Flat Bag

Flat Bag

Price: $12.00

Gather together all of your small pieces of beautiful fabric, the beads you are dying to use, and the speciality threads that you have collected, because the Flat Bag is the perfect project.  With the addition of machine speciality stitches, quilting, and embellishments your imagination will take hold, and you will create a bag that is an exquisite work of art.  Each bag has a crazy rose pocket on the back plus inside pockets.  All of the bags utilize full-size paper-pieced patterns to make the crazy blocks.  Bags A and B have clever adjustable corded straps with uniquely tied knots.  Bag C employs an optional corded handle, with decorative beads, and a buttonhole slot closure.

Materials Required:


Bag A

Outer Bag: 1/4 yd or one fat quarter plus small pieces of at least 5 fabrics for crazy blocks.

Lining:  1/4 yd

Backing Fabric: 1/4 yd of lightweight woven fabric.

Lightweight Fusible Fleece:   1/4 yd

Cording:  1  3/4 yds of 1/4-inch sturdy non-abrading cord.

Button: 3/4-inch shank button

Bag B

Outer Bag: 3/8 yd or one fat quarter plus small pieces of at least 5 fabrics for crazy blocks.

Lining:  3/8 yard

Backing Fabric: 3/8 yd of lightweight woven fabric.

Lightweight Fusible Fleece:   3/8 yd

Cording: 2 1/2 yds of 1/4-inch sturdy non-abrading cord.

Bag C 

Outer Bag: 1/2 yd plus small pieces of at least 5 fabrics for crazy blocks.

Lining:  1/2 yd

Backing Fabric: 3/8 yd of lightweight woven fabric.

Lightweight Fusible Fleece:   3/8 yd

Cording: 1 yd of 1/4-inch sturdy non-abrading cord.

Button:  1 1/4-inch shank button.

Beads: 2 beads with holes that accommodate 2 lengths of cording.

In addition for all bags you will need:

Lightweight Fusible Interfacing: 6-inch by 10-inch piece