Embroidery Club

Fun and Funky Bags

$19.95
EMBROIDERY CLUB #84
Designed by Marie Duncan

This one of a kind, fabricated bag is full of different techniques.

The embroidery accentuates the fractured patchwork on the
front and back. The embroidery adds fun and funky
color, and the beaded trim and closures make it
irresistible!
The quick project, a mini bag, is just as cute
and almost as much fun to make!

#711 041000

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Fun and Funky Bag

Project
Sewing Supplies:
Cotton Batting
One yard tone on tone or solid for embroidery and patchwork
1/4 yard each 5 different fabrics
Sulky 12 wt. Blendable thread in color to blend with fabrics
Schmetz size 90 Topstitch Needle
1/4 wide Steam-A-Seam 2
Fasturn Tube (1)
Bead trim
Beads with large hole

Cut:
From each fabric, one 3 wide strip for fractured patchwork
From each fabric, one 1 wide strip for fractured patchwork
From tone on tone solid:
Outer pocket Flap 12 x 15
Two purse lining pieces 12 x 12
Lining for ap 12 1/2 x 6 3/4
Lining for outer pocket 6 1/4 x 6 1/4
One strip 3 x 37 for strap
From batting:
12 1/2 x 6 3/4 for ap
Five pieces 3 x 37 for strap
All seam allowances are 1/4.

Flap:

5 1/2"

3/4"

6"

3/4"

1. On 12 x 15ap, mark embroidery start points as shown. Embroider

921001 on the left side. Mirror the design side to side, and embroider on
the right side.

1"

2. Cut down the pocket ap to 11 x 6. Cut 1 below the

embroidery and 3/4 on each side of it as shown.

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11"

3. Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. Place bead trim along the bottom of the ap, with the beads
facing into the ap. Snap on your zipper foot, and stitch the trim down the center of the ribbon. Stitch again,
just off the edge of the ribbon. This row of stitching is your guide for sewing the ap front to the lining.
4. Place ap right sides together with lining on cotton batting. With the embroidered ap up, sew across the
bottom following the stitching line. Check to be sure none of the ribbon is showing. Snap on your regular
foot. Sew the remaining two sides, leaving 3 opening for turning on one of the sides. The top is left open.
Turn, press.
5. Select right needle position. Thread with Sulky 12 wt. Blendable thread on top and sewing thread in the
bobbin. Topstitch the ap, guiding the edge of the foot on the edge of the ap.

Fractured Patchwork:
1. Sew the 3 wide strips together as shown.

2.

Cut them apart randomly as shown.

3. Reverse every other one and sew them back together,

offsetting the seams slightly.

4.

Cut apart through the middle at an angle.

5. Stitch one side to one of the 1 wide strips. Stitch

the other half to the other side of the 1 wide strip.
Press.
6. Repeat, cutting several more times, and insetting the
1 wide strips. Press.
7. Place the patchwork on batting. Set your machine for free motion and insert a size 90 topstitch needle.
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Thread with 12 wt. cotton Blendable thread on top and sewing thread in the bobbin.
8. Stitch random stippling over the fractured patchwork.
9. Steam press lightly. Cut into two 12 squares.
Outer Pocket:
1. Embroider 921002 on tone on tone solid. Cut down to 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 with embroidery centered.
2. Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. Place bead trim along the bottom of the
pocket with the beads facing into the pocket. Snap on your zipper foot and stitch the
trim down the center of the ribbon. Stitch again, just off the edge of the ribbon. This
row of stitching is your guide for sewing the pocket front to the lining.
3. Place pocket right sides together with pocket lining on cotton batting. With the embroidered pocket up, sew
across the bottom following the stitching line. Check to be sure none of the ribbon is showing. Snap on your
regular foot. Sewround the remaining three sides, leaving 3 opening for turning on one of the sides (not the
top). Turn, press. Insert Steam-A-Seam 2 in the opening and press with steam to fuse.
4. Center the pocket on one of the fractured patchwork squares. Select right needle position. Thread with Sulky
12 wt. Blendable thread on top and sewing thread in the bobbin. Topstitch the pocket in place, guiding the
edge of the foot, on the edge of the pocket.

Purse front and back:

1. Place the purse front (without the outer pocket) and the lining right sides together. Keeping the edge of your
foot even with the edge of the fabric (this will give you slightly more than a 1/4 seam allowance), stitch all
the way around, leaving a 3 opening on one of the sides or bottom. Clip the corners, turn. Press.
2. Place the embroidered ap right sides together with the bag back (with the pocket). Be sure the open side of
the pocket is up, and the ap is centered on the top of the bag. Stitch the ap across near the edge.
3. Place the bag back with the ap right sides together with the lining. Keeping the edge of your foot even with
the edge of the fabric (this will give you slightly more than a 1/4 seam allowance), stitch all the way around
leaving a 3 opening to turn on the bottom. Clip the corners, turn, press.

