contast and satuation,

because abic absobs moe ink

than pape would. Also, I have

ound that on my Epson C120

pinte, using the best photo

and pemium matte pape pint

settings woks best o me.

Tip: ikj h b ly,

d w, p y mg

( m dk pbl) h

b g hw lk. Wh myp, h dk p m y

b bgh, h b wll lkly b

gh.

Allow the sheet to dy accoding3.

to the poduct diections.

rinse the sheet well to assue4.

all excess ink is emoved. Once

its dy, I always pess it on the

wong side at the cotton/ull steam

setting to make sue that anyshinkage occus beoe I cut my

7" squae o the bag fap.

n: Its best to ollow the

manuacturers instructions or rinsing,

drying, and ironing your printed image.

sewingthebAgWhen you inkjet collage pint is1.

dy, ioned, and eady to use, cut

out all you patten pieces:

B by: Cut 2 pieces

7" 10" each o Fabic A,

Fabic B, and usible feece.

B fp: Cut 1 piece 7" 7"

each o inkjet collage, Fabic B,

and usible feece.

Sp: Cut 1 piece 4" 42" o

Fabic A. Cut 1 piece 2" 42"

o usible feece.

Tip: i y kj llg mg h

b h hk b lghly l h 7 12" q, d p. J b

l gh pl b d h mg

qlly, h h ll 7 12" q wh

y mg d.

Following the poduct2.

instuctions, use the feece pieces

to the wong side o the inkjet

pint fap and the 2 Fabic A main

bag pieces. Set the bag pieces

aside.

n: Fusible Fleece is not supposed to

shrink. However, just beore I use it in

place, I hold the steam iron about 12"

above the surace and steam well over

the entire surace o the piece Im about

to use. It only takes a ew extra seconds

and assures that any miniscule potential

shrinkage occurs beore I use the eece

to my abric piece. I think it gives a

nicer fnish to my used pieces.

Put a pin in the top edge o you3.

used inkjet collage to tempoaily

mak it as the top. Place the Fabic

B fap lining and the inkjet collage

fap ight sides togethe; they

should be the same size. Using a

" seam allowance, sew down one

side, acoss the bottom, and up

the othe side. Leave the top edge

open, emove you making pin,

and tun the fap ight-side out,

being caeul to make sue you

cones ae ully tuned and cisp.

n: Your ap should now be about

7" wide by 7" long, with raw edges at

the top.

Pess the fap, making sue the4.

edges ae all even and staight.

With the ight-side up, topstitch

"" om the side and bottom

edges. Finally, stitch acoss the top

vey close to the aw edge, just to

keep all the layes togethe neatly.

Machine quilt the 2 Fabic A5.

main bag pieces as desied.

Staight stitching is easy and it

always looks good. Fo quilting

guidelines, I use tailos chalk to

daw a line down the cente o the

pieces lengthwise, and then I daw

a line evey 1" o so to eithe side,

but no close than " to the edges.

Ate stitching the quilting lines,bush away any emaining chalk.

Tip: F bl , h mhg

qlg hd. F , h

g l, kg y hd l

m y kj llg. chgg

hd d b gd wy

dd .

Place the 2 quilted main bag6.

pieces ight sides togethe and sew

with a " seam allowance: down1 long side, acoss the bottom,

and up the othe long side, leaving

the top open. Tun ight-side out,

cones cisp, edges staight and

even, and pess.

Cente the 2" stip o usible7.

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Fabic A stap piece and use it in

place. Fold the unused abic on

eithe side o the feece stip in, so

the lengthwise edges meet in the

cente, ight sides up and pess.

(The feece is now completelyenclosed by abic.) Fold the stap

in hal lengthwise, pin the olded

edges togethe as needed to secue,

and stitch " om the edge all the

way along both long edges. Pess.

Match each aw end o the stap8.

with the aw top edge o 1 side

o the Fabic A bag back, ight

sides togethe and about " away

om the side seams. (I youveused assoted abics, this is the

intended back.) Take time to

double-check and make sue the

stap is not twisted beoe you

stitch. Stitch close to the aw edge

to secue, taking cae to stitch

though only 1 laye o the bag.

Match the aw edge o the collage9.

bag fap with the aw edge o

Fabic A bag, ight sides togethe,

on top o the stap laye youve

just sewn. Pin as needed to secue,

and stitch all the way acoss the

top, close to the aw edge, again

stitching though only 1 laye o

the bag. Set aside.

n: The ap, lining-side out, should

now cover the strap and should just

barely meet each side seam o the bag.

