Sweet Treats Blog Hop :: Book Bag

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Welcome to day three of the Sweet Treats Blog Hop, hosted by Alyce of Blossom Heart Quilts and sponsored by the Fat Quarter Shop {there is a giveaway too…so keep reading!}.  The goal of the blog hop is to show a variety of cute little projects that can be made with Moda’s newest precut {you know we all love precuts!}, Mini Charms, adorable 2 1/2″ squares, and a half yard of fabric!  Today I’m sharing this cute little book bag:

Let’s get started making this cute little bag for a little one to carry books, toys, or maybe even pajamas for overnight stays with Grandparents!!  You will need:

  • 2 Mini Charm Packs {we used Windsor Lane}
  • 1/2 yard coordinating fabric {we used Gray Versailles Damask}
  • 1/2 yard fusible fleece

For the body of the bag I used 25 Mini Charms for each side; five charms by five charms. Sew them together into rows and  then sew the rows together.

For stability and strength I used Pellon 987F Fusible Fleece, which I ironed on to the back of both the front and back of the bag body. It is very easy to work with and gives a nice feel to the bag.

Then I quilted from corner to corner of the squares going in both directions. You could quilt in any way you prefer, I just really liked this look for this bag.

With rights together sew along both sides and across the bottom of bag body using 1/4″ seam allowance.

Trim the corners just outside of the stitching to reduce bulk for turning.

For the lining cut 2 pieces 10 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ square, or the measurement of your bag. For the handles cut two pieces 3″ wide by 15 1/2″ long. For the binding cut one piece 2 1/4″ by  about 30″, this will give you plenty of extra for sewing the binding.

Sew the lining the same way as the outside of the bag,  slip the lining into the bag and pin the bag and lining together at the top, sew around the top edge.

Fold the 3″ strip of fabric together and sew along the long side, using 1/4″ seam allowance, creating a tube. Press the seam allowance open. Do this for both handles.

Turn each handle right side out and press flat with the seam running in the middle of the handle. Sew 1/4″ along the long outer edge of each handle.

Pin the handles to the top of the bag one square in from the outer edge of the bag, with the seams facing out, sew across the top to secure.Using the remaining piece make the binding and sew onto the top of the bag and finish the same way you would when making a quilt.

Top stitch the handles to the binding in the upright position. Now you have a little bag to give for a birthday gift, as a Christmas gift, or just a fun surprise!

Oh, just for size reference {and because he’s so cute!}, here’s a shot of the original book bag, which is lovingly used by Silas quite often, like last week to tote a few toys to the local farmer’s market!  It is not uncommon him to ask, “where’s my purse?”, so he can make sure all his favorite books or toys are on hand!

Book Bag in Action

GIVEAWAY

I want to thank the Fat Quarter Shop for generously sponsoring this blog hop and sharing a $25 gift certificate for each participant to give away!  So, to enter to win, just leave a comment with either what you would make with a Mini Charm Pack or a favorite children’s book, and we’ll select a winner at random one week from today, October 16th!  And don’t forget to visit the other stops on the blog hop {they all have giveaways too!), and to head to Blossom Heart Quilts on Saturday for a grand prize giveaway!

Sunday 7th – Alyce at Blossom Heart Quilts
Monday 8th – Beth at Plum and June
Tuesday 9th – Jennie and Clara at Clover and Violet <–You are here!
Wednesday 10th – Lindsey at Happier Than A Bird
Thursday 11th – Kristy at Quiet Play
Friday 12th – Jane at Want It, Need It, Quilt
Saturday 13th – Wrap up back here at Blossom Heart Quilts

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111 Comments

  1. What a very sweet little bag…and so cute that he asks for his purse…will be great fun to remind him at 21! We are big book readers in this house…and our favourites change each week. Currenlty it is ‘Duck Stuck’ and ‘A fish out of water” Thanks for the giveaway!

  2. Such an adorable bag!
    I orld make a placemat for my son and my favourite children’s book is “Peter Pan”. Thank you for the chance to win.
    Clare

  3. Love the bag and your photogenic model! He is too cute! I would definitely use the charms to make a bag…so many uses! Thanks for the chance!

  4. I love the bag it’s so cute. I will have to try to make one too.
    My favorite childrens book would have to be ‘ a sausage went for a walk’ I still have the copy from when I was a kid and I hope to read it to my children one day.

  6. Just love the bag, the colours, the pattern, the rabbits, everything. My favourite kids book is ‘Sometimes I like to curl up in a ball’. It’s about a wombat (my favourite animal).

  7. That’s absolutely adorable! I would be very happy to try making that bag. It’d be a wonderful gift for my niece. =)

    We loved the book the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. You know, after housing two caterpillars this fall, watching them change into their chrysalis, and having one hatch, that book takes on new meaning. =)

  8. What a gorgeous wee bag!
    My favourite childrens book at the moment is The Wonky Donkey.
    “I was walking down the road and I saw… a donkey… Hee Haw and he only had 3 legs. He was a wonky donkey!”
    So much fun to read to the kids!!!

  9. What a sweet little bag. The children’s book I have on the brain right now is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I am planning a baby quilt for a colleague who is expecting her first child.

  10. I am so glad that my son is not the only one that ask where his “purse” is? LOL, I would totally make one of these for him, thanks for the tutorial I am going to pin it.

