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tutorial: mini Hallowe’en bag

by Chloe on October 7th, 2007

To get started you’ll need an 7″ X 13″  rectangle of fabric (I’m using a mid-weight cotton, but feel free to use something different) and a selection of opaque fabric paints.  I’m using two shades of copper, gold, green & pearl white to demo this project.

I’ve fused a heavy weight interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric.  It makes it easier to handle & embroider.

Now you get to play!

I’ve drawn a simple moon using the pearl white, green leaves and a pumpkin.  I used the gold paint to outline the pumpkin and then filled in the middle using the two copper paints.

Feel free to play around - it doesn’t need to be perfect!  You can also use copyright-free clip art instead of drawing free hand.  Just trace it on using tailor’s transfer paper or use a heat transfer.

Let the paint dry overnight.  We’re going to embroider it tomorrow and you don’t want to get wet paint on your sewing machine :-)

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