I started a cross stitch pattern 3 years ago! That has just been patiently waiting for me to want to stitch again. Which I have. The pattern is from The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery called The Storytime Sampler. Each little frame is a different storybook character.
A few weeks ago I visited my Mom and we were sorting through fabric together. She gave me a TON of fun fabric prints. One was a navy floral that sort of reminds me of a liberty print and I knew I wanted a project bag out of it. Then, last weekend I was watching YouTube videos of cross stitching, and I think there was a link or something to a tutorial by Kea Bee for a zippered pouch with a vinyl pocket. I have been wanting to make something similar for awhile so I took it as a sign that I needed to sew it up right then! First, I did make a quick Joanns trip to purchase vinyl 😏 Cuz I have a whole lot in my stash, but not that!
I only changed a couple of things. One was the size. I wanted mine to be able to hold my whole project including the q-snap frame. That was an easy adjustment! I have a 12.5 square template ruler so I used that for dimensions.
I'm not sure exactly how to show the next thing? Since the zipper is sewn on top of the bag, it could leave a raw edge on the underside. I just really don't like raw edges so I folded the fabric around the batting for the top part of the front of the bag.
Then I quilted straight lines. I sewed the folded edge to the zipper. The raw edge sides get enclosed when the bag is sewn together and the binding added. For binding, I just used leftovers from my jar o binding.
If raw edges don't bother you, that step is unnecessary. It did make it slightly easier to keep ahold of while sewing to the zipper. One thing I might add to another bag if I make one would be a carry handle at the top. No biggie though since I'm not transporting this around. If I was that would be handy! Ha ha! See what I did there? "Handy" get it? A handle....
Anyways! Here it is empty. There really are so many ideas you could do with this simple bag - add ribbon, different dimensions of vinyl, coordinating fabric instead of all the same.
