{"id":519,"date":"2010-10-07T16:11:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T20:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/?p=519"},"modified":"2010-10-07T16:11:44","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T20:11:44","slug":"quilted-trick-or-treat-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/?p=519","title":{"rendered":"Quilted Trick or Treat Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re a sewer with kids, October is definitely the month you come in to your own.<\/p>\n

After all, nobody ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’ over the neatly shortened pants or the nice new curtains you made for the kitchen windows. Those boring, everyday things are just done by the sewing fairies. *laugh, snort* Nope, the real glory revolves around…drumroll, please…<\/em> HALLOWE’EN!<\/p>\n

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Here’s an easy tutorial for a charming quilted trick or treat bag that’s sure to take your coolness quotient from ‘wonderful’ to ‘absolutely-the-coolest-sewer-that-ever-lived’ :). I made my bags for the boys a couple of years ago and they love them to pieces: the evidence is in the slightly wrinkled, been through the wash a number of times look my sample is sporting in the photos.<\/p>\n

It’s a nice kid-sized bag, with sturdy ribbon handles and big enough to hold a good haul. However, it’s not so enormous you spend the entire night trundling round the neighbourhood, standing at the end of countless driveways, as the kidlets try to fill it! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/2 yd orange cotton fabric<\/p>\n

1\/ 2 yd light orange cotton fabric<\/p>\n

18\u201d x 36\u201d batting<\/p>\n

8\u201d x 12\u201d square black cotton fabric<\/p>\n

1 yd 1\u201d green grosgrain ribbon<\/p>\n

6\u201d reflective safety tape (optional)<\/p>\n

1 spool orange thread<\/p>\n

1 spool black thread<\/p>\n

Supplies & Notions<\/strong><\/p>\n

temporary fabric spray adhesive<\/p>\n

fabric marking pen or tailor’s chalk<\/p>\n

quilter’s ruler<\/p>\n

rotary cutter<\/p>\n

rotary cutting matte<\/p>\n

pins<\/p>\n

8\u201d x 12\u201d piece of Wonder Under paper-backed fusible web<\/p>\n

iron<\/p>\n

sewing needle<\/p>\n

Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Using the rotary cutter and quilter’s ruler, cut both orange fabrics and batting into 14 1\/2\u201d x 31\u201d rectangles.\u00a0 Set the light orange rectangle aside temporarily.<\/li>\n
  2. Spray the batting with temporary spray adhesive and smooth the dark orange fabric on top.<\/li>\n
  3. With the fabric marking pen, draw randomly spaced vertical lines (from 1\/2\u201d to 2\u201d apart) down the fabric to simulate the lines on a pumpkin.\u00a0\u00a0 Using a straight stitch (L 2.5-3.0) and with the orange thread in the bobbin and upper, quilt the vertical lines.<\/li>\n
  4. Print off the pumpkin face pdf by clicking here<\/a>. Trace the face onto the paper-backed fusible web.\u00a0 Following the manufacturer’s instructions, fuse the tracing onto the wrong side of the black fabric with a dry iron. If you’ve never attempted machine appliqu\u00e9, check out this youtube video for step-by-step instructions.<\/li>\n

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  5. Cut out the eyes, nose and mouth from the black fabric.<\/li>\n
  6. Make a mark on the quilted bag fabric 6 3\/4\u201d down from the top edge and 7 1\/2\u201d in from the left edge using the fabric marking pen. This is the center of the face.<\/li>\n
  7. Position the pumpkin face on the quilted fabric, referring to the photograph for placement and centering the face over the mark.\u00a0\u00a0 Following the manufacturer’s instructions, fuse the pieces in place.<\/li>\n

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  8. With black thread in the upper, appliqu\u00e9 the pieces onto the fabric using a narrow zig-zag stitch (L 0.5, W 2-3).\u00a0 Stitch around each piece slowly, pivoting carefully at the inside and outside corners.<\/li>\n
  9. Pin the reflective tape on the right half of the quilted fabric, if using.\u00a0 Stitch around the tape to secure.<\/li>\n
  10. RS facing, fold the quilted fabric in half and pin along the side and bottom edges.\u00a0 With orange thread in the bobbin and upper, stitch using a 1\/2\u201d seam allowance.\u00a0 Trim the corners and press open the seam allowances.<\/li>\n
  11. With the bag still inside out, align the side and bottom seams at one corner so that they form a triangle.\u00a0 Using the quilting ruler, draw a horizontal line exactly 2 1\/2\u201d from the bottom corner. \u00a0\u00a0The horizontal line will be 4\u201d wide and when sewn will form the box corner.\u00a0Stitch across this line.\u00a0Trim the seam allowance and press. Repeat for the opposite corner.<\/li>\n
  12. Cut the grosgrain ribbon in half.\u00a0 With the raw edges aligned at the upper edge, center one handle on each side of the bag, with each end 3\u201d from the edge.\u00a0 Pin in place and then stitch the handles in place inside the seam allowance.<\/li>\n
  13. Fold the light orange rectangle in half, RS facing.\u00a0 Pin.\u00a0 Stitch around the outside of the fabric, leaving a 5\u201d gap on the long side for turning.\u00a0 Press the seam allowances to one side.<\/li>\n
  14. Form the box corners for the lining as in step 11.<\/li>\n
  15. Insert the quilted bag inside the lining, RS facing.\u00a0Stitch around the top of the bag through all layers.\u00a0 Trim and press.<\/li>\n
  16. Turn the bag right side out.\u00a0 Slip stitch the opening closed.<\/li>\n
  17. Fill with candy.<\/li>\n

    You are free to share the link to this project with sewing friends and use it for personal or charity sewing. Please credit my website and don\u2019t repost or resell the appliqu\u00e9 or instructions on your own site. \u00a0Enjoy!\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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