Gee's Projects: embroidery pattern

'Sleepy Suzie' patchwork block and carry bag

I've had it in my mind for sometime to revisit my original Sleepy Suzie, she was a wee doll I made a few years ago. A little project using my ideas turned into a much larger one with my first patchwork block coming to fruition.
It's simple and combines applique, patchwork and embroidery, the finished block is 14 1/4 '' x 14 1/4 '' square and can be used for a number of projects.
You can make a quilt or cushions but I've made little carry bags for my Granddaughters with a custom luggage tag...so sweet.
My pattern includes the patchwork block, a tutorial for the bag and the little tag with the full alphabet script so you can embroider your own custom tag, the link to my pattern is HERE.

I've written a separate post here about how you can print simple designs directly on to fabric using your own printer.
This luggage tag is an example, once printed you can embroider over the script...easy.

Make the little luggage tags and use them with love, print out the two pages below A4 size.

Here is my inspiration little 'Sleepy Suzie' doll in her night gown and slippers, she is available in my ETSY SHOP along with my other PDF toy patterns.

Hope you enjoyed seeing my work and happy sewing everyone

Glenis

Zipper pouch and sweet 'Ollie' embroidery

Zipper pouch, zipper pouch

I am in love with these and I can't really realize that I have never made one before, yes I have made plenty of bags but not these sweet ones.

I had seen a few, well quite a few on Instagram and thought I really need to make one as a travel kit for my embroidery, I like to have something to do even when I'm far away.

These little ones are my practice ones, for baby's toiletries [Grandbabies] but I'm in love with the blue one and it's staying with me!! Ollie's Washing day embroidery pattern is available on my Etsy shop.

Now I did quite a bit of digging to see how they were put together and found two very good tutorials which I used as a basis for mine.

Sewing Chick you nailed with all the zip detail I followed this to a tee.

Craftster This was so good explaining the simple way of constructing this lined bag.

This is my version of a little Toiletry Bag [zipper pouch]

My finished bag is 9.5'' wide and it sits about 8.5'' high

I cut two front borders 3'' x 9.5''

My Linen embroidered border 5.5'' x 9.5''

the back and 2 lining pieces 10'' length x 9.5'' width

All pieces are backed with fusible interfacing.

8'' or 20cm zip, cotton lace and contrasting trim [just a folded fabric strip]

The front is made by joining the three borders, I did a seam just over quarter inch and inserted the lovely cotton lace between the top border and the linen. The contrasting fabric trim was inserted between the linen and the bottom border. SEE PHOTOS