Shaggy Raggy Bag

Shaggy Raggy Bag
 

 I just love making this bag it is just so handy for day to day 

and fits a lot into it....

My eldest daughter has made this bag  for her sisters for Christmas....

so it is a nice and easy bag to make even for beginners......

as I have held this as beginners class...and they all loved it 

.Now I have used a Accuquilt Go! in this tutorial

but if don't have one DON'T let that 

stop you....you just have to make sure you sew 1" away from the edge of the fabric

so you have enough of a seam to clip with scissors :0) 

I hope you enjoy making this little bag :0)

Supplies
 50 cm's Patterned Fabric 

 1m Calico
50cm's Wadding
scissors
Ruler
Rotary Cutter

Cutting Mat
Accuquilt GO!
Raggy Die for Accuquilt GO! and Matt

  Sewing Machine

9" Fabric Square

Cutting Instructions Cut 4 x 9" squares of the patterned Fabric
Cut 12 x 9" squares of Calico (8 of which are for backing fabric)
cut 8 x 6 6/8" squares of wadding cut 2 x 2.5" Strips of calico Width of Fabric (WOF)
 

 So now we run all out 9" squares of fabric
through the Accuquilt GO!...I just love this
little machine it definitely  makes 

life a lot easier :0)

Accuquilt GO! Cutter Place your 4 patterned fabric squares onto you Accuquilt Raggy die cutter
then place the mat on top of fabric and run through the Accuquilt GO!
after you have ran it through then remove the
mat and you have your Raggy squares all clipped
for you...Now you can do up to 6 squares of fabric
but I only do 4 squares at a time using the Raggy die repeat with all the calico squares until all completed

 

 

 Fabric squares after they have been ran through the Accuquilt Go!

 

Next we cut the corners out  

they should look like this after
you have cut out all the corners

 

 

 Next we sandwich 1 patterned square of fabric
with a piece of wadding and a square
of calico repeat with the remaining fabric

Now we need to get a water soluble marker
and mark a cross on the backing fabric
as in the image above 

don't worry as soon as water touches the marker it will disappear 

now sew along the your marked line from corner to 

corner using coordinating thread using the matching thread in the bobbin

as you are using top thread on the backing and the bobbin will be on the 

front of your bag you need to make sure it matches the front of your bag
in my case i used cream thread in both 

Now to the fun part...the bag layout...
I have chosen to lay mine out this way 

 then place the 2 suares together with the backsides 
facing each other

now sew from corner to corner along the right hand 
side....



continue to do this with all your Raggy squares

you should end up with 4 rectangles as shown

Next take 2 of the rectangles and we
sew them together again we have the 
backs touching and we sew from corner
to corner on the right hand side....
repeat for the with the 2 other 
rectangles  

we now have 2 panels a front and a back....
Now take these 2 panels and lay them 
with backs touching

 and sew down 
the 3 sides leaving the top open 

 next construct the handles for the bag
take your 2.5" strips and sew them down 
both sides to create a tube...turn tube in
the right way as shown in picture above

Now to attach the handles to the bag body
we attach them at the side seems 
*First roll the top of the bag like shown 
in picture above.....
Then sew along the top edge using a 1/4" seam 
at this stage you can use any decorative
stitch that you might like...
be careful when you get the where the handles 

are going to be attached as it is thick and you

need to go slow  

 

And there you have it....

One finished bag :0)

now you can throw this bag 

into the washing machine and 

all your fringing will curl a little

it is a great effect 

Happy Quilting :o)

Nicole