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Rustic Charm Bag

 


 

The bag dimensions are approx 30 x 19.5 cm or approx 12 x 7.5 inches.

You will need:

 

Stitch out the following designs

 

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Stitch the pleated olive green taffeta ribbon or whatever you may have at hand

 

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Stitch in the centre of the taffeta ribbon black velvet rickrack

 

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Pin all three sides of the bag together

 

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All three sides stitched together

 

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Stitch flat bottom along the bottom line mark you made. Be sure to sew securing stitches at both ends to finish, trim off any excess fabric from the triangle, please not too close to the seam

 

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To make a flat bottom for the bag I stitched two layers 9 x 24 cm (3.5 x 9.5 inches)of thick “Floriani Stitch N Shape” together or whatever you have at hand, you can even use thick cardboard

 

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Mark the centre of the front and back panels of the bag then pin your handles to the bag. Once satisfied with your measurements stitch each of the handles to your bag

 

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All the handles stitched to the bag

 

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Stitch down the top to leave a nice clean edge to stitch your lining to the bag

 

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Lining stitched to the bag and all finished

 

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Back of the Bag

 

 

 

Instructions for the Lavendar Cushion

 

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The dimensions of the cushion are 30 x 30 cm or 12x 12 inches

 

You will need:

 

Stitch the following designs

Stitch “cottage_01_180x130” or “Cottage_02_150x240” then stitch above and below “Rustic charm_10_180x130” or “Rustic Charm_09_150x240” then stitch to both sides

 

 

 

Instructions for the Rustic Charm Cushion

 

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This photo is just a combination of the cushion that I Photo shopped to give you an idea of making a quilt with the designs

 

 

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The dimensions of the cushion are 51 x 51 cm or 20x 20.5 inches

 

What you will need:

 

Stitch the following designs:

 

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This is a close up of the border with the feather and straight stitches

 

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Use this straight stitch border as a guide for your 5/8 inch seam as you can see in the photo (you can decide on what seam allowance suites you the 5/8 inch is just a guide) Once you have stitched around the straight stitch border cut away any excess fabric

 

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Cut away the thin wadding from the straight stitch border as shown

 

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Showing the back

 

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Start by sewing “Rustic Charm_19” and “Rustic Charm_20” as the first block followed by “Rustic Charm_12” and “Rustic Charm_20” as the second block then sew either “Cottage_01_180x130” or “Cottage_02_150x240” to the first block followed by the second block

 

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This is a photo of all the blocks stitched together if you wish to make the cushion then at this stage sew the piping around the cushion or if you wish to make a quilt the repeat the process as many times as you wish

 

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Close up of the centre design “Cottage_02_150x240

 

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Close up of the centre design “Rustic Charm_14”

 

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Close up of the centre design “Rustic Charm_12”

 

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Close up of the centre design “Rustic Charm_17”

 

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Close up of the centre design “Rustic Charm_13”

 

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Close up of the centre design “Rustic Charm_16”

 

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Close up of the centre design “Rustic Charm_20”

 

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Close up of the centre design “Rustic Charm_19”

 

 

 

Black T-Shirt Instructions

 

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Close up of the design “Rustic Charm” stitch on a similar fabric that you used for the bag stitch a thin wadding under the design this just makes the design puff out slightly which gives it a dimension then cut around the satin stitch border and zigzag stitch the design onto the “T” Shirt