BlocksontheGo,forQuiltsontheGrow!AKA-TheAlwaysDoneQuilt!
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Assemble10completedquilt-letsintotheconfigurationshownatleftIsewedminetogetherbymachine,byoverlappingtheedgesofmyquilt-letsby1/8andsewingwithavariegatedthread.Havingdonethis,Icantellyouthatitwouldprobablybeeasiertoladderstitchtogetherbyhand.
Ifyouhaveladder-stitchedandbig-stitchquiltedthequilt-letsbyhandthenyouarereadytoproceedtothenextpage.Ifyourquilt-letswillbequiltedbymachine,stichrandomstraightlinesacrosstheentirepiecetoholdthebattinginplaceandpreventitfromcurlingandbunchingwhenlaundered.
Requirements:10Quilt-letsmadewith4hexagonblocks.5meters(5/8Yard)forbaglining3meters(31/3Yards)11/2widecottonrugbinding,twilltape,orribbonforhandlesandbagsupport1meter(11/8Yards)13/8rickracktocoordinatewithbag
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Afterquiltingthetenassembledquilt-letsfoldonthelinesindicatedinthephotoatlefttocreatethebagshape.
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Stitchtogethertheedgesofthequilt-lets,toformthebasicbagshape,asindicatedinthephotos,attopfromlefttoright,leavingthebottomcornersuntiltheend.InthesampleIhaveclosedthebottomcornersbysimplystitchingthe2layerstogetherinsteadofoverlapping.Yourbagshellshouldendupapproximately171/2x171/2tothebottomoftheVbetweenthehexiesatthetopofthebag.
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Cuttheliningfabric361/2x19,Ididthisbyliningupthe181/4markofa201/2squareruleronthefoldlineandtheperpendicular19linealongonecutedgeandtrimmingawaytheexcess.
Lineuparuleralonganedgeofyourbagtofindoutwherethepointsofthetophexiesare.Minewereatapproximately41/4and131/4.
Markalineatthesemeasurements,41/4and131/4fromthefoldline.Ididthisbyscoringalinewithaheramarkerandthenpressingafoldintothefabric.Foldyourliningfabricwrongsidestogetherandsewan1/8seamalongthebottomedgeofthebag.Turnwrongsideoutandsewthesameseamwitha1/4seamallowancetocreateanicelyfinishedFrenchseam.
Foldoverthetopedgeofthebagliningapproximately1/4twiceandstitchinplace.
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Sincethisisalargebagat18tallyouwillhavetomeasurehowlongyouwantyourhandlestobesothebagdoesntdragonthegroundwhencarried.Imademinerelativelyshortat13.Onthewrongsideofthebagliningandcenteringthetwilltapeoverthemarked41/4linestartstitchingdowntheedgeofthetape.Continueacrossthefrenchseamatthebottomofthebagandtothetopedge.Pivotandstitchacrosstotheotheredgeofthetwilltapeatthetopedgeofthebag.
Pivotandstitchdowntheotheredgeofthetwilltape,backstitchingtosecureattheend.Measurethepredeterminedhandlelengthfromtheedgeofthebagandmarkwithapin.Curvethehandlesotherearenotwistsandcenterontothe131/4mark,liningthepinupwiththetopedgeofthebaglining.Beginstitchingasbeforesecuringtheedgeofthetwilltape.
Continuestitchinguntilyoureachthetopedgeofthebagagainandrepeatasbefore.Whenyoureachtheotherendofthetwilltape,trimtheendleaving1/2overlap.Foldundertheendandstitchacrosstosecure.
Closetheremainingsideseamwithafrenchseamasbefore,firstsewingan1/8seamwiththeliningrightsideoutandthena1/4seamwiththeliningwrongsideout.
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Laythe13/8richrackontothetwilltapemakingsureitextends1pastthetopedgeofthebag.Stitchinplacebysewingpointtopointasshown.Trimtheends.InserttheliningintothebagliningupthevalleyoftheVswiththetopedgeofthelining.Stitchinplace.BecauseIchoserandomstraightlinequilting,Isewingthelininginplacebymachineanditlookslikepartofmyquilting.Ifyouarestitchingthelininginplacebyhandsimplyslip-stitchinplacefromtheinsidemakingsurenottogothroughalllayers.Hideyourstitchinginsidethequilt-lets.
Becausethehandleissewntotheliningittakesalltheweightandthereisnostressonthequilt-letswhileyoucarryyourbag.Youmightchoosetoaddasecondsetofhandlestomakeitpossibleforyoutocarrythebagonyourshoulder.Ifso,placetheshoulderstrapinsidetheshorterhandlesothatitwillfallinsidethebagwhilecarryingandnotgetcaughtonthings.EnjoyyourTenQuilt-letsToGoTotebag!
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