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Hi Friends! Today I'm sharing a tutorial on making a Vinyl Project Bag on the Janome Blog and here too! I absolutely love Vinyl Project bags as they are perfect for storing sewing/quilting/cross stitch/ embroidery projects PLUS they are perfect for travel and for kiddos to store all of their treasures. The vinyl front makes it easy to know what is inside your bag... plus no raw fabric seams! I will be creating this project on my Janome M7 - which is SEW fabulous! I've been sewing on this machine for almost 3 years and I love how easy it is to use and it stitches beautifully. Tutorial - Vinyl Project Bag 14.5" x 14.5" Supplies 2 Fat Quarters = (1) Bag Front, (1) Bag Back 1/2 Yard = Zipper Fabric, Handle, Binding 14.5" x 14.5" Vinyl (I prefer 16 gauge) 16" Nylon Zipper 16" x 16" Scrap Batting OR Soft n Stable OR Pellon Fusible Fleece Wonderclips Optional - Wonder Tape 1/4" (double sided adhesive) * Cookbook Fabric Designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs * Zipper by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs Cutting Bag Front (1) 16" x 16" Bag Back (1) 16" x 16" Batting (1) 16" x 16" - If I want my bag to have a bit more support I will use (2) layers of batting - this makes it similar to Soft n Stable, but I can use my batting scraps Vinyl (1) 14.5" x 14.5" Zipper Fabric Bottom (1) 3" x 14.5" Zipper Fabric Top (1) 2" x 14.5" Handle (1) 4" x 9" Binding (2) 2.5" x 40"WOF Bag Assembly 1. Layer and adhere all 3 layers together. I prefer to use Odif 505 basting spray to hold my layers together. Bag Front Fabric - right side facing up (TOP) Batting (MIDDLE) Bag Back Fabric - right side facing down (BOTTOM) 2. Quilt as desired. I chose straight-line quilting 2" apart. I marked my quilting lines using a Hera Marker. I'm using the Janome 9mm AcuFeed Foot with Single Holder with stitch length 3.5. 3. TRIM quilted Bag Front/Batting/Bag Back to 14.5" x 14.5" 4. Make Double Fold Binding (Zipper Bottom Fabric 3" x 14.5") Iron Fabric in half to create a crease line in center of fabric strip Bring fabric edge to center crease line and press Repeat with other side 5. Place vinyl into the double fold binding to enclose vinyl edge. Use wonder clips to hold vinyl inside. 6. Top stitch along fabric edge to secure to vinyl. I like to use the Zipper Foot attachment for the AcuFeed Foot with Single Foot Holder and stitch length 2.4. Screen shot below of Janome M7 screen 7. Place Vinyl with Double Fold Binding on top of the bottom of Zipper Tape. I like to use double-sided Wonder Tape to hold the zipper in place. 8. Topstitch Vinyl with Double Fold Binding to Zipper Tape. 9. Single Fold Binding with Fabric Zipper Top (2" x 14.5"). Iron fabric together in half (wrong sides together). Place folded crease on top of zipper. Make sure it is lined up with previously attached Vinyl Fabric Binding. Trim off excess zipper ends - be sure zipper pull is in middle of bag so you don't accidentally trim off zipper pull. 10. TRIM bottom of vinyl of Vinyl Bag Front with zipper attached to 14.5" x 14.5". 11. Place Vinyl Bag Front on top of Quilted Bag Back. Use Wonder Clips to hold together. Sew together with a 1/8" seam allowance. (A small seam allowance is used so stitching line will be hidden in binding). 12. Bag Handle (Cut size 4" x 9". Finished size 1" x 9") Iron Fabric in half to create a crease line in center of fabric strip Bring fabric edge to center crease line and press Repeat with other side Fold closed so raw edges are hidden. Handle measures 1" x 9" Top stitch both sides of bag handle. 13. Sew bag handle to back side of Vinyl Project Bag. Mine is attached 5.5" from bag sides. Oops - I forgot to take a picture of this step before I added binding. Attach your handle BEFORE binding as the binding will secure the handle and hide the raw edges. 14. Bind as desired. I prefer to completely machine bind my projects. Machine Binding Tutorial HERE I hope you had fun making your Vinyl Project Bag! Be sure to follow me on Instagram @ABitofScrapStuff and on my A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog for more sewing fun! Melanie Call

