Life in the Scrapatch: October 2015

Thursday, October 29, 2015

A Quilty Find!

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Quilty Finds

Spooky Sweet!

There are a lot of great free patterns on this site.

I did not make a spider web quilt this year,
but if you make or have made one from my tutorials,
I would love to see a photo.

Today is the last day of the

Halloween Haunts Blog Hop

Did you see all the wicked awesome creations in this spooktacular blog hop?

Thanks to all who shared their Halloween treats!

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!!

:)

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Toddler Trick or Treat Bag Tutorial

Toddler Trick or Treat Bag

Finished bag measures 8" by 10" with 7" handle

Fat Quarter Friendly Pattern

Fabric Requirements

Outer bag fabric: cut 21" by 9"

Bag Lining: 21" by 9"

Cuff: 18" by 7.5"

Handle: 16" by 4.5"

(For a small toddler, you may want to shorten the handle length an inch or two,
or even cut the bag pieces smaller. Use your own good judgement.)

Fold outer fabric crosswise right sides together and sew two outer seams leaving the top open.

Turn right side out and repeat process to make the bag lining.

Sew cuff right sides together along short sides to form. tube.

Sew handle right sides together to form long tube.

Turn right side out and press.

Top stitch handle on each long side.

Press and nest bag outer layer and lining.

Top stitched a line of stitching 1/4 inch from outer side edges to hold these together securely.

Mark center of bag front and back.

Set the handle inside the bag with the folded edge down and align and pin

to center of front and center back.

Stay stitch the handle to the inside of the bag 1/8" from the top edge of the bag,

removing pins as you go.

Press the seam on the cuff tube.

Fold cuff in half and press.

Mark center of cuff.

Align to center of bag and pin to the outside of the bag through all layers

1/4" from the top edge of bag.

I switched to my heavy duty walking foot to sew through all these layers easily.

You will cover these raw edges in the next step.

Fold the cuff upward and press.

Fold cuff into the bag and sew 1/2" from top edge through all layers.

Be sure that your line of stitching covers the raw edges.

Fold cuff outward and down and pull up handle.

Your bag is done and ready for little hands!

Happy Trick or Treating!

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Halloween Haunts Blog Hop

Trick or Treat!

Welcome to my stop on the

Halloween Haunts 2015

Halloween Haunts Blog Hop

I made this trick or treat bag for my grand-darling Everly.

Everly is getting ready for her second Halloween.

Since Everly is three thousand miles away cannot come trick or treating at Grammy's house,
Grammy is sending her trick or treats in the mail.

Everly loves her "Goodnight Moon" board book and her mom and dad read
this to her every night before she goes to sleep.

So I thought she would love this "Goodnight Goon" board book.

I also got her a cute trick or treat card that ... um ... plays music when you open it.

I am sure her mom and dad will be thrilled with the spooky sounding card ... ;)

I decided to make her a fabric trick or treat bag to hold these treats.

I have had these bright Halloween fat quarters and fabric in my stash for some time.

Katniss helped me choose the fabrics for the bag.

I followed my own pattern idea on how to make this bag

For my Toddler Trick or Treat Bag Tutorial Click HERE

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