• £10

Tote Bag

  • Course
  • 25 Lessons

You will be making a large, fully lined painted tote bag with a bold floral botanical design. This course is designed for intermediate stitchers who have done my beginners flowers and grasses or similar course and are up for a bit more of a challenge. This bag is ideal as a special gift for friends and family or why not make one for yourself!

Short Introduction video

A little bit about the course.

About the course

We will cover:

  • Practising our flowers step by step
  • You will have the opportunity to work from my line drawings directly drawn for this course from flowers in my garden
  • We will also cover more stylised flowers and suggestions of flowers
  • Free motion embroidery (prior experience required, if you have none I would recommend you do my flowers and grasses beginners course first, or have a good practice first).
  • I will encourage experimenting with a variety of threads
  • Using a hoop (optional)
  • Reverse applique
  • Raw edged applique
  • Painting on canvas (optional)
  • Inserting a zip (optional)
  • Making fabric handles
  • Insert a lining
  • Stitching up the tote bag

How is the course deliverd?
Lots of videos of me sewing the flowers and making up the projects. Clear downloadable instructions supporting the video lessons. Downloadable patterns and templates to use. Trouble shooting video. Access to a Facebook group  where you can share ideas, support each other and chat with like-minded people. 
Question and answer opportunities within the lessons.
Opportunity to buy materials and equipment required for the course from me, see my website.
Technical support

The back of the bag

Lots more flower ideas on the back of the bag.

You will need

What to buy or what to gather together ready to start the course.

  • Sewing machine that will do free motion embroidery.
  • Zip about 55cms (22inches) long.
  • Threads for sewing up the bag, strong multi purpose cotton or polyester.
  • Threads to embroider with, anything you and your machine likes.
  • A normal presser foot, free motion foot and zipper foot.
  • Small sharp scissors and medium fabric scissors.
  • Frixion pen.
  • 1 x roll of my 8 oz canvas, 40cm x 160.
  • Fabric to line the tote bag, similar to a quilting weight.
  • Printer paper to print out the PDF's.
  • Tracing paper.
  • Strong glass headed pins.
  • Paper tape, masking tape or Cellotape.
  • 1 or 2 inch house brush or wide flat brush, pot for water, tray to mix paint in, table protector, apron.
  • Fabric paints or acrylic paints.

Zipped bag

I will also show you how to add a zipper to your Tote bag.

Contents

Introduction To The Course

What You Will Need
Getting Started
Technical Information
Backing Fabrics
Trouble Shooting
Flower Practice
Bondaweb Flowers
Reverse Applique
Extra Flowers

Making The Tote Bag

Tote Bag Pattern
Painting the Fabric
Background Painted Wash
Stitching the Flowers
Tote Bag Rudbekia
More Rudbeckia and daisy flowers
Daisy Flower Templates
Alternative Design
Making Up The Bag
Tote Bag Pattern

Zipped Bag and Unpainted Bag

Flowers From My Drawings
Zipped Tote Bag
Zipped Tote Bag Measurements
More Stylised Flowers
Gallery of Bags
Thank You!

Flowers from nature

Watch me trace flowers and recreate them in fabric and stitch using a revers applique technique.