On 1 shot end o each Fabic B10.

lining piece, pess a geneous "

towad the back side, but do not

sew along the pessed edge yet.

Place both Fabic B bag lining

pieces ight sides togethe, with the

pessed unde ends matching. Sew

" seam along each long edge.

Slip the inside-out Fabic B lining11.

tube up ove the bag/stap/fap

assembly, so the aw top edges match

and the side seams align. The ight

side o the lining should be acing

the ight side o the bag undeneathon 1 side, and the fap lining on the

othe side. Pin as needed to secue

the aw edges. Sew with a " seam

allowance all the way aound this top

edge o the bag/lining.

Pull the lining up ove the top12.

o the bag, tuning the lining

ight-side out, but keep the bag fap

and stap with the Fabic A bag

section o now. Flatten the liningsection, with seams to each side, and

stitch the peviously pessed-unde

edges togethe, close to the edge.

Tip: i y wh, k mm w g

y m h lg wh pm

mk.

Pess the lining section and then13.

tuck it neatly all the way down

inside the bag. The seam that joins

the oute bag to the lining should

om the top edge o the bag now.

Take cae to pess the top o thebag so that this top edge is neat

and even, and pin as needed to

secue. Then, with the fap and

stap extended above the bag body,

ight-sides out, topstitch aound

the top edge o the bag body, "

below the top edge/fap seam.

Touch up the oute bag with a14.

steam ion, taking cae to fatten

any bulk at the top o each sideseam. The fap should all down

ove the oute bag body to om

the ont o the bag, poudly

displaying you beautiul inkjet

collage.


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Bags can be such complicated things! Theynealy always involve lots o pieces. What withall those ont panels, back panels, side gussets, linings, pockets, faps,

staps, buckles, and zips, it would be undestandable to think youneed to be an enginee moe than a quilte to make one. So, i youe

a love o gogeous stitched bags but the thought o constucting one

seems daunting, this example might be just the answe you need. Ou

embellished, tiangula bag is inspied by the taditional, tibal hanging

bags o India. These study, hanging bags held pecious belongings and

made peect sense o people who ollowed a nomadic liestyle. They

have the simplest possible patten, meaning that ate you have enjoyed

ceating the appliqu, emboidey, quilting, and embellishment, they can

be constucted in a matte o minutes.

Basically the bag is just a squae o

textile the size o which can easily

be adapted to suit a numbe o

uses. The stitched and embellished

squae is olded envelope-style by

taking thee cones into the cente

and stitching them in place. The

emaining, unstitched cone is

extended to become the top point

o the naow tiangle. The opening

o the bag can be patially stitched

togethe i you want to close the

lowe section. This inceases the

capacity o the bag and also ensues

that the contents ae held moe

secuely. It can be designed as a

decoative object o display o

as a unctional containe. You could

make a medium-sized bag to hold

a sewing poject to keep you

occupied on a jouney o whilewaiting o an appointment. You

could just as easily scale the size

down to make smalle vesions

as git bags o holiday season

decoations peect o holding a

little git o a chocolate teat o

someone special. really tiny bags

look wondeul as Chistmas tee

decoations. We like to hang ou

emboideed bags aound the house as

beautiul objects o display.

Because the shape is so simple, you

can elax about the constuction

and eel ee to concentate you

talents on ceating a gloious colo

scheme. Focus all you ceativity on

the stitching and suace decoation

techniques and o couse thedecoative embellishments to make

you bag unique.

Ou example hee uses ee appliqu

techniques with quilting, emboidey,

abic painting, and beading. The

quilting is woked by hand in a

Kantha style. This Indian technique

taditionally made use o multiple

layes o won sai and dhoti

abicsan ealy ecycling o peciousesouces! The quilting, paallel lines

o unning stitches, was woked

though seveal layes o sot cloth

to make a stong abic with a new

lease o useul lie. Because no batting

was involved in taditional Kantha

quilting, the stitched textile emained

incedibly sot and fuid despite the

density o the stitching. Fo ou

puposes, howeve, a me esult

is peeable, so we added a laye o

batting and backing beoe nally

lining the bag with an emboideed

silk abic in colos to complement

the appliqu.

DirectionssurfAceDesign& embellishment

Lay out you backing abic,1.

ight-side down, place the batting

on top, and lay the oundation

M A T E r I A L S

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L mll p dld b (W l lly w m dhlh h w h hddyd. slk d ply h l dl.)

a q -gg ll, h m z hd

a q bg, h m z h d

a q bkg b, hm z h d

a q lg b, h mz h d

embdy d qlg hd

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squae o abic on top o that to

ceate a basic quilt sandwich.

