Take the September Sew For 30 pledge

How many times have you thought, “I’d love to make that, if only I had the time…” Star from Star’s Threads is encouraging us all to find time to sew, even if in small snippets, with her September Sew for 30 pledge. The pledge is to commit to sewing for at least 30 minutes every day during the month of September, which also happens to be National Sewing Month. She gives some tips for ways you can incorporate sewing into an already busy day.

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September Sew For 30, by Star’s Threads

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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joyce says
August 29, 2015 at 11:28 am
I am going to do the sew for 30 September challenge.
Dianna Kelly says
August 30, 2015 at 8:30 am
I am taking the Sew 30 pledge and challenge. I will be going to Scotland for 2 weeks and have been gathering up hand sewing pieces to do while there. I don’t quilt YET but am working towards this, first by learning to hand piece and that is what I am taking with me. Slow stitching to help slow me down a bit. Hopefully it works. I too get very frustrated when trying to sew clothing and only to not like it, have it be ill fitting even with doing everything to have it not be so, but I am continuing to work on this challenge as our Sewing Guild group also has used this past year for challenging us to make clothing.

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