The Bat WindChime Information Materials:

• Aleene’s® Super Thick Tacky Glue™
• Drill with 1/8” drill bit
• 2” diameter wooden ball
• 4-1/4” diameter clay pot
• Acrylic paint: black, orange, lime
• Paintbrush
• Pop-up craft sponge
• Waxed paper
• Dimensional paint: white, black, pink, green, orange
• Small wind chimes
• Black craft foam
• 9” (5/8” wide) orange ribbon
• Pattern

Instructions:
Drill hole through wooden ball. Paint ball and clay pot black. Let dry. Transfer triangle pattern to pop-up sponge and cut 2. Dip each into water to expand and wring out excess water. Pour separate puddles of orange and lime paints onto waxed paper. Dip each sponge into 1 color of paint and blot excess paint on side of waxed paper. Continue to blot until color is evenly distributed on sponge. Do not oversaturate the sponge. Press sponge on rim of pot and lift. Alternate colors. Let design dry. Wash sponge throughly and store for future use.
Paint facial features on wooden ball with dimensional paints. Let dry.
Apply glue to top of windchimes. Working from inside pot, thread wind chimes hanger through hole in bottom of pot. Pull wind chimes up to pot and glue in place. Let dry. Thread wind chimes hanger through hole in wooden ball head, working from bottom to top and pushing head down onto pot bottom. Glue head in place on pot. Let dry.
Transfer patterns to foam and cut 1 wings and 2 ears. Trim bottom edge of each ears to fit curve of head. Glue ears in place on head. Let dry. Referring to photo, paint inner ears and details on wings with orange dimensional paint. Let dry. Glue wings to back of pot. Tie ribbon into bow. Glue bow to front of pot, just below head. Let dry.

Heidi’s designer tip: Practice stamping design on side of waxed paper several times before stamping onto pot. If your design doesn’t stamp in its entirety on bag, simply load sponge with paint again, re-align stamp and re-stamp design. Also, remember when using dimensional paint that you continue to shake the bottle contents down to avoid air bubbles while applying.

Ribbon Stripes Bag Time to completion: 1 ½ to 2 hours
Materials List:

• ½ yard - lining/foundation fabric
• ½ yard – fusible interfacing
• 2 yards - ½” ribbon (ties)
• 1 yard each of assorted ribbon to equal a 9” width of bag. ( ex. Six ribbons with a width of 1 ½” equals 9”)
• Fray Check™ - Dritz® # 674
• Plastic Canvas – 2 ½” by 8 ½” rectangle
• Sewing/Craft Glue Stick – Dritz #401
• Sewing Machine with zig-zag stitch
• Bag Boutique™ Handles

Before beginning, create a design chart by cutting a small amount from each ribbon and tape them to an index card in placement order. Label top and bottom ribbon.

Instructions:

1. From foundation/lining fabric, cut one 9 ½” by 26” rectangle ( bag foundation ) , one 2” by 26” strip ( bag bottom ) and one 3” by 18” rectangle ( plastic canvas cover ) . Interface each piece following manufacturer’s instructions.
   
2. Place wrong side of 2” strip on right side of foundation fabric along one 26” length. Stitch using a ¼” seam allowance. Press seam allowance toward wrong side of foundation fabric.
   
3. On opposite 26” length, fold and press a ¼” hem, wrong sides together.
   
4. Referring to design chart and aligning along top edge over hem, place top ribbon, right side up on wrong side of foundation fabric. Set sewing machine to a narrow zig-zag stitch and stitch ribbon along top edge of bag covering hem. Tip – use Sewing/Craft Glue Stick to temporary baste ribbon in place.
   
5. Select next ribbon from chart and place on bag butting edges together. Again, zig-zag along edges making sure to catch both edges to join ribbon.
   
6. Continue aligning and sewing ribbon along wrong side of foundation fabric with last ribbon covering seam edge. Continue and zig-zag last ribbon on bottom edge to secure in place.
   
