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Style Stitches Monthly Bag Challenge 2011- July's Bag

I'm recovered from no sleep after the holiday and finally ready to do some computing.

We will be making the KEY KEEPER COIN PURSE from Chapter 7.  

Fabrics for KEY KEEPER COIN PURSE---

Yardage requirements are very small for this bag, I would just say scraps or fat quarters, even for the interfacing.

 

 Here are my fabrics (scraps from my Teardrop bag:

ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES:

We will need 1 1/2 yards of 20" wide FUSIBLE woven interfacing.  The testers in the book used Shape Flex by Pellon SF-101, just make sure that it is fusible and intended for light to mid-weight fabrics.  I am in love with SF 101, that stuff is an interfacer's dream!

1 7" zipper.

You can purchase interfacing at your local shop that sells fabric.  

Are you new to using interfacing?  Kathy Mack at Pink Chalk has a helpful guide to fusible interfacing that you may enjoy.

 

Style Stitchers, this is what we need to do for July:

• Select/order fabric and notions
• Show us the fabric that you are using on the Flickr group page, if you desire
• Cut out pattern pieces for KEY KEEPER COIN PURSE
• Make bag following instructions from book
• Ask questions if you have any (you may use the discussion board on our Flickr group)
• Look for a sew-a-long??
• Take pictures of your KEY KEEPER COIN PURSE and upload them to the FLICKR GROUP.  Alternatively, you may e-mail them to me and I will upload them to Flickr.  
• Meet back here on 1 AUGUST 2011 for details for the next bag and to see a few of the photo-submitted bags and find out who won gift certificates to this month's sponsors:
•  Above All Fabric ($25), 
•  Fat Quarter Shop ($50), 

 

IF YOU WANT A CHANCE TO WIN A GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM OUR SPONSORS, PLEASE READ!

--KEY KEEPER COIN PURSE pictures must be submitted by 31 JULY 2011 to be eligible for the gift certificate drawings.  The winners will be randomly selected.  

--Once the winners are announced, the first person to respond gets to select the gift certificate that they want. I will give further instructions on the 1 AUGUST 2011 post. 

 

Questions?  Comments?  Did I forget to mention anything?

**New to the challenge?  You can read all of the details on this post & then get sewing!**

Here's a button with the code below:

Now, go get your bag started, mine is already done!

Teardrop Bag--Completed and 2 Winners!

I'm going to hurry through this post today, it is Independence Day weekend here in the U.S. and I want to hang out with family, I think.

The Teardrop bag was quite easy to make, I recommend you all try it if you have the book, it is very roomy inside as well.  May I also suggest saving your scraps to make next month's bag.

Here's my bag, I made the large one:

 

My photographer modeled the second side for me:

 

Highlights:

 

Soul_Sister's bag is rocking!  I love that fabric, I don't see enough fabric with black on it.

This bag by weiswoman is just pretty, it looks perfectly sewn, too!

This looks like a special bag for that little bag carrier in your life!

 

Congratulations on making your bag, everyone!  We are done with 6 months already!  Can you believe it? 

 

For June, The Style Stitches Monthly Bag Challenge 2011 sponsors are:

 

Above All Fabric, who is awarding a $25 gift certificate!  Melanie is having a big sale right now!

 

 Fat Quarter Shop, who is awarding a $50 gift certificate!  There's always some quilting going on at their blog!

 

 

 

Now, let's announce the 2 winners for this month's challenge.

I used Random Number Generator to select the winners...

 

MariaPia!

 

And Freaknoodles!

 

Congratulations, ladies!  

Now, you must SEND ME AN E-MAIL TO CLAIM YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATE.  The first person who sends me a message gets to pick first, the second person gets the alternative gift certificate.  You can reply to this post if you like, but you must send me a separate e-mail to claim your prize.  

My address is jemelliahilfiger AT yahoo.com.  I suggest copying and pasting it to get it correct.  

If you have not e-mailed me within 7 days, I will draw for another winner.

 

Congrats to everyone who made a bag for the challenge, told someone about the challenge, or both!

 

A very big thank you to our June sponsors!

Fat Quarter Shop and Above All Fabric!

 

Check back soon for July's bag post, I think it will be up by the fourth, I just want to get off of the computer this weekend...