Colour Burst Bag

 

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Front of Bag

 

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Back of Bag

 

The bag measures 16.5 x 18 cm or 6.5 x 7.1 inches approximately

 

What you need

  • 1 metre or 1 yard of fabric (I always write more than you need in the way of fabric length)

  • ½ metre of lining fabric or ½ yard of fabric

  • ½ metre of stabilizer

  • Small magnetic clasp or hand sew a snap

  • Gold chain 140cm or 55 inches (I used an actual gold chain that I never use and just sits in my jewellery box) or you can purchase a gold chain from your local hardware shop

 

Stitch out the following designs

  • Colour Bust_01

  • Colour Burst_02 (Front of Bag)
  • Colour Burst_03 (Back of Bag or if you wish you can stitch out 2 of “Colour Burst_02” and eliminate stitching out “Colour Burst_03”)

 

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Stitch out “Colour Burst_01” I used a very fine silk.

Take the hoop out of the machine.

Please do not take the design out of the hoop

 

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Before you lay the lining onto the hoop:

  • Turn the hoop over so the wrong side of the design is facing you and lightly spray glue on the back of the design “Colour Burst_01”
  • Lay over the design the lining fabric. I used a cotton fabric and press the fabric firmly onto the glue (this helps stop any movement of the lining fabric when you insert the hoop back into your machine)
  • Insert the hoop back into your machine
  • Stitch the outline stitch which is No. 14 on your colour chart

 

 

 

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With a sharp pair of scissors cut away from the design any excess fabric

 

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All the excess fabric cut away from the main design. I never cut to close to the outline stitches

Insert the hoop back into your machine so the satin stitch can be sewn with your machine.

 

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This section of the bag is now finished and you can take the design out of the hoop

 

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Using a very sharp pair of scissors cut as close as you can to the satin stitch border. Start of by cutting with a large pair of scissors and then change to a very small pair of scissors. The smaller scissors can cut into the rounded area more easily.

 

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All the fabric cut away from the satin stitch border

 

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Once you have finished stitching out “Colour Burst_02” take the design out of your hoop

 

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Measure all around the design “Colour Burst_02” 1.5 cm or 5/8 inch seam allowance

 

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Cut away any excess fabric from your seam allowance

 

Colour Burst Machine Embroidery Designs

 

At this time cut around both the front and back panels of your lining

 

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  • Measure all around the design “Colour Burst_03” which will be the back of the bag 1.5 cm or 5/8 inch seam allowance
  • Cut away any excess fabric from your seam allowance

 

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On the flap of the bag stitch over the satin stitch border a very close zigzag stitch but not quite a satin stitch this just gives the flap a nice finish

 

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On the front and back panels mark clearly the centre of each panel top and bottom

 

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On both the front and back panels top and bottom stitch two rows of a large straight stitch so you can eventually gather the stitches

 

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Showing you the two rows of straight stitches which will be your gathering stitches

 

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Gathering both top and bottom stitches on the front and back panel

 

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Gather the stitches front and back at the top panel to measure the same size as the flap of the bag

 

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Gather the top and back panels at the bottom of each panel to measure the same width 5.9 inches or 15cm this includes the seam allowance

 

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Stitch a hem on the top of each front and back panels

 

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Press using your steam iron the seam at the top of the bag

 

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Mark each front and back panel the centre

 

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I did not bother gathering the lining fabric, I pleated, I find this a lot easier as I can keep the centre markings of the front and back panels matching the centre markings of the front and back lining

 

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Hand sew the lining to the front and back panels of the bag

 

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Using your straight stitch on your sewing machine, stitch over your hand stitching

 

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  • Cut a hole in the two satin stitch circles and stitch down your gold chain to the flap panel

  • Pin the flap onto the back panel of the bag

 

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Showing you pinning the flap to the back panel of the bag

 

Colour Burst Machine Embroidery Designs

 

Hand stitch the flap piece to the back of the bag