I finished the two patriotic wall hangings I made for dear daughter and my self. They are identical. I put hanging triangles on the back and included a dowel stick with dear daughter's because she likes to hang everything.
I pulled fabric from my stash to make vinyl project bags for my cross stitch projects that I want to start. I figured if I kitted the cross stitch charts with fabric and threads it would be easier to start stitching them.
I used the tutorial here by Erica Arndt. She does a pretty good job walking you through the steps. I liked this tutorial because the lining and back are quilted. Lots of tutorials don't quilt that part.
I made my bag about 15" square. I just increased the size of the individual pieces of fabric by the appropriate amount and used a longer zipper. I did find the process of putting the binding on very fussy. I can fix that. I will make the next one with a back that is about 1.25" inches larger all around and then I can self bind with the excess fabric. So easy.
This is the first project bag I made.
I didn't have any black thread so I used a bright green. Not as pretty as I wanted it to be. I love the shamrock fabric. I had trouble with the vinyl sticking to my machine extension table, but I can fix that too by taking that off and putting the regular machine extension on.
She also had a tutorial for a mini vinyl bag (great for scissors and extra needles and threads) that you can make in coordinating fabric (which I did) that tutorial is here. Once again, I found the binding to be the biggest obstacle, but I can avoid that problem with a larger piece of fabric on the back and doing a self binding on it.
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