Bunny Bag - Sewing Tutorial

Easter is always such a fun time for all the family to celebrate.  With Easter Egg Hunts and Chocolate to share these sweet Bunny Bags are not only a lovely gift to make but also quick to sew up.  Make these for all your friends and family and they can be filled with what ever treats you like.

Requirements
Fat 1/8th Linen
Fat 1/8th Trim/Lining Fabric
3.5in x 4.5in fabric for Bunny
2in x 17in strip for Tie
Size 18 Bias Tape Maker
Fusible Web
Coloured Cotton Thread
Sewing Machine with 1/4in foot
General sewing supplies

Bunny Bag Pattern available here

Cut 
As per cutting Instructions from Pattern. 

Step 1
Print out Pattern templates.

Step 2

Trace your Bunny shape onto your Fusible web with a lead pencil.  Press onto the back of Bunny fabric (following the Manufactures instructions).  Cut out on the pencil line.

Step 3

Press your Bunny shape onto the centre of your Bunny Bag front Linen.  Stick around your Bunny in your favourite Applique stitch.  I have used a Triple stitch on my machine to create a Raw Edge Applique look to my design.  You can use a Blanket stitch or hand sew it if you prefer.

Step 4

Pin and sew the Trim pieces to the top of the Linen Front and Back pieces.  Press seams towards the darker fabric.

Step 5

Using the Bias Tape maker, make the Tie by feeding the strip through the tape maker and pressing as you go.  Press the entire strip in half once finished.

Step 6
Machine stitch the open edges closed of your Tie and tie knots in each end.

Step 7

Fold your Tie in half and placing it about 1in down from the bottom edge of the Trim and so that the fold is on the are edge.  Stitch in place to hold.

Step 8 

Take the Linen Front and Back pieces and to each sew a Lining fabric piece along the top straight edges.  Press seams open.

Step 9

Take the pieces and match the front with the back and two lining pieces together.  Pin around your bag.  Sew 1/4in around the outside of the bag leaving a gap in the side of the lining (as indicated between the two Blue Pins).  Make sure your tie is in the middle so that you do not sew it into the seam allowance.

Step 10

Turn bag out the right way through the gap in the lining.  Sew the gap closed.  Sew a topstitch around the top edge of the bag.  Fill with lots of treats.

I would love to see the Bunny bags you make - use the hashtag - #tiedwitharibbonpatterns so that I can see your own makes.  

Happy Sewing

Jemima x 

This Tutorial is for Personal use only.

Tutorial : How to make a Felt Easter Egg

How to make a Felt Easter Egg

Requirements

16cm x 10cm piece yellow felt

6cm x 4cm piece of pink felt

7cm x 4cm piece of blue felt

14cm ribbon

3 buttons

Co-ordinating cotton thread

Toy filling

Step 1 – Print and cut out Pattern pieces onto paper.  Trace or cut around the egg pattern and top and bottom pattern pieces onto the felt.  Cut out the felt shapes.  Pattern is below.

Step 2 –Take one of your egg pieces and with your co-ordinating cotton thread sew a running stitch along the zig zag edges only of the top and bottom piece, through both layers.

Step 3 – Sew your buttons into position.  You could alternatively sew a piece of ribbon through the centre or use brads to decorate your egg.

Step 4 – Take the ribbon and fold in half.  With the second egg piece place the folded ribbon into the centre at the top and sew into place with cotton thread.

Step  5 – Place your front and back egg pieces together (with the ribbon in between the layers).  Sew around the outside of your egg, using running stitch with your co-ordinating cotton thread through the two layers.

Step 6 – Stop about 2cm before the place where you started and stuff your egg using the toy filling.  Sew closed.

Please remember this Tutorial is for personal use only. 

Stitching for a new baby

My oldest and dearest childhood friend recently shared the news that they are expecting a special new arrival. Baby number 2.  Well this means of course that such news needs to be celebrated with some special stitching.  This beautiful baby block is from the Melly and Me range and was so delightful to stitch.  I loved the pre-printed panel and the instructions were very clear and easy to work through.  I love hand sewing - I find it relaxing and such a great way to spend time in the evening. 

This is the finished block and it is so sweet - it even has a rattle inside.  So whether baby is a boy or girl I hope this little treasure will be played with and loved.

Easter eggs were on the agenda this week (apologies for the shocking photo quality - but is was late at night and the lighting very bad - but more on that later).  I am getting ready for the build up to Easter and Perth Upmarket is only 5 short weeks away.

I am in the midst of getting a tutorial together to make these Easter Eggs.  The photos are done and the pattern made, just waiting on some supplies and over the next week or so will upload the Easter Egg Tutorial to this blog.  I will also have some kits to go with the Tutorial available (in a limited quantity) to make three Easter Eggs.  These will be available shortly in my Etsy Shop and also available on the day of Perth Upmarket.  If however you prefer to buy them ready made you can from here.

Now, I know what things I can do well - but I am even more aware of the things that I can't or just seem to try at but always come up short.  Well I have made a list (you know how I love lists!)  of the things that I need to work on and improve at so I have decided MAKE more time for these things.  Top of the list at the moment is taking bettter photos.  I have just a simple digital camera but at the end of the day my photos just let me down so I have invested in this new baby.

Isn't it lovely.  Now once I figure out how to use it my photos should start to get much, much better.  I have had some help with some photography tips (thanks Dad and Justine!) and by next post my photos should just blow you away (hah - good in theory).  So off to read a big manual and report back next week with some progress. 

I love Holidays!

I love the Holidays.  With lots of friends and family to catch up and spend time with this big school break over summer is such a wonderful time especially to share with my girls. 

Well, while it may be holidays there has still been plenty going on in the Tied with a Ribbon sewing room.  I have put the finishing touches on some new Felt Kits which will be available in my Etsy Shop hopefully by next week.  This is a sneak peak at the making of one of them.

Because Christmas is now over it is safe to show you some of the presents that I was busy making but could not post photos about incase they were seen early by family and friends.



These are some Christmas Sacks I made for my nephews.

I made this swing top for my beautiful God Daughter.

This i-phone cover I made for a special friend to celebrate her birthday.  It was from Janelle Wind's book Pieces of Me which I had bought a few weeks ago.  It was very easy and I could not believe how quickly it came together.  

I have been able to tick lots of things off my to do list this week and lots of other new creations are in the works.  Now that Christmas is over I have been putting the finishing touches to my Easter range.  I have made lots of Easter Bunny Party Bags and Bunny and Easter Egg Decorations which have been listed in my Etsy shop.