Gotta Have It Bag and Surprise Project

Bag of the Month December 2017 “Gotta Have It” Bag and Surprise Project

1. Make it, fill it, roll it up, and take it everywhere. This bag will be great for retreats, sew-ins, hanging it next to your workspace or take it along on a trip. This roll up will be great for sewing supplies or for make-up and jewelry when you travel. It will make an excellent gift for someone, or for yourself, of course. 2. Bring the materials for your December surprise project and you’ll see what it is when we’re done.  What to bring: Sewing machine in good working order, ¼” foot, zipper foot, open toe foot (optional), marking tool that will disappear with water or time, pins, point turner, tweezers, ‘Purple Thang’ (optional but it will help), a piece of tissue paper, masking or blue tape, scissors that will cut vinyl (not your good fabric scissors), clips and any other items you usually use to sew with. What to purchase: ____ Class Fee ____ “Gotta Have It” Bag pattern *Fabric needs to be exact or a pinch more. ____ 1/3 yard Bag Fabric (2/3 yard if directional print) or 2 Fat Quarters ____ 10” x 18” Lining Fabric – you might not want this to be too busy ____ 4 zippers 14” or longer ____ Thread to match all 4 zippers and the outer bag fabric – this is important ____ (1) 10” x 18” Clear Vinyl – We will have a kit of this already cut and marked for you to purchase. If you cut your own please see below for dimensions and cut before class. ____ (1) 10” x 18” piece of batting ____ (1) 10” x 18” Shape Flex SF101

____ If you would like to add a piece of ribbon to the front of your bag you’ll need about 12” or any width you’d like to. If you have a PFAFF sewing machine that has the ribbon stitches on it you can bring ½ yards of 1/8” ribbon if If you’ve never one of these stitches I’ll teach you how to use them. Super Easy and Fun!! What to cut and fuse: ____ Clear Vinyl 3 pieces – 4” x 10” each 1 piece – 4 ½” x 10” 1 piece – 1 ½” x 10” ____ Bag Fabric 1 strip 2” x WOF OR from FQ – cut 2 strips – 2” x 21” 2 pieces 10” x 18” each (one of these will not show) ____ Lining Fabric 1 piece 10” x 18” ____ Shape Flex 1 piece 10” x 18” – iron on to back of lining piece ____ Batting 1 piece 10” x 18” ____ The pattern calls for sandwiching the batting between the 2 bag pieces with 505 spray and quilting it – just a cross hatch of lines 1 ½” apart will do. You can even sew lines 1 ½” apart horizontally or vertically, anything quick and easy. Please do this before class. It will save time so we can do our surprise project. Of course, please bring your scraps just in case.  Surprise Project: ____ 7″ or longer nylon zipper ____ 7″ X 18″ rectangle of fabric ____ 7” x 16” décor bond – iron on back of the fabric starting at 1 short raw edge. Don’t worry that there will be 2” of fabric without Décor Bond. ____ thread to match ____ pattern pieces – I’ll have these for you.

If you have any questions please let me know. I’d be glad to help. [email protected]