Sew Together LIVE! Season 1 Episode 10: How to Make a Zipper Bag with Quilting Cuddle®

How to Make a Quilted Drop Zone Bag with Quilting Cuddle®

Sheila Ryan, Cuddle® Ambassador

Skill Builders: Here are some of the skills you'll learn in this episode

• bag making
• zippers
• Surface embellishments  

Project info:

• Link to pattern:  Drop Zone Bag from By Annie 
• Fabrics: Garden Leaves Quilting Cuddle®, Garden Roses Quilting Cuddle®
• Main fabric sewn LIVE: Wanderlust Rainbow Quilting Cuddle in Blue and Wanderlust Big Cats Quilting Cuddle in Blue

List of materials:

• Quilting Cuddle® for exterior, lining and binding
• Foam Bag interfacing such as By Annie Soft N Stable
• #5 zipper and two zipper pulls
• 90/14 Stretch machine needle 
• Wonderfil 12 wt. Glamore Rayon and Metallic thread
• Polyester thread 
• Permanent Felt tip marker
• Rotary cutter and mat (Olfa) 
• Rotary Cutter 
• Micro-serrated scissors
• Clover flower head pins 
• Wonder clips 
• Walking foot
• Hand sewing needle 
• Overlocker used for surface embellishment - Bernina L890

The Drop Zone Bag is a pattern for a convertible desk tray that zips up into a tidy zippered case.  It is perfect for desk accessories, school supplies, cosmetics, and sewing tools!  There are three different sizes ‐ small, medium, and large, and the pattern is fat-quarter friendly as well!. Layers of fabric are quilted together, making a wonderful playground for surface embellishments, machine embroidery quilting, or even serger quilting. Using Shannon Fabrics new Quilting Cuddle® means that the possibilities for decorative stitching on the outside are expanded when you use glittery threads for bobbin work, machine embroidery or even serger chainstitch quilting.  The Drop Zone bag is fully lined and you can use a coordinating Quilting Cuddle® for the lining and get a truly boutique look.