Welcome! It's Day 2 of our Holiday Gift Blog Hop, where some talented bloggers are sharing tutorials that you can use for last-minute gift ideas or file away to try after the holidays. Today we're thrilled to have Jennie from Clover & Violet here with a sweet purse project (plus a doll quilt!) for a little girl using Bella Morocco. After you read through Jennie's tutorial, be sure to head over to her blog to check out her other designs (such fun bags!) and find out how you can enter to win a fat quarter bundle of Benartex or Kanvas fabric.
Hi, it's Jennie from Clover & Violet and I'm excited to be here today sharing a tutorial for a toddler purse and doll blanket. Since my mom and I design quilted handbags, a friend of mine sent me an e-mail the other day looking for a purse for her 18-month-old daughter. My toddlers love carrying all their special toys around in little bags, so I was excited to make one for my friend. I chose the Bella Morocco fabrics because they're so bright and fun. And, I just had to make a little doll blanket to go with it too!
Supplies:
- 3 Fat Quarters
- 3 - 4" x 20" strips
- 1/4 yard cotton flannel
- 6" x 8" lightweight interfacing
- Ric Rac
- Sew in magnetic snap
For Purse cut:
From Fabric:
- 3 - 4" x 6" rectangles of three prints for flap
- 1 - 8" x 6" wrong side of flap
- 2 - 9" x 10 rectangles for body
- 2- 9" x 10" rectangles lining
- 2 - 2 1/2" x 14" rectangles handle
From Interfacing:
From Flannel:
- 2- 9" x 10" rectangles lining
- 1 - 2 1/2" x 14" rectangles handle
All seam allowances are 1/4" unless otherwise noted.
Make the flap by sewing together the three 4" x 6" rectangles to create one 11 1/2" x 6" piece. Set your sewing machine to a long stitch length and stitch 1/4" and 3/8" from the top and bottom edge. Also stitch and 1 1/4" and 1 1/2" from the bottom.
Carefully pull the threads and gather the fabric until the piece measure 8" x 6". Fuse the 8" x 6" interfacing to the wrong side to hold gathers in place. Stitch the ric rac over the middle gathers, removing any gather stitches that show.
On the wrong side of the fabric, sew the magnet to the gathered flap at the ric rac stitching line. Sew the 8" x 6" piece, right sides together, along the bottom and sides. Clip corners.
Turn right side out and stitch 1/4" and 1/8" from bottom edge, making sure to stitch through the bottom of the magnetic snap.
Quilt the 9" x 10" rectangles to the flannel. I like to leave the flannel extra large and then trim it to the fabric after quilting.
Cut a 1 1/4" square in on each corner of one 10" side of each panel. Sew the bottom and sides of the panels together with a 3/8" seam allowance.
Fold the box so that the side and bottom seams line up, stitch 1/4" from edge. Turn right side out to form a box on the bottom of the bag.
Sew the remaining magnet piece to the wrong side of the purse body, 2 1/2" from the top edge, so that the flap magnetizes closed.
Make the handle by layering the two handle prints right side together and the strip of flannel on top. Sew along long edges, leaving ends open (note: for easier turning, back stitch at beginning). Turn right side out and stitch 1/4" from each edge.
Sew the flap, right sides together, to the back of the bag (the side without the magnet). Then sew the handle to the sides of the bag.
Make the lining in the same manner as the body, but leave a 4" opening on one side.
Place the lining over the body of the bag, right sides together. Sew around the top. Carefully pull the bag body through the opening. Hand stitch the opening closed, then push the lining into the bag.
For the Doll Blanket:
Cut the remaining 4" strips in half, 1 3/4", and sew together longways. Trim the panel to 11 1/2" long. From the body fabric, cut 3 - 2 1/2" strips and sew as a border around the stripped top. Sew the ric rac 4" from the bottom of the blanket.
Use the remaining fat quarter for the backing, layer with right sides together and a piece of flannel (as for the strap), then sew, leaving a 4" opening on one side. Turn right side out and quilt as desired.
And there you have a great gift for the little girl in your life!
Thanks, Jennie!
Don't forget to visit the Clover & Violet blog to enter to win some free fabric!
See the other Holiday Gift Blog Hop tutorials here:
Day 1: Fabric Gift Bags from the Benartex blog team
Day 3: Beer Coozies and Coasters from the Benartex blog team
Day 4: Mae's Daisy Quilt by Melissa from My Quilt Relish
Day 5: Honey Bee Quilt by Erin from Why Not Sew?
Looking for more holiday gift ideas? Check out the projects from our Holiday Headstart blog hop back in October:
We're into December already...how did that happen?!
