MAKE A HANDY SHOPPING TOTE WITH LUCINDA ......ONLINE Essentials Printed fabric, 60cm x 90cm Plain fabric, 60cm x 90cm Elastic, 10cm Shank button, 2cm Dimensions 39cm x 45cm LOVE IT...
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REVERSIBLETOTE BAG
MAKE A HANDY SHOPPING TOTE WITH
LUCINDA GANDERTON’S
sew DRESSMAKING & STYLE
When you’re out and about it’salways handy to have an extrabag for those impromptupurchases. This handy foldawaystyle is completely reversible andfolds away neatly to slip into ahandbag. Go for a bright printto make a stylish tote that’spractical, yet so you!
Make the lining from a plain fabric
for a completely different look.
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3Press back a 2cm turning at the top of one handle oneach side of the bag. Turn the bag right side out by
pushing it through one of the handles and slowly pullingall the fabric through the gap. Turn the other threehandles right side out, then press the seams.
4Tuck 2cm of the handles with raw ends into theneatened ends. Tack and then machine stitch through
all the layers. Top stitch if desired. Sew a button to theoutside of the bag on the same side as the loop, 12cmdown from the top edge [3]. To complete, fold in eachside, then the handles. Then roll up the length and insertthe button into the loop.
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DOWNLOADTEMPLATESONLINE
EssentialsPrinted fabric, 60cm x 90cmPlain fabric, 60cm x 90cmElastic, 10cmShank button, 2cm
Dimensions39cm x 45cm
LOVE IT... BUY IT!Popping printsWe used Texture in Tealfrom The Garden ofEarthly Delights rangeby Studio KM, seewww.freespiritfabric.comfor stockists.
MAKE A REVERSIBLE BAG
1Go to www.sewmag.co.uk and download the templates.Cut out two main bags and two linings. Make a printed
pocket using the fabric off-cut from between the handles.Cut it down to 15cm long. Press in the curved edges, thenturn under a 1cm then a 3cm turning at the top. Pin it toone lining piece, 5cm down from the top edge and stitch[1]. Fold 10cm of elastic in half and pin to the centre topedge of the other lining piece with raw edges matching.Stitch in place, 3mm from the edge.
2With right sides facing, pin the two main bags togetheraround the side and bottom edges. Machine stitch with
a 6mm seam allowance. Press the seams open. Join the twolinings in the same way. Turn the lining right side out andslip it inside the bag, so right sides are facing. Matching theside seams, pin the two together around each edge of thefour handles [2]. Machine stitch the four seams, 6mmfrom the edge, leaving the short top edges open.
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Issue 73 July 2015
MOTIFS &TEMPLATES
Page 2-8Title: Reversible tote bag
Designer: Lucinda GandertonMagazine page: 41
Page 9Title: Embroidered collar
Designer: Lucinda GandertonMagazine page: 44
Page 10-12Title: Wedding mascots
Designer: Lucinda GandertonMagazine page: 62
Page 13-15Title: Papercut home decsDesigner: Ellen Kharade
Magazine page: 69
Page 16Title: Dolly & patchwork bed
Designer: Carolyn LettenMagazine page: 84
FIND THE TEMPLATE YOU REQUIRE ON THE CONTENTS LISTBELOW AND JUST PRINT OUT THE PAGE OR PAGES YOU NEED
FROM YOUR PRINT MENUIn your print menu, under Size Options, be sure to select
to print ‘Actual Size’, instead of ‘Fit to Page’
© Aceville Publications Ltd.All projects, templates and patterns are for personal home use only and cannot be sold or
used for commercial purposes.
Page 2-8Title: Reversible tote bagDesigner: Lucinda GandertonMagazine page: 41
REVERSIBLE TOTE BAGCut two from fabricCut two from lining
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REVERSIBLE TOTE BAGCut two from fabricCut two from lining
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Page 9Title: Embroidered collarDesigner: Lucinda GandertonMagazine page: 44
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Cut here for body
Seam line
Cut here for head
MR
COLLARCut two
Page 10-12Title: Wedding mascotsDesigner: Lucinda GandertonMagazine page: 62
ALTERNATIVE HAIR
MOUSTACHE
MRS
Page 13-15Title: Papercut home decsDesigner: Ellen KharadeMagazine page: 69
CANVASPICTURE
CUSHION
Page 16Title: Dolly & patchwork bedDesigner: Carolyn LettenMagazine page: 84
PANTALOON
LEG
ARM
BODY
HAIR FRONT
Cut four
Cut four (two reversed)
Cut two for headCut one for hair back
Cut four Cut two
Cut one
HEAD/HAIRBACK
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