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Monday, April 9, 2018

Sew Your Own Drawstring Project Bag

A free picture tutorial

Every once in a while I get the itch to sew something on the sewing machine. Lately I have been making these drawstring project bags. They are the perfect size for holding a one skein project like a hat or cowl. It's been a good way to use up my scraps and they are keeping my wips organized.

Let's see how I make them

Supplies:

2- 8 by 9 in jean material with 2 inch notches cut out on the 8 inch sides
4- 9 by 10 in pieces for the out side and lining of the bag
16 by 4 fabric matching the lining fabric for the drawstring top
ribbon for drawstring
large bead or button
optional- jean pocket and other embellishments
sewing machine
sewing thread
pins

sorry this one is so blurry

The first thing I do is sew the bottoms and sides together making sure the right side are facing each other. I also like to make a running stitch down the seam for a nice finish. Optional sew the pocket onto the front of the bag.

At this point you will have your outside and inside

Next sew the sides of the bag together. On one of the sides of the lining leave a 3 inch hole so you can turn it right side out later.

Sew the bottom together to look like the picture above. This will give your bottoms a nice level place to sit.

Put the lining and outside together with the right sides facing together. This picture is actually wrong. You want the lining on top so you can pull your fabric through the hole.

Turn the bag right side out so that it looks just how you want it to look like. Sew together the hole in the lining with a wip or ladder stitch. Sew a hem on each of the 4 inch sides of the 4 by 16 inch piece of fabric. fold it over like basting tape and then pin it around the top of the bag leaving the openings on the side seam of the bag. Sew the drawstring flap to the bag.

Add the ribbon to the bag using a safety pin to push it through to the other side. String the large bead or button through both ends of the ribbon. Then add a knot to the ribbon ends to close in the button.

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Monday, April 2, 2018

Puddles of Love Baby Blanket

A Free Tunisian Crochet Pattern

I love how this blanket turned out. The texture is just wonderful. Tunisian crochet is typically thicker than any other stitch technique, so this blanket is extra squishy. It's the perfect kind of blanket that I love to put on the floor to let baby roll around on and play. I also really love the pop of color edging. You can start the blanket early and then when you know what the baby will be you can add your color of choice for the edging.

I used one ball of caron yarn one pound. I used every inch of it, so you might want to grab two just to be on the safe side. *As of 9/30/2022 I have also made the blanket using 10 skeins of Lion Brand Wool Ease.* Your tension might be different than mine so your yardage might change. I like to keep a really loose tension when I am working with Tunisian Crochet. I think it helps keep it from curling so much, and it helps my hand not hurt so much when working with the longer hook. I would also recommend using a Tunisian hook that has a cord attachment. because this blanket gets pretty heavy and the cord makes it so you don't have to hold it all up.

This is a free pattern. If you choose to purchase an ads free printer friendly version, you will get everything you see in the blog post plus a chart to help you follow along. This pattern is easy to adapt to a different size, but the yardage will change. The pattern is a repeated pattern f 10 +1.

I have made a matching infant hat to go along with this blanket pattern. Go check it out Here!

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This pattern has been newly updated with it being thoroughly checked through, and newly formatted as of 9/30/22.

Designer: Julia Schwartz
Yarn: Any size 4 worsted weight yarn 1900 yards/30 0nces of yarn needed
Hook: 6mm Tunisian hook (I used the addi click hook with the 40 inch extension cord)
Notions: tapestry needle
Size: 36 by 42 inches
Gauge: 15 sts 13 rows equals 4 inches

Special Stitches:

TPS (Tunisian Purl stitch): (forward pass) Place yarn in front of your work, insert your hook into the left vertical bar of the st below, yo and pull your yarn through. (Return pass): follow instructions in the pattern.

TKS (Tunisian Knit stitch): (Forward pass)working with the yarn behind your work, insert your hook between the vertical bars below the horizontal bars in the st below, yo, pull the yarn through, keep your loop on the hook.(Return pass): follow instructions in the pattern.

M1L (make one left): (forward pass)with yarn behind your work, insert the hook between the stich just made and the vertical bar of the next stitch (Return pass): follow instructions in the pattern.

TKS2tog (Tunisian Knit Stitch 2 togeter): (forward pass) working with the yarn behind your work insert the hook through the left vertical bars of the 2 stitches below, pull the yarn through, keep your loop on the hook. (Return pass): follow instructions in the pattern.

TKS3tog (Tunisian Knit stitch 3 together): (forward pass) working with the yarn behind your work insert the hook through the left vertical bars of the 3 stitches below, pull the yarn through, keep your loop on the hook. (Return pass): follow instructions in the pattern.

reverse single crochet: working left to right instead of right to left, insert your hook into the st to your right, yo, and pull through, yo and pull through 2 loops

Notes:

border refers to the first and last 10 stitches of each row. Even rows it is {TKS, TPS} odd rows it is {TPS, TKS}
Keep your tension loose throughout the whole blanket.

Copyright:

Julia Schwartz. Do not reproduce, copy, distribute, or sell this pattern without permission of the designer. This pattern must not be translated, reproduced, or circulated in another language without prior consent. If you have questions about this pattern please contact Julia.diligence@gmail.com.

Pattern Instruction

Row 1: (Forward pass) Ch 121, insert hook into each ch and pull up a loop for a total of 121 loops on the hook,

(return pass:) Yo, pull through 1 loop, (yo, pull through 2 loops) repeat (to) until you have 1 loop left.

Row 2: (Forward pass) {TKS, TPS} repeat {to} to the second to last st, TKS in the last st.