Side/bottom Panel and Strap

1. Fold the 3 x 37 strips in half lengthwise right sides together. Sew, using a 1/4 seam allowance. Using the
1 Fasturn Tube, place the strip on the tube to prepare to turn. Insert the wire through several thicknesses of
fabric and pull to just get it started. Stack the batting strips, and poke them into the open end where the
fabric is starting to get pulled into the tube. Pull the wire. The batting will get pulled along with the fabric,
through the tube.
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2. Lightly steam press the strap with the seam in the center. Stitch through the center with the seam side of the
strap up.
3. Cut a strip 1 x 14. Snap on your 1/4 Bias Binder. Insert the strip and sew. This will be
for the loops for the strap. Cut the sewn strip into two 6 pieces. Set aside.
4. Measure the bag sides and bottom. It should measure approximately 33 If not, adjust
your strip accordingly. Cut two strips from tone on tone plain fabric 34 x 5. Cut one strip of batting 34 x
5. Pin the ends of the 6 loops to the 5 ends of one of the strips, matching the raw edges, as shown.
5. Sew all the way around the panel leaving a 3 opening to turn. Turn, press.

6. Set your machine for free motion, and insert a size 90 topstitch needle. Thread with 12 wt. cotton Blendable
thread on top and sewing thread in the bobbin. Stitch random stippling over the side/
bottom panel.

7. Pin the side/bottom panel wrong sides together with the front. Stitch, keeping
the edge of the foot even with the edge of the fabric. Stop at the corners with the
needle in the fabric, pivot and continue sewing.
8. Pin the bag back in place, and stitch.
9. Loop the strap ends through the loops. Fold the end under and stitch a small square
to attach the handle as shown.

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Bag Closure:
1. Embroider 921003 on tone on tone background fabric. Carefully cut open the center eyelet
hole.
2. Place the embroidery right sides together on another piece of background fabric. Stitch close
to the embroidery, leaving a 2 opening to turn.
3. Trim, turn, insert Steam-A-Seam in the opening, and fuse closed.

Twisted Cord with Beads:

1. Using the Sulky 12 wt. Blendable thread, pull off strands about 36 of thread. You can use anything from 2 to
5 or 6 strands. The more strands, the thicker your cord will be.
2. Tie a big, sloppy knot in one end of the threads. Insert the knot into the large center hole of your bobbin.
Insert the bobbin on the bobbin winder. The knot should be down against the machine. Engage the bobbin
winder.
3. Hold the thread out in front of the machine taut. Depending on the length of your threads, you may need to
have a helper to run the machine for you if you cant reach the foot control. Push on the foot control to start
the machine. The thread will start to twist. Continue to run the machine until you feel your hand being pulled
towards the machine. Hold the thread taut at all times.
4. To nish the cord, hold the twisted threads in the center with one hand, and bring the end you have been
holding back to the bobbin with the other hand, still holding it taut. Then let go of the end that is not by the
bobbin. The thread will twist back on itself. It is a bit of a mess at rst, but run your ngers along the twist to
work out the kinks. Continue to hold the two ends together at the machine.
5. When the cord is smooth, tie off the two ends at the bobbin into a knot and your cord is nished!
6. Place three or four beads onto the cord. Slide them down. The knot should prevent them from coming off the
end. If it isnt large enough, tie a larger knot.
7. Slide two or three more on, and tie a knot about 5 from the rst knot. Your beads will be between the knots.
Knot off the cut end of the remainder of the cord. Slide on beads, and repeat, so you have two pieces of cord
with six or eight beads and a knot at each end.
8. Fold the cords in half with half the beads at each end. Insert the folded portion into the eyelet hole of the closure.
9. Select a zig zag stitch and bartack the ends inside the eyelet hole through the backing fabric.
10. Place the embroidered beaded closure on the bag ap between the two embroideries and bartack in place.
Your bag is complete! Fill it with goodies, and youre ready to go!
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Quick Project

Mini Bag

Make this cute little mini bag to throw over your shoulder, and run to the store! Its pretty enough to go out for the
evening as well!