Aange small patches o2.

dieent coloed abics onto

the oundation squae until a

pleasing composition is achieved.

Ovelap each shape to cove the

oundation completely without

leaving any gaps. Dont tun

any seam allowances; this is

aw-edged appliqu. In act, ty

aying you patches o abic

st to eally soten the edges and

help to blend the colos.

Tip: Kp h hp h ph

mpl; q d gl wk wll.u h d m-h b lly

bl l ly. Ml gz dd

glm glm d h

gl l wh ddg bl

blk. i m y mgh w

bld p dph l by lyg 2

m ly m-h b.

When you ae happy with the3.

aangement, cove the squae o

abic patches with a laye o net

o tulle. Be awae that the colo

o the tulle will slightly modiy

the colos o the abics beneath

it. This is a geat oppotunity o

expeimentation. You could enjoy

auditioning seveal dieent

colos o net to assess the eect

they have on the abics below.

Its also a chance to demonstate

you undestanding o colo

theoy.

n: Much like when mixing paint,

layering sheer abrics creates optical

mixes. For example, a layer o black

sheer adds depth, creating shades o

colors (such as bright red to burgundy)

and white makes pastel versions o

colors. Placing red over yellow will

result in orange, and a sheer blue

layer over yellow will appear green. With

experience it becomes easier to predict

these eects and exploit them to create

a much wider range o colors than the

original abrics would suggest i viewed

separately. The beauty othis technique is that you can keep

auditioning dierent abrics until youre

happy with the eect.

Although the top laye o tulle will4.

help in holding the patches in place,

youll need to baste though all the

layes to hold them while you quilt.

The ows o basting will need to be

spaced accoding to the size and

numbe o the abic patches used.Its impotant to secue evey patch

o they will shit duing quilting.

Keep the knots o the basting theads

on the top o the piece so that they

can be pulled out easily as the aea is

quilted.

You ae now eady to quilt the piece,5.

as desied. We woked ou squae

by making small unning stitches

by hand with a hand-dyed, single

stand, cotton emboidey thead

and a quiltes size-11 between

needle. The thickness o the thead

will dictate the needle size to a

lage extent, but a between needle

has a lage eye o its size and can

accommodate a thicke thead than

is conventionally used o quilting.

The density o the stitch patten is

a pesonal choice, but the close

the lines o quilting ae woked themoe textue is poduced, especially

i the stitches ae a little tighte

than the nom. We paticulaly like

the ippling textue that Kantha

quilting poduces because when we

paint the suace (ate quilting), the

paint emphasizes the textue o the

quilting.

n: When we quilt in a Kantha

style we usually space our lines around116"18" apart. I you preer to quilt by

machine, try dropping the eed dogs and

ree-motion quilting across the patches

instead.

You ee-appliqu quilted squae

could be consideed nished at this

stage, but we love to laye pocesses

and techniques. Fo ou example we

added emboideed motis ove the

top o ou hand quilting.

Emboide on top o the quilting6.

to intoduce yet anothe

element o visual inteest. We

used a sewing machine with an

emboidey unit and a digital pea

design ceated with 4-D Sketch

sotwae. I you dont have an

emboidey machine with this

sotwae you can ceate a simila

eect using ee-motion quilting.

Tip: ty ddlg wh pl

pp y khbk wk

-m d b wkg y

qld p. a y d ll h

m h hg d b l hm

pl wh mk h g! smpl

hp wk lly ly, b y

ld l y fw hp, l,

myb mhg m gm.

With all o this stitching, the back7.

o you wok might be looking

a little untidy. Adding a lining

laye to disguise the back o the

quilting and emboidey will also

pevent items you put in youbag om getting caught in the

stitching and pulling the theads.

Place you lining abic on the

back o you quilted squae with

the ight side acing out. Secue

aound the edges with basting

stitches until you ae eady to

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petty emboideed silk to line ou

bag, but you can use any abic

that coodinates with you oute

design.

The emboideed motis ceate8.

enclosed shapes that can be lled

in with paint. Apply paint to

selected aeas to daw attention to

these shapes o to single out one

moti o you ocal point. Use the

paint spaingly i you want the

colos o abic to be visible athe

than completely obscued by the

paint. We painted the naow

channel o the emboideed

peas with a small watecolopaintbush. Allow the paint to dy,

then set it as ecommended by the

manuactue, beaing in mind the

natue o the mateials involved,

i.e. dont melt the net laye! I in

doubt, dont ion.

n: We used Jacquard Lumiere

paints; they are airly opaque and can

completely cover the color o the abric

beneath. They also have a antastic

metallic gleam that adds richness to

the piece.