Did Black Friday and Cyber Monday leave you feeling shopped out?
We have just the cure.
Starting Wednesday, we'll be sharing a week's worth of fantastic tutorials in our Holiday Blog Hop.
We know December is busy, so we've jokingly named this the "Yes! You really do still have time to sew one more present" blog hop. But really, sewing a handmade gift is so much more satisfying and relaxing than waiting in yet another line at a big box store. (Now if you're shopping for fabric, that's another story.) The beauty of the tutorials we'll be sharing is that while they would make lovely gifts, they're not seasonal, so if December is just too full, you can come back to them in January when life calms down again.
Here's our line-up:
Wednesday: Benartex blog team
Thursday: Jennie from Clover & Violet
Friday: Benartex blog team
Monday: Melissa from My Fabric Relish
Tuesday: Erin from Why Not Sew
Wednesday: Wendy from Ivory Spring
Stop by our blog each day to see the featured tutorial and find out how you can win a fat quarter bundle of Benartex fabric.
We're kicking off the launch of Contempo Studio with a blog hop featuring tutorials made using Contempo fabrics. Today, Jennie from Clover & Violet is sharing a quilted pillow in two sizes made using Dwellings in the Guesthouse colorway. Gorgeous! After you read Jennie's tutorial, head over to her blog to see the wide range of fantastic patterns they offer and find out how to win some Dwellings fabric for yourself!
Hi! I'm Jennie and I work with my mom over at Clover & Violet where we design PDF patterns for patchwork handbags as well as offer tutorials and ideas for patchwork projects of all types. I chose the Dwellings fabrics in the Beach House colorway because I could vision them in my living room. I love adding a little bit of quilting to every area of my home. The scale, colors, and beautiful finish on the fabric was perfect for some large-scale quilt blocks that will really show off the prints.
The tutorial I'm going to share is for a Quarter Log Cabin Pillow Cover, which will include an invisible zipper for easy washing, and can be made in two sizes {or easily adjusted to any size you'd like}.
To make two covers, one 20" square and one 18" square, you will need {if only making one, you will need 6 fat quarters):
- 1 fat quarter each:
- Baby Bloom Khaki
- Confetti Aqua
- Beaded Stripe Aqua
- Baby Box Trot Ivory/Aqua
- 1/2 yard each:
- Bloom Aqua
- Wavy Pencil Stripe Green
- 1/3 yard prewashed cotton flannel {like you'd use for pajamas}
- 20″ or longer invisible zipper
Optional:
- Invisible zipper foot
- serger
Note: Patchwork seam allowances are 1/4" and pillow seam allowances are 1/2". Measurements for 20" pillow are in parenthesis.
From fat quarters cut:
- Baby Bloom Khaki - 8" (10") square
- Confetti Aqua - 4 1/2" x 8" (4 1/2" x 10") rectangle
- Beaded Stripe Aqua - 4 1/2" x 12" (4 1/2" x 14) rectangle
- Baby Box Trot Ivory/Aqua - 7" x 12" (7" x 14") rectangle
From half yards cut:
- Bloom Aqua - Two 12" x 18" (12" x 20")
- Wavy Pencil Stripe Green - Two 7" x 18" (7" x 20") rectangles
Beginning with the center square, sew the rectangles around two sides of the square as shown. Place pieced square on top of a square of flannel slightly larger than the square. Pin and quilt in place. Set aside. Now we’re going to make the back. First, serge one 18" (20") edge of each of the back pieces.
Note: If you don't have a serger, a zig zag stitch works just fine.
Next, take your invisible zipper and press the zipper open. This will make it much easier to sew right next to the teeth, even if you’re using an invisible zipper foot. It was very difficult to get a picture of what this should look like, but if you examine the zipper you’ll see what I mean.
Note: I intentionally left my backing fabrics a little larger than the front of the pillow so I wouldn't have to line up seams!
Then, sew your zipper to the right side of one of your backing fabrics. Zip the backing together and place it right sides together with the front of the pillow.
Leave a small portion of the zipper open and pin the ends next to each other. Stitch around the pillow with a 1/2" seam allowance, back stitching twice at the zipper ends.
Serge the edge {or zig zag and trim}.
Carefully open the zipper from the wrong side and turn the pillow right side out.
And there you have some fun pillow covers that are just as pretty from the back (shown above) as the front.
Thanks, Jennie!
Head over to Jennie's blog to see how you can enter to win a fat quarter bundle of the Dwellings collection.
Find the remaining Contempo blog hop tutorials here:
