Making a Cute Project Bag

These project bags are so fun to make and you get to decide the style and size!
Making a Cute Project Bag

You can make your project bag any size you want, in the video I have made several that finish at 11 inches by 8
inches.... the one I make in the video finishes at 13.5 by 11.5 inches...I used 1/4 inch seam allowance ...

You can change up the zipper bands to be wider as well...

you will need:

Fabric(s)
Fusable Fleece
Thread
clear vinyl
Zipper tape and pull
Double sided tape ( I get mine from tandy leather it is 3/16 inch wide)

I used my Bernina 770 QE and both my 1D foot and my 37 D foot...
For the quilting I used stitch no. 1396

Top stitching on my zipper bands was a stitch length of 3.0

I hand stitched my binding down to finish but you can topstitch too...

I cut my binding 2.5 inches wide by width of fabric... there are not curves so you do not need to cut binding on the bias...

I get my zipper tape ( zipper by the yard) from My Handmade Space, on Etsy and I also like the zippers from Sallie
Tomato....I used a size 5 zipper for all my bag...

I hope you have fun with this... please post photos of your project bags you make and tag me so I can see the cute
things you make!


Measurements for the projet bags featured in my video...

11 by 8 inch size:

cut back, inside back, and fusable fleece 13 by 11 inches...
fuse fleece to wrong side of inside back...
sandwich back and inside back pin lightly and quilt...

trim piece to 11.5 by 8.5

cut zipper bands ,,, 1 piece 13.5 by 4 inches and 1 piece 13.5 by 2 inches
press and fold 2 inch piece in half, press and fold 4 inch piece in half then fold each long side in to meet the center fold and press....

cut vinyl 13 1/4 by 11 1/4 and tuck one long side up in to 4 inch zipper band and top stitch along lower edge...

add zipper pull to tape now

Apply double sided tape to top and bottom of zipper tape... remove paper to expose tape on the lower edge of zipper tape, ( zipper opens from left to right) and lay lower band with vinyl attached along the zipper tape and top stitch..

remove paper from top edge of zipper tape and lay folded edge of the 2 inch zipper band along upper edge of zipper tape and top stitch...
Now, keeping your zipper pull inside the project toward the m iddle, lay zipper and vinyl piece atop your quilted back and trim to match size and clip with quilters clips all around...

cut binding 2.5 iches wide by width of fabric and press and fold in half... add under clips to the top side and following directions in video to make mitered corners, stitch binding to top of project bag using 1/4 inch seam allowance.

fold binding to back and hand stitch or top stitch down...


Larger bag I made in the video:

cut back, inside back and fusable fleece 15 by 12.5

cut to size 11,1/4 by 13 3/4
ccut vinyl the same size

cut zipper bands the same as for smaller project bag
cut binding the same excet cut two strips across width of fabric...