Sewing Supplies:
1/3 yard tone on tone solid for bag
1/4 contrast print yard for lining, ap and strap
Four different 2 x 5 scraps for pocket
Cotton Batting
Sulky 12 wt. Blendable thread in color to blend with fabrics
Schmetz size 90 Topstitch Needle
1/4 wide Steam-A-Seam 2
Fasturn tube
Bead trim
1 large button

Cut:
From tone on tone solid for bag:
One piece 5 x 6 1/2 pocket lining
One piece 6 1/2 x 8 for bag back
One piece large enough to hoop for purse front
From contrast print:
Two 2 x 6 1/2 strips for ap
Two pieces 6 1/2 x 8 for lining
One strip 1 x width of fabric.
From Batting:
One 2 x 6 1/2 strip for ap
Two pieces 6 1/2 x 8 for bag front and back

1. In your sewing/embroidery machine, or in your computer software, open design #941001. Combine it with
an initial if desired. Save.
2. Embroider the design on the main bag fabric.
3. Cut the embroidered front down to 6 1/2 x 8. The embroidery should be centered from left to right and
1 1/2 up from the bottom.

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Sew:
All seam allowances are 1/4

Pocket:
1. Stitch the 2 x 5 strips together to form a rectangle, 5 x 6 1/2. Press.
2. Place the pieced pocket right sides together on the 5 x 6 1/2 pocket lining piece. Stitch all the
way around the pocket, leaving a 3 opening on one side for turning.
3. Turn, press. Insert Steam-A-Seam into the opening and fuse to
close.
4. Set pocket aside.

Front and back:

1. Place the front and back on the batting pieces. Insert a size 90
Topstitch needle. Thread with 12 wt. Sulky Cotton Blendable
thread on top and sewing thread in the bobbin. Attach a free
motion foot, or Sensor Q Foot. Quilt the two pieces. You can
do stippling, or channel quilting.

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2. Center the pocket on the purse back. Topstitch in place.
3. Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. Place bead trim along the bottom of the bag front, with the beads
facing into the front. Snap on your zipper foot and stitch the trim down the center of the ribbon. Stitch again,
just off the edge of the ribbon by the beads. This row of stitching is your guide for sewing the bag front to the
back.
4. Place bag front right sides together with bag back. With the embroidered front up, sew across the bottom following the stitching line. Check to be sure none of the ribbon is showing. Snap on your regular foot. Sew
the remaining two sides, leaving the top open. Turn, press.
5. Make the strap and button loop:
6. Cut a strip 1 wide by the width of the fabric. Snap on the 1/4 bias binder. Cut the end to a point and insert
it into the binder. Stitch the length of the strip. Cut off 4 and set aside for the button loop. Set the remainder
aside for the strap.
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Make the Flap:

1. Form a loop with the 4 sewn piece for the button loop. Place
the loop on one of the ap pieces as shown with the raw edges
even. Stitch to hold the loop in place.
2. Place the two ap fabric pieces right sides together (with the
loop between them) on top of the batting. Sew the two short sides and the long side the loop is on. Leave the
other long side open. Turn, press.
3. Place the ap right sides together on the bag back (the side with the pocket) centering it. Pin the strap on each
side of the ap. All raw edges should be even. Stitch the ap and the strap ends in place, close to the edge.

Sew the lining:

1. Leaving a 3 opening on the short side, sew the two long sides and one short side of the lining.
2. To put the bag and lining together, place the bag inside the lining. They should be right sides together. Be
sure the strap doesnt get caught in the stitching. Stitch around the bag top, sewing the lining and bag
together. Turn through the opening in the lining bottom.
3. Sew a button under the button loop.
Fill your mini bag with lifes essentials, and off you go!

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Design: 921002
Scale 100%

Dimensions
Width: 61.0mm
Height: 60.2mm
Stitches: 11262
Color Information
Color
1
2
3
4
5
6

Thread Palette
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40

Number
2501
2426
2330
2434
2312
2297

Name

Stitches
969
3631
3568
1246
1338
510

Length
4.512m
10.867m
10.546m
5.631m
3.904m
1.616m

Notes
Technical Information
Distance From Center
Top: 30.1mm
Bottom: 30.1mm
Left: 30.5mm
Right: 30.5mm

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Design: 921001
Scale 100%

Dimensions
Width: 95.6mm
Height: 95.4mm
Stitches: 10881
Color Information
Color
1
2
3
4
5

Thread Palette
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40

Number
2426
2330
2410
2434
2297

Name

Stitches
3247
3057
2153
1592
832

Length
9.835m
9.444m
6.586m
7.108m
2.634m

Notes
Technical Information
Distance From Center
Top: 47.7mm
Bottom: 47.7mm
Left: 47.8mm
Right: 47.8mm

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Design: 921003
Scale 100%

Dimensions
Width: 60.2mm
Height: 60.2mm
Stitches: 12393
Color Information
Color
1
2
3
4

Thread Palette
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40
Robison-Anton Rayon 40

Number
2434
2312
2426
2330

Name

Stitches
2253
4326
3952
1862

Length
6.344m
13.361m
12.109m
5.387m

Notes
Technical Information
Distance From Center
Top: 30.1mm
Bottom: 30.1mm
Left: 30.1mm
Right: 30.1mm

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