Handmade Holidays Hop 2015

For Christmas this year I am making a special something for each of my kids. I thought I would share one of my projects for the Handmade Holidays Hop. This fun bag will be a gift for my sweet tween who LOVEs her Ukulele. Adding a quilted Ukulele applique to a bag just takes a few simple steps.

 

You will need:

HeatnBond® Lite

SpraynBond® Basting Adhesive

Sew-In High Loft Fleece Interfacing

Suiting fabric

Cotton fabric (I used Blend Fabrics: Turkish Delight by Josephine Kimberling)

Thread: 
to match fabric for construction
12 wt, Covered Cotton OR embroidery floss for hand-stitched details (I like it BOLD) 

Shiny for the string

Pattern McCalls 4400 Or your choice of tote that needs a Ukulele Applique!

Basic Sewing Supplies: Sewing Machine, iron, needle, ruler…

Here is what you do:

I loved the lines on this a pattern from McCalls 4400 view C but it was a little big for my sweet tween I had in mind. So I scaled it back a bit. So if you desire the smaller size reduce. This is my fancy high tech pattern reducing method…painters tape and a ruler.

Cut pattern pieces as indicated by pattern. 

Sew the front and back of bag together at one side. Press seam open and lay bag flat.

Press  HeatnBond® Lite to wrong side of cotton print. Remove backing and press to Sew-In High Loft Fleece Interfacing. Cut Ukulele from these pieces.

 

 

Use SpraynBond® Basting Adhesive to adhere Ukulele to side of bag.

Stitch Ukulele in place. Add handstitched details of bridge and where the neck meets the body of the Uke.

Machine stitch 4 strings. ½ inch apart. 

Finish the bag construction following the pattern instructions.

Happy Sewing!


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2.	The Twinery	16.	The Honor Roll
3.	rukristin	17.	Atta Girl Says
4.	Graphic45	18.	My Very Educated Mother
5.	Therm O Web	19.	They Call Me Tatar Salad
6.	DecoArt	20.	Create It Simply
7.	ICE Resin	21.	Just JP - Jennifer Priest
8.	TombowUSA	22.	Life in the Craft Lane
9.	Walnut Hollow	23.	Annmakes
10.	Buttons Galore	24.	Lisa's Creative Soul
11.	BW Design Studio	25.	Brit - Graphic45
12.	A Little Craft In Your Day	26.	Tami Sanders
13.	17 Turtles	27.	Stencil1
14.	Eileen Hull LLC

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