7. Using a rotary cutter and mat, trim ribbon evenly with sides of foundation fabric. Apply Fray Check to ribbon edges to prevent fraying.
   
8. Set machine to regular straight stitch. With ribbon side of fabric together, turn and stitch sides using ½” seam allowance. Press seam open.
   
9. Returning to zig-zag stitch, secure edges of seam by stitching down each seam allowance, creating center back seam of finished bag.
   
10. Continue with right sides together, and create the bag bottom by stitching remaining bottom fabric together using a ¼” seam allowance. Press seam open.
    
11. To create a bottom gusset, fold bag with right sides together so bottom seam is centered and facing up, forming triangles on each end. Stitch across bottom of triangle using last zig-zag seam as guide. Turn bag right side out.
    
12. Center bag handles on each side of bag and mark placement for ties.
    
13. Cut ½” ribbon to eight 9” lengths. Using two 9” pieces together, fold in half and mark center. Attach to bag by stitching on the right side of bag, across center mark of ribbon at handle placements. Tie ribbon to handles to attach.
    
14. With right sides together, fold 3” by 18” fabric piece in half to create a 3” by 9” piece. Stitch each 9” side together using ¼” seam allowance. Turn and insert plastic canvas. Fold opening and hand or machine stitch in place. Place in bottom of bag for stability.

Witch Legs Pillow
Materials:

• 18" x 18" pillow form*
• One yd. homespun orange checked fabric
• 1/8 yd. (scrap) natural muslin
• Wool felt*: 1/4 each copper, green, gray
• Iron on fusible web*
• Black embroidery floss*
• Embroidery needle
• Light colored cardstock
• “Happy Halloween” rubber stamp*
• Black pigment ink pad*
• Silk flowers*
• Velvet leaves*
• Jewelled brad*
• Hand sewing needle, iron & board, pencil or chalk marker, ruler, scallop-edge scissors, scissors, sewing machine & matching thread, straight pins
• Pattern

*The following products were used for this project: DMC embroidery floss Fairfield Processing Corp. pillow form Making Memories Jumbo Blossoms & Daisy Spotlight brad Natural Nonwovens wool felt Penny Black, Inc. rubber stamp Prima Marketing Fabric Fancies & Velvet Leaves The Warm Company Lite Steam a Seam2 Tsukineko Brilliance Pigment ink pad.

Finished size: 18" Pillow
Notes:

• Print full-sized patterns here. Link to pattern page.
• Usea 1/2" seam allowances unless otherwise instructed.
• See photos for details and placement.

Steps:

1. Cut & fuse pieces. Cut two 19" x 19" squares from orange fabric. Press and pin as needed. Transfer patterns to cardstock and cut out (See Box A in Steps Photo, at right). Follow manufacturer's directions to fuse webbing to wool felt and muslin. Pin cardstock patterns to fused wool felt and cut out (See Box B in Steps Photo, at right). Cut legs from copper, stripes, and buckle from green, and boots from gray felt. Note: for boot, leg, and stripe, flip pattern over to create both left and right leg pieces. Fuse patterns in place on one of the fabric squares as shown.
   
2. Stitch pattern edges. Thread embroidery needle with three strands of black floss. Blanket stitch around edges of patterns. Start with knotted thread from back to front of fabric, then working on top of fabric until re-threading (See Box C in Steps Photo, at right).
   
3. Add sentiment. To add sentiment, use pigment ink pad and rubber stamp on fused muslin fabric. Heat set ink with iron (See Box D in Steps Photo, at right). Cut out with scallop-edge scissors and fuse into place on pillow as shown. Thread embroidery needle and sew a running stitch around edges of muslin.
   
4. Embellish. Layer flowers together and insert brad through center. Place leaves on pillow as shown and stitch in place. Place layered flowers over leaves and stitch in place.
   
5. Finish. Place right sides of fabric squares together. Use sewing machine to sew seams together on three sides. Clip corners and turn right side out. Insert pillow form. Use hand sewing needle and sewing thread to whip stitch opening closed.

 

 

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