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Hi Sewing Friends! Today I'm sharing 2 Vinyl Project Bags plus a Zipper Pouch with the fabulous new fabric collection: Stitchy Birds designed by Teresa Kogut. Plus both of these projects are free patterns - yay! (Links to free patterns / tutorials are below - Supplies) Stitchy Birds is fun folk-art collection featuring stitching motifs plus birds! Teresa is also a fabulous cross stitch pattern designer so I wanted to make Vinyl Zipper Bags plus a coordinating Zipper Pouch to hold my latest cross stitch projects! My FAVORITE print is the Stitchy Birds Midnight Hoops as I love all the sweet stitching thoughts stitched in the hoops! The Two Vinyl Project Bags measure 14.5" x 14.5" so they are the perfect for storing all of your stitching or sewing supplies! Plus the vinyl front makes it easy to know what is stored in your bag. I love a coordinating Zipper Pouch (10.75" x 7") to store my smaller notions / floss. Vinyl Project Bag Supplies - 14.5" x 14.5" Vinyl Project Bag FREE Tutorial (here) 2 Fat Quarters = (1) Bag Front, (1) Bag Back - Stitchy Birds designed by Teresa Kogut for Riley Blake Designs 1/2 Yard = Zipper Fabric, Handle, Binding - Stitchy Birds designed by Teresa Kogut for Riley Blake Designs 14.5" x 14.5" Vinyl (I prefer 16 gauge) 16" Nylon Zipper - My Happy Place Zippers designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs 16" x 16" Scrap Batting OR Soft n Stable OR Pellon Fusible Fleece Wonderclips Optional - Wonder Tape 1/4" (double sided adhesive) Zipper Pouch Supplies - 10.75" x 7" Zipper Pouch FREE pattern (here) 1 Fat Quarter Exterior fabric - Stitchy Birds designed by Teresa Kogut for Riley Blake Designs 1 Fat Quarter Interior Fabric - Stitchy Birds designed by Teresa Kogut for Riley Blake Designs 1.5 yards of Pellon SF101 Interfacing 12” or Larger Nylon zipper - My Happy Place Zippers designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs Optional - Wonder Tape 1/4" (double sided adhesive) Did you know that Riley Blake Designs also has fabulous notions and supplies for Cross Stitch, Embroidery, Sewing, and Quilting ?!?!? I absolutely love them. My favorite Riley Blake Designs Notions for Stitching Vintage Cloth 25 count Evenweave or 14 count Aida- designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs Enamel Charms (perfect for your zippers) - designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs Lori Holt Nifty Needles™ Assortment - for Riley Blake Designs Liberty Pin Cushion, Scissors plus case, and Measuring Taper - for Riley Blake Designs Free Tutorial / Pattern Below Vinyl Project Bag FREE Tutorial (here) Zipper Pouch FREE pattern (here) Be sure to follow me on Instagram @ABitofScrapStuff and on my A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog for more fabric fun! Have a great day and happy quilting and stitching! Melanie This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting A Bit of Scrap Stuff. My family appreciates it!

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Hello friends! I hope you love bags and even more BAGS because today I'm sharing NINE bags I made with Lori Holt's newest collection: My Happy Place! This fabulous new collection is a home decor/canvas weight fabric for Riley Blake Designs. I'm not sure how they do it, but it is a soft feeling canvas and I LOVE it! You may be thinking NINE BAGS ... is that a bit much... NOPE! I made lots of different styles, which was so fun! I will chat a bit about each style. Pepin Tote - My Happy Place Supplies: Click on links below Pepin Tote Pattern - by NoodleHead 1 yard Exterior- My Happy Place Pincushion Fabric designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs 1/3 yard Handles - My Happy Place Pins Fabric designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs 2/3 yard Interior - Bee Basics designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs 2 1/2 yards (must be at least 20" in width) - Pellon SF101 interfacing 15mm (5/8") metal snap for front pocket 20" Zipper for recessed Zipper closure I love being able to add metal snaps to my projects...I think the detail looks fabulous and is so useful. I ordered this affordable set of metal snaps from Amazon HERE. They are great! Plus that cute tomato pin cushion label/tag .... it's from the My Happy Place Zippy Bag Panel. I'm a big fan of adding zippers to my bags. I like to keep everything secure and safe! I do recommend the YKK brand of zippers as they are fabulous. I used the larger purse size #4.5 zippers with long zipper pull for this tote.... they are my favorite. I order my zippers from Amazon HERE. I chose to make my own Pepin Tote straps because I thought the pin fabric was perfect! I cut my fabric (2) 6" x WOF - lined with Pellon SF101. Folded the fabric to the middle and then folded again to create 1.5" width of fabric strip for the handles. Topstitch both side of the handle to secure the folded fabric - plus the stitching is a great detail! Zippy Bags and MORE Zippy Bags The next EIGHT project bags are all from the My Happy Place Home Decor Zippy Bags Panel... this is seriously an amazing panel! Of course, Lori Holt has included instructions on how to make Zippy Bags...but I wanted to challenge myself and make a variety of bags using the panel! I had SEW much fun!!! Supplies: click on links below My Happy Place Home Decor Zippy Bags Panel designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs (8) Zippers. I