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Ready Steady Go Bag Instructions
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The panels for the bag are made in the hoop. They are then assembled using your sewing machine and/or by hand.

Supplies:

• Fabric for bag ( I used approx 12 inch x 50 inch wide or 30 cm x 127 cm wide)

• Fabric for lining

• Coordinating fabric for large and small flaps

• Thin batting or felt

• Water soluble Vilene

• Embroidery threads

• Fabric glue

• Cotton webbing for straps and handle (1 inch wide x 60 inches long or 2.5 cm wide x 1.5 m long)

• 2 x ladder locks (make sure they are big enough for the webbing to slide through comfortably)

• 1x toggle

• 2 x clothes pegs

• Pins

• Approx 39 inches (1 m) cord for drawstring

• 2 x buttons (approx ¾ inch or 2 cm in diameter)

Step 1: Embroider pattern pieces

Embroider all pattern pieces using water soluble Vilene. Trim away excess stabilizer and clean edges with a damp cloth.

Step 2: Attach small pocket flap

Pin the small pocket flap approx
½ inch above the side pocket.
Make sure the pocket flap is
straight and the flap and pocket
edges line up.

Attach with zigzag stitch. 
Recommended setting:
W=3.5 L = 1.0

The side pocket is now complete. 
Snip through the buttonhole
and sew your button in place.

Step 3: Attach handle and straps to back panel

Pictured left is the hardware required to make your bag:

1. Cotton webbing

2. Two ladder locks

3. One toggle

4. Two buttons

5. Cord for your drawstring

Cut your webbing pieces as follows:

Handle - 7 inches (18 cm)
Top straps - 2 pieces x 11 inches (28 cm)
Bottom straps - 2 pieces x 14 inches (35 cm)
 

All of the above items can be
obtained at a haberdashery shop.

Pin handle strap to the top center of 
the back panel, so that the edges of 
the webbing are 1¼ inches away from 
each side edge of the back panel

To make top strap, fold over ½ inch 
hem and fold over again to make 
a double fold. You can glue the folded 
edges in place with fabric glue. 
Hold in place with clothes peg until 
dry. I find this makes the hem easier 
to sew down.

Now thread through the ladder lock
 as shown above.

Stitch in place with your sewing machine using a straight stitch. On the above 
photo, I have drawn (yellow lines) the 
way I stitched the hem down. Make 
the other top strap in the same way.

Pin finished top straps to either side on the handle on the back panel.

Hem one end of each bottom strap and
 pin to the bottom of the back panel in 
line with the position of the top straps.

Now using straight stitch, stitch the 
handle and straps in place. This 
prevents the straps shifting out of
place when the flap panel is sewn
on in the next step.

You are now ready to attach the large flap.
 Line up the large flap and back panel 
pattern pieces and pin your straps as 
shown above. The handle strap is pinned
 to the large flap and the two top straps are
 pinned down onto the back panel. Zigzag 
the flap and back panel together.

Add base panel to back panel
with bottom straps pinned as
shown above. Zigzag together.

Shown right is how your project
should look at this stage.

Step 4: Attaching the remaining panels

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