Yeah, my ward Relief Society asked me to help make the birthday gifts, again. Here we have these adorable fabric mini totes!
The pattern for these fabric bags is from All People Quilt designed by Monica Solorio-Snow of Happy Zombie. You can get 4 bags from two fabric fat quarters and a couple yards of 3/8" ribbon.
I had a good time making these bags, and I'm still not finished. I had to cut fabric for 140 bags. Quilters cotton is best, but almost any cotton is best. Don't make the same mistake I did and cut 2 sets of fabric the wrong width and have to dive into my own stash and see what I could salvage. Auuggghhh!
You will need to press the horizontal seams, just like in quilting. After that, pressing doesn't much matter. I didn't hand stitch the inside seam closed as the instructions suggest, I just did a narrow top stitch to close up the end on my machine. It's on the inside, no one looks that close.
The Relief Society essentials that went in the bag were, a travel-pack of tissues, lip balm and mints. My birthday isn't until May, so I don't have mine, yet.
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