chose to use the YKK Purse #4.5 Zippers for the larger bags and the regular #3 zippers for the smaller bags. Lining fabric - I used a variety of Lori Holt fabrics 1/2 yard bag handles - My Happy Place Home Decor Pin Fabric Lori Holt Enamel Zipper Charms Lori Holt Vintage Trim Pellon SF101 Interfacing Larger Zippy Bags with Binding and Handles I love this style for the larger Zippy Bags! I used left over batting and quilted both the front and backing of the bags. The bags bags are fully lined with no raw edge seams...yay! I added binding and a handle and love it! The handles are helpful when taking your Zippy Bags on the go! Let me know if you would like a tutorial on this style of Project Bag. Large and Small Zippy Bags - lined with no exposed seams This style of Zippy Bags is similar to the directions on the panel except I added a lining and have no exposed seams plus added a handle to the larger bag! I really love adding a fun lining fabric to my bags so this was perfect! I also added (1) layer of Pellon SF101 to the exterior fabric of the smaller bags to give my bags a bit more thickness. For the larger bag, I quilted the exterior fabric with left over batting and added a handle! The label/tags included on the panel are AWESOME! I love them so much! They are such the perfect detail to add to your Zippy Bag! Let me know if you would like a tutorial on this style of project bag...fully lined with NO exposed seams. Zippy Bag with Lori Holt Vintage Trim For this adorable Zippy Bag - I added Lori Holt Vintage trim...love love love! This Zippy Bag is fully lined plus Pellon SF101 added to exterior fabric with no exposed seams and has a zipper on the top! It was fun to change up the look! I love this "happiness is handmade" illustration ....with all of my sewing must have tools! Hmmm...maybe Lori could make this into a cross stitch design?!?!? Let me know if you would like a tutorial on this style of project bag...fully lined with NO exposed seams. Zippy Bag - French Seam My final Zippy Bag today follows the included panel directions except I chose to make French Seams so I wouldn't have exposed seams. This simple bag is unlined and has no interfacing. I absolutely LOVED making all the bags and I'm so excited to star using them for my projects!!! Let me know your favorite style of Zippy Bag and if you would be interested in a tutorial on how I made it! My Happy Place Home Decor Fabric designed by Lori Holt (HERE) Be sure to follow me on Instagram @ABitofScrapStuff and on my A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog for more fabric fun! Have a great day and happy quilting! Melanie This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting A Bit of Scrap Stuff. My family appreciates it!

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Hi Friends! Today I'm sharing a tutorial on making a Vinyl Project Bag on the Janome Blog and here too! I absolutely love Vinyl Project bags as they are perfect for storing sewing/quilting/cross stitch/ embroidery projects PLUS they are perfect for travel and for kiddos to store all of their treasures. The vinyl front makes it easy to know what is inside your bag... plus no raw fabric seams! I will be creating this project on my Janome M7 - which is SEW fabulous! I've been sewing on this machine for almost 3 years and I love how easy it is to use and it stitches beautifully. Tutorial - Vinyl Project Bag 14.5" x 14.5" Supplies 2 Fat Quarters = (1) Bag Front, (1) Bag Back 1/2 Yard = Zipper Fabric, Handle, Binding 14.5" x 14.5" Vinyl (I prefer 16 gauge) 16" Nylon Zipper 16" x 16" Scrap Batting OR Soft n Stable OR Pellon Fusible Fleece Wonderclips Optional - Wonder Tape 1/4" (double sided adhesive) * Cookbook Fabric Designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs * Zipper by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs Cutting Bag Front (1) 16" x 16" Bag Back (1) 16" x 16" Batting (1) 16" x 16" - If I want my bag to have a bit more support I will use (2) layers of batting - this makes it similar to Soft n Stable, but I can use my batting scraps Vinyl (1) 14.5" x 14.5" Zipper Fabric Bottom (1) 3" x 14.5" Zipper Fabric Top (1) 2" x 14.5" Handle (1) 4" x 9" Binding (2) 2.5" x 40"WOF Bag Assembly 1. Layer and adhere all 3 layers together. I prefer to use Odif 505 basting spray to hold my layers together. Bag Front Fabric - right side facing up (TOP) Batting (MIDDLE) Bag Back Fabric - right side facing down (BOTTOM) 2. Quilt as desired. I chose straight-line quilting 2" apart. I marked my quilting lines using a Hera Marker. I'm using the Janome 9mm AcuFeed Foot with Single Holder with stitch length 3.5. 