I duing the quilting and9.

emboidey stage you piece has

moved a little out o squae, tim

the edges o the piece as necessay

and bind the edges with a stip o

suitable abic. We extended the

stip o silk to make a hanging

loop at the top cone o the bag.

Altenatively you could add ahanging loop sepaately, made

om cod o ibbon.

constructthebAg

1. Lay the nished abic squae1.

on a table with the lining

acing you.

Tun the squae on point with the2.

cone that will be the top o the

bag acing noth.

Daw east and west cones to the3.

cente o the squae and catch with

a couple o tiny stitches to hold.

Bing the bottom, south cone in

to meet the othe 2 and stitch to

hold.

Close the seam along the 2 shot4.

open edges using an invisible ladde

stitch, just taking each stitch into

the edge o the binding. Aim to do

this as invisibly as possible using a

matching thead colo.

Embellish the opening edge o the5.

bag with beads. We used small

beads and applied them with a

blanket stitch, popping 1 bead on

with evey stitch. We used little

cube-shaped beads as they seem

to sit paticulaly comotably on

a bound edge.

Hang the bag o display om6.

the top cone with the binding

extended to om a loop o attach

a naow ibbon o cod.

You could eally go to town with this

idea. This might be the oppotunity

to play with all those decoative

abics youve been hoading o

a ainy day. To say nothing o the

paints, beads, and buttons that have

been luking in cupboads waiting o

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in the past yea, weve allbecome moe awae o theimpact o plastic gocey bags on

the envionment. The kindest

thing we can do is to eplacethem with a eusable altenative.

Why not make a boodle o abic

eplacement bags, customized o

you ecipient? Eveyone om

moms to students can appeciate

these little bags, with lots o oom

o goceies, libay books, o

at supplies. You can whip them

up in no time, so plan to make a

ew o yousel as well. The best

pat is that you can oll them up

and tuck them into you puse o

glove box, so theye always handy

o impomptu maket stolls. I

they get soiled, pop them in the

washing machine and theye

eady o the next tip.

DirectionsCut 2 each o bag body and acing.1.

Tun unde " along the long2.

bottom edge o a acing piece 2

times and zigzag stitch to nish it.

repeat with the othe acing.

Place a bag body and acing ight3.

sides togethe and pin in place.

Using a " seam, stitch aound

the bag top, om side seam to

side seam (but not sewing the side

seams), leaving the vey top o

each handle open. repeat with the

othe bag body and acing. Clip

all cuves and tun each piece

ight-side out, then ion.

Fold the ibbon in hal, locate the4.

cente o one bag side, and pin

the ibbon to the bag body (abic

ight-side up) so that the long

pieces ae towad the cente o the

bag and the olded edge aligns with

the aw edge.

Place 2 bag bodies ight sides5.

togethe with the acing fipped up

and pin. Stitch aound the entie

peimete o the bag, om the edge

o the acing piece, down the side,

bottom, othe side, and though to

the end o the othe side acing.

Make a gusset in each bottom6.

cone by aligning the bottom seam

with a side seam and opening theseam allowances fat. Sew staight

acoss the cone about 1" in

om the tip. repeat o the second

gusset. Zigzag stitch the inteio

seam allowances to nish. Tun the

bag ight-side out and pess.

Secue the acing to the inside by7.

stitching down each side seam

om the top o the bag to the end

o the acing, using a zigzag stitch

and coodinating thead.

With the bag tuned ight-side8.

out and the acing on the inside,sew staight acoss each pai o

handles, 1" down om the top.

Tim one o the 1" faps to ",

and old the aw edge. Fold the

aw edge o the othe fap unde14", and pin it ove the timmed

edge. Topstitch aound the ceated

ectangle.

To add lette blocks, cut some9.

pieces o plain cotton canvas towhateve size youd like. With

black abic paint, stamp block

lettes onto the canvas, then

highlight them with a coodinating

colo o paint in a andom stipple.

Allow the paint to dy and then

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Facing

(top portion of template)

Cut 2

Body

(entire template)

Cut 2

Enlarge pattern 246 percent.

Dab the lettes with a glue stick10.

to tempoaily hold them in

place while you position them.

When youe satised, zigzag

stitch aound the canvas to

attach the abic blocks. With

a coodinating colo o thead,

ee-motion stitch aound each

stamped lette.

To oll up a bag, lay it out on11.

a table, text-side up. Fold the

handles down, old the top down,

and then old the bottom up so

that the ibbon is centeed on the

side. On the side opposite the

ibbon, begin olling up the bag

jellyoll style and then tie it with

the ibbon.


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