{"id":2129,"date":"2019-03-08T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2021-05-03T10:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T08:36:15","slug":"shopping-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/shopping-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping bag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Inspirations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

SEWING TUTORIAL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Shopping bag”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"\"MATERIALS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • 60 cm\/140 cm thick unbleached linen<\/li>
  • 40 cm\/140 cm solid colour damask fabric<\/li>
  • 40 cm\/140 cm upholstery fabric with a floral print<\/li>
  • 8 decorative buttons of 1\u00bd cm<\/li>
  • 1 or 2 sewing threads that match your fabric<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    \"\"ACCESSORIES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Standard foot A<\/li>
    • Automatic buttonhole foot<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      \"\"INSTRUCTIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Cut from the linen :
      \u2013 2x 37\/14 cm for the bottom of the bag
      \u2013 2x 50\/40 cm for the lining
      \u2013 2x 54\/6 cm for the straps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Cut from the damask fabric :
      \u2013 1x 25\/19 for the pocket
      \u2013 1x 50\/40 cm for one side of the bag<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Cut from the floral fabric
      \u2013 1x 25\/19 cm for the lining of the pocket
      \u2013 2x 50\/40 cm for the straps
      \u2013 1x 50\/40 cm for one side of the bag<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      2. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Place the fabric and lining of the pocket right sides together. Sew all the way round, 1 cm from the edge, leaving an opening so you can turn it the right way out. Turn the pocket right way out, close the opening with a hand stitch and iron it. Measure 3 cm from the top of the pocket and top stitch all along the length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      3.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Using thread, mark the centre of the sides of the bag with the floral and damask fabric.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      4.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Also, along the width, mark the centre of the two bottom parts of the linen bag.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      5.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      On the floral side of the bag, 9\u00bd cm from the bottom, position the pocket matching the centre points. Pin and sew the three sides a few mm from the edge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      6.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Place the two sides of the bag right sides together, pin and sew the sides, iron the seams open. Repeat the previous step with the linen lining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      7.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Pin the strip for the bottom of the linen bag, right sides together, matching the centre points. On both sides of the bag. Sew 17\u00bd cm from each side of the centre mark, reverse stitch to strengthen the end stitch. You must leave 1 cm on each side of the bottom strip. Repeat the previous step with the lining<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      8.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      At the edge of each reverse stitch, clip into the corners of the bag fabric at an angle so you can turn it and sew it on the sides of the bottom strip. Again, finish the corners with a reverse stitch.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      9.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Place the lining inside the bag right sides together. Sew all around, 1\u00bd cm from the edge, leaving an opening of about 10 cm to turn the bag out. Turn the bag right side out, tack all the way round pushing the lining \u00bd cm inside the edge. Sew the opening with a hand stitch. If you wish, you can top stitch all the way round a few mm from the edge. Iron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      10.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Turn up a seam of 1 cm on the linen straps, pin or tack, iron. Turn up a seam of 1.2 cm all the way round the floral fabric straps, pin or tack, iron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      11.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Place the floral and linen fabric straps on top of each other wrong sides together. The floral fabric will be slightly inside (2 mm). Top stitch all the way round to hold them together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      12.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Mark your buttonholes at the ends of the straps. The first at 1\u00bd cm from the end, allow 3 cm between the two buttonholes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      13.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Sew the buttons 2 cm from the edge of the bag as shown in the diagram. Attach the straps.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      You have just completed your shopping bag, congratulations !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      \u00a9 Elna International Corp. SA, all rights reserved<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Copyright<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The authorization to use this documentation is hereby granted exclusively for non-commercial use. The contents of this documentation are the sole property of Elna International Corp. SA. This documentation shall not in any way constitute a right to transfer any rights with respect to copyrights of Elna International Corp. SA to the user or to third parties.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      This sweet tote bag is a quick and easy sewing project. It will serve all sorts of purposes and will follow you to work or school, to your next outing or sewing class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switzerland.elna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}