3. TRIM quilted Bag Front/Batting/Bag Back to 14.5" x 14.5" 4. Make Double Fold Binding (Zipper Bottom Fabric 3" x 14.5") Iron Fabric in half to create a crease line in center of fabric strip Bring fabric edge to center crease line and press Repeat with other side 5. Place vinyl into the double fold binding to enclose vinyl edge. Use wonder clips to hold vinyl inside. 6. Top stitch along fabric edge to secure to vinyl. I like to use the Zipper Foot attachment for the AcuFeed Foot with Single Foot Holder and stitch length 2.4. Screen shot below of Janome M7 screen 7. Place Vinyl with Double Fold Binding on top of the bottom of Zipper Tape. I like to use double-sided Wonder Tape to hold the zipper in place. 8. Topstitch Vinyl with Double Fold Binding to Zipper Tape. 9. Single Fold Binding with Fabric Zipper Top (2" x 14.5"). Iron fabric together in half (wrong sides together). Place folded crease on top of zipper. Make sure it is lined up with previously attached Vinyl Fabric Binding. Trim off excess zipper ends - be sure zipper pull is in middle of bag so you don't accidentally trim off zipper pull. 10. TRIM bottom of vinyl of Vinyl Bag Front with zipper attached to 14.5" x 14.5". 11. Place Vinyl Bag Front on top of Quilted Bag Back. Use Wonder Clips to hold together. Sew together with a 1/8" seam allowance. (A small seam allowance is used so stitching line will be hidden in binding). 12. Bag Handle (Cut size 4" x 9". Finished size 1" x 9") Iron Fabric in half to create a crease line in center of fabric strip Bring fabric edge to center crease line and press Repeat with other side Fold closed so raw edges are hidden. Handle measures 1" x 9" Top stitch both sides of bag handle. 13. Sew bag handle to back side of Vinyl Project Bag. Mine is attached 5.5" from bag sides. Oops - I forgot to take a picture of this step before I added binding. Attach your handle BEFORE binding as the binding will secure the handle and hide the raw edges. 14. Bind as desired. I prefer to completely machine bind my projects. Machine Binding Tutorial HERE I hope you had fun making your Vinyl Project Bag! Be sure to follow me on Instagram @ABitofScrapStuff and on my A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog for more sewing fun! Melanie Call

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Bag patterns from By Annie are great. My last post highlighted the Clam Up Bags I made this year. I thought I'd let you know that By Annie has some free bag patterns on her site. I made the Easy Does It pattern and it turned out very nice. This is an easy bag pattern and a good one to try before you advance to other ones. This bag finishes at 6" H x 9"W x 4 1/2" D . The handles at the side are a great addition and easy to attach. This bad doesn't take much fabric. I used a couple fabrics from the Island Batik Honeycomb collection by Kathy Engle. Simple quilting of your choice can be added. Give it a try!

Well hello everyone! I'm sharing a quick little project today - one that I've been meaning to make for over a year now - vinyl project bags. A friend of mine has a set of these and loves them. She uses them to store her quilt WIPs and kits, and I've also seen people use them for their cross stitch, crochet, and english paper piecing projects. The fabrics I used for my bags all come from the new Homestead Life line by Tara Reed (Riley Blake Designs). You can find Homestead Life in shops now, including here at the Fat Quarter Shop. I love the sweet florals combined with the chunky gingham prints! I made two different sized bags - the large bags are 13" x 13", and the smaller bag is 8" x 11". I made this smaller one to hold pens and markers - perfect! And I added hanging loops to the two larger bags so they could be stored on a hook or on a hanger in a closet. There are a lot of different tutorials out there for making vinyl bags. I mostly followed this one by Center Street Quilts. After looking around at several other tutorials, I decided I liked her method the best. She also has great photos, and clear instructions. She pieced her bag backing but I just used a solid piece of fabric for mine. Once you get the idea of how they're constructed, it's not hard to adjust the bag sizes to fit your needs. This set of bags is meant as a gift for someone, but I'll definitely be making more of these for myself! Want to see other versions of vinyl project bags? These were some other helpful tutorials that I found: Easy WIP Project Bag with Vinyl (YouTube video by The Fat Quarter Shop) Vinyl Project Bag Tutorial by Thimbleanna Vinyl Project Bag Tutorial by The Quilting Nook Vinyl Project Pouch Tutorial by Center Street Quilts And you can see more of the Homestead Life fabrics here on the Riley Blake Designs site, and you can find Tara Reed's blog here. Happy sewing! **This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you) when purchases are made through links found in this post.

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