has anyone made gift bag out of christmas fabric?
10-16-2010, 07:10 AM
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I've been giving gifts in pillowcases made to suit the recipient. It has been so much fun finding fabric they "like" that suits their interests......
(and it's a very GREEN thing to do, too :mrgreen: )
(and it's a very GREEN thing to do, too :mrgreen: )
10-16-2010, 03:05 PM
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Do you have a link to the pattern?
Originally Posted by DebraK
I give all my quilts away in bags. Susan Atkinson has a really cute and easy fold up tote bag. I make them for groceries too. I can finish 3 in a day.
Originally Posted by lauriejo
My son went to Japan last summer for two weeks, he had to take a number of gifts so we got a book on furoshiki from the library. I hadn't thought of that for Christmas, but I do have some Christmas fabric that I don't like so much anymore. I may do that, although my family might like the bags more. I will have to give that some thought, thanks Marcia for the idea!
10-16-2010, 03:08 PM
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I was just looking through Nancy's Notions catalog and saw a no-sew reversable bag. It was made with fusible web. Maybe you could work something out that way. Go to her web site if you want to take a look at it.
10-16-2010, 05:45 PM
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10-16-2010, 06:12 PM
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My guild makes gift bags every year to give to a migrant worker's daycare center, filled with Christmas gifts. Here are the directions: You take a rectange of cotton Christmas fabric....you determine the size whatever you think will hold your stuff....I use a pinking blade on my rotary cutter so I don't have to fold down the top and seam....fold it in half, right sides together.....insert an 18 or 20" ribbon folded in half in the seam so that it's on the right side of the fabric about 1/3 of the way from the opening, and seam up the side and bottom catching the ribbon in the seam. Oh, and be sure to put the
ribbon inside the folded rectangle. Turn the bag right side out and you're done. The two strings of ribbon wrap around the bag and you tie it in a bow. I can make a bag in about 5 minutes. Good thing is that you can make it using this method in any size you want.
ribbon inside the folded rectangle. Turn the bag right side out and you're done. The two strings of ribbon wrap around the bag and you tie it in a bow. I can make a bag in about 5 minutes. Good thing is that you can make it using this method in any size you want.
10-19-2010, 11:27 AM
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I am having a hard time visualizing this. Which way do you fold the fabric rectangle in half...so the bag is deepest? Also, when you fold the ribbon in half, do you mean fold the width in half or the whole ribbon is folded in half length wise? Thanks much!
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