Instructions for the Damascus Spice Souk bag

 

 

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Size of the bag 10.5 x 11 inches or 27 x 28 cm

 

  • 1 metre or 1 yard of a background fabric to stitch out all the designs for the bag
  • 1 metre or 1 yard of fabric to make the bag
  • ½ metre or ½ yard of lining fabric
  • 1 metre or 1 yard of felt
  • Handles
  • Magnetic closure snap (optional)

Stitch out the following designs

  • Spice souk_01
  • Spice souk_02 four times
  • Spice souk_04
  • Spice souk_bot_04
  • Spice souk_bot_04_mirr
  • Spice souk_top_03
  • Spice souk_top_03_mirr

 

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Cut out the fabric for the bag larger than you need for both the front and back


Pin in the centre of the fabric “Spice souk_01”


Lightly glue the design onto the fabric

 

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Place all four of the “Spice souk_02” around “Spice souk_01” once you have all four in the correct position lightly glue each one down

 

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All four of the “Spice souk_02” glued into the correct position

 

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  • Place “Spice souk_top_03” at the top left corner
  • Place “Spice souk_top_03_mirr” at the top right corner
  • In the top centre put one of the “Spice souk_04”
  • Place “Spice souk_bot_04” at the bottom left corner
  • Place “Spice souk_bot_04_mirr” at the bottom right corner

Once you have placed each of the designs correctly lightly glue each of the designs onto the fabric

 

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The designs have all been lightly glue down to the fabric which is linen and due to my only have the blue felt I put a beige coloured fabric in between, as the blue felt may have been seen through the linen.

 

 

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Straight stitch all the layers down to your background fabric

 

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Zigzag stitch all the design down. Not too heavy a zigzag stitch just in case of movement and you can easily unpick if this should happen

 

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Over all the zigzag stitches, stitch each of the designs down using a satin stitch, this gives your work a nice finish

 

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Satin stitched each design

 

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Close up of the satin stitch over each of the designs

 

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  • Stitch the front and back of the bag together
  • Insert the lining you have made for the bag
  • Place the handles on the bag

 

 

 

 

Instructions for the Damascus Spice Souk Cushion

 

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Stitch out “Spice Souk_09” twice

 

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Close up of the work on the cushion

 

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This fabric had a lovely back to it so I used both the front and back of the fabric to give the cushion a different look

 

 

 

 

Damascus Spice Souk Jumper

 

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Stitch the following designs onto the jumper
Spice souk_05 twice
In the centre Spice souk_06

 

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