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Scrap Bag Additional Instructions
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Materials required:

• Water soluble Vilene

• Fabric

• Contrasting fabric for pin cushion, scissors holder and scrap bag pouch (optional)

• Light weight batting for pin cushion and scrap bag bottom

• Stiffened craft felt for scrap bag top

• Two buttons ¾ inches (2 cm) diameter

• Narrow ribbon (optional), approx 30 inches long

• Embroidery Threads

• Embroidery adhesive spray and sticky tape

Suggestion: Use the same color embroidery thread in your bobbin for all your satin stitch edges.

Step 1: Make the Tabs
This project consists of three design files which make the scrap bag. The first step is to embroider your tabs. 
Use water soluble Vilene and stitch according to the instructions in your text file that comes with the designs.

Your completed tabs should look like this.

Remove from the hoop and trim away the stabilizer. 

Wipe the edges with a clean damp cloth to remove the 
remaining Vilene.

Step 2: Make the scrap bag top and attach tabs

Using water soluble stabilizer, embroider the scrap bag top up to and including color 9.

Color 10 embroiders markers at the bottom (right hand side in the hoop) edge of the scrap bag top, indicating where the tabs must be placed. Position your tabs as shown in the photo and secure in place with sticky tape.

Color 11 attaches the tabs to the hooped design.

The next color will attach your backing fabric so that all the stitching is neatly hidden away from view. Place your piece of backing fabric behind the hoop and secure in place with embroidery adhesive spray.

If you like, you could also add a narrow strip of ribbon as indicated on the photo. This will be stitched into the border and can be used for tying on your embroider scissors so that it doesn't go missing!

Embroider color 12 to attach the backing and ribbon.

Now trim away the excess fabric, ribbon end and tab tops.

Embroider the last color which finishes off the scrap bag top with a neat satin stitch edging.

Step 3: Make scrap bag bottom

The final step - the scrap bag bottom. Embroider your design as instructed in your text file up to color 4. This color embroiders a placement line across the top part of your scrap bag bottom. The scissors points to the placement line.

You are now ready to add the front pouch. Cut and fold your pouch fabric as shown in the diagram below.

Position your folded pouch as shown in the photo, with the top folded edge in line with the placement line. If you use pins to keep the pleats in place, please make sure that they are positioned out of the needle's path.

Color 5 attaches the pouch. Now add the backing fabric with color 6. Trim away all excess fabric and embroider the last color to finish off your pouch with a neat satin stitch edge.

To prevent the scrap bag slipping off your desk, simply add a few blobs of Prestick (Blu Tack) to the back of  the scrap bag top piece. You could also use double sided tape for more permanent fixing.

Scrap bag top

Scrap bag bottom

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