Sew Together Tuesday: How to Make a Trick or Treat Tote

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to make a Trick-or-Treat tote. Join our national educator Teresa Coates as she transforms our Cute & Cozy Cuddle® Tote into a Creepy Candy Tote!

Using reverse applique techniques and fun glow-in-the-dark thread, she’ll demonstrate how to add a little extra fun to your little one’s candy collecting. This quick and easy project can be finished in an afternoon and offers the opportunity to be extra creative with your own pumpkin “carving.”

In this week’s episode you’ll learn the techniques for adding the Jack O’Lantern face, then you can revisit our episode of Sew Together Tuesday when Teresa shows how to construct the tote bag itself. Make sure to grab a copy of our Cute & Cozy Cuddle Tote pattern.

Watch our How to Sew a Cuddle® Minky Fabric Tote Bag: 

Watch our How to make a Trick or Treat Tote: 

Fabric Requirements:

1/4 yard Cuddle® 3 Mandarin
1/3 yard Cuddle® 3 Black
1/4 yard black quilting cotton
6” x 13” foam stabilizer
1 yard woven fusible interfacing (black, optional)
1 yard webbing, optional

Additional Supplies Needed :

90/14 stretch machine needle 
Orange polyester thread 
Black polyester thread
Glow-in-the-dark thread
Felt tip marker or ballpoint pen 
Rotary cutter and mat 
Micro-serrated scissors and/or craft knife 
Long, flower head pins (Clover)
Fabric clips (Clover Wonder Clips)
Stiletto (ByAnnie Precision Stiletto)
Basting spray (ODIF 505)

Skills she’ll share with you:

How to do reverse applique
How to use specialty thread
How to topstitch
How to transfer a design for applique

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