  12. what a cute bag! I would make a mini quilt or maybe some mug rugs for Christmas gifts! and my favorite children’s books (I have 2!) were Blueberries for Sal and Make Way for Ducklings, both by Robert McCloskey.

  13. I would make that bag! I still have two little ones I take to storytime (today in fact) and the littlest could use a bag like that!

  14. what a gorgeous bag! I love that fabric line (I have it in blue) and love the fact you’ve used bunnies! Favourite children’s book? As a child I loved everything by Enid Blyton, and of course Beatrix Potter.

  15. Love this bag – adorable!! I was a school librarian for seven years, so I could go on and on with a list of books I love, but I will go with “Library :Lion”. It is a winner!!

  17. I love the idea of making a book bag for little ones….it would appear that my sewing list for Christmas just became a little longer!!

  18. Well, if I won, I might actually make this project for my daughter. It is just the right size for her, and she needs something to carry her books and toys in when we go to her brother’s football games! Thank you for the great project idea!

  20. Great tute! Such a quick, simple and useful little bag. I’m excited about the mini-charms, it’s always fun to figure out what to do with pieces of fabric. I would patch them together and make a couple of small zipper pouches.

  23. My favorite children’s book…..oh the places you’ll go by dr. Seuss. Thanks for the tutorial….I will have to give it a shot.

  24. I’d love to make a bag for myself, but I would probably use it for one or two doll quilts I need to make before Christmas!

  25. The little bunnies on the charm squares are adorable, and I love the colours used. If I had some charm squares I would probably make a doll quilt and pillow for my neice.

  26. What a cute little bag and adorable little model too. My Granddaughter would love one of these bags.

    I bet this would be super cute using Halloween fabrics with some sort of applique on the front for a little trick or treat bag too.

    Great tutorial. Thank you so much.
    I am not sure yet what I’d make with these mini charm packs, but I do know they will be finding a spot in my sewing room so I have them for quick projects.

    My favorite children’s book is “Where the Wild Things Are”. I just love that book.

  27. So cute!!! 🙂 I love childrens books… right now, I’m contemplating making my daughter a Madeline costume for Halloween. Thanks for the giveaway!

  31. Such a lovely book bag and a great tutorial, thank you! My favorite older children’s book is “Blueberries for Sal” and a favorite newer one is “If You Give a Pig a Pancake”.

  32. That is a great bag – wonderful way to use the charms. I have lots of favorite children’s books – have you read seven silly eaters?

  33. That tote bag is adorable!!!!
    I would make a table runner with the mini charms! Favorite small kids book is Goodnight Moon. Favorite older children books are the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

  34. I love the bag! I would probably use the mini charms to do the same thing. I love so many children’s books it is hard to name just one but I would have to say my all time favorite is Madeline. She shares my name, has red hair, and I love her attitude. Been a favorite since I was a little girl.

  36. My youngest daughter always loved the book “There’s an Alligator Under My Bed” by Mercer Mayer 🙂

    I really like this little bag, I might make one for myself – just a little bigger!

  37. I need a little book bag for a class I’m taking, so I just might use your tutorial. Thanks.

  40. Cute bag! My favorite book as a child was Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells! Thanks for the chance to win!

  42. What a great bag! That’s what I’d make with a mini charm pack — although seeing as how my teenaged daughter probably wouldn’t want to be caught dead with a bag that her mother had made, I’d keep the bag for myself! 😉

  43. I would make this bag! I’ve been wanting to make a bag but haven’t come across a good tutorial. I love yours!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  47. What a wonderful bag. Thanks for the tutorial. My kids love all the Dr. Suess books. That is how they both learned to read well and with confidence.

  48. I’d use a mini-charm pack to make a throw pillow for my couch. I’ve never made one but these pre-cuts seem like a great way to get started with a basic patchwork one! 🙂 Thanks for the chance!

  49. I would make either a book bag or perhaps cosmetic bags. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

  50. Faria uma coleção de mini-bonecas de uma revista antiga que tenho,são três pedaços de tecido por boneca.Obrigada por tutorial,já está na minha lista.O livro infantil pode ser O gato de botas,meu neto adora.Obrigada .ticarminhapezzuto@Gmail.com

  52. What I would make with the pre-cuts would be to make a cute bag like the one you blogged about. Thanks for the tutorial.

  54. Oh, both bags are so sweet. Starting the love of reading is good.
    My favorite children’s book which I bought for my daughter when she was a little girl is Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier.

  55. Love this fabric and tote this is one I can make Thank-you for the tutorial and give away.Becky

  56. This looks simple enough for me to make and I have to get those packs you used.Thanks for everything.Gil

  57. I love the bag! My favorite children’s book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and it probably always will be.

    The font in your comment section before posting is amazing. Nice work!

  58. My favorite children’s book is The Runaway Bunny~I would use the line ‘for you are my little bunny’ with my children often when they were younger.

  59. Having seen your tote, I think I’d have to make one of these for the piano music using a charm pack. Our favourite book at the moment is We’re Going on a Bear Hunt! Lovely book. 🙂

  60. I would love to make a pillow with the fabric. My favorite book as a child was “Sylvester’s Magic Pebble”.

  61. I spent time over the weekend reading my grandniece Five Little Monkies. If I am so fortunate as to win these sweet treat minis, I would make a pillow or a small dolly quilt. Thank you for the lovely giveaway and project.

  69. Since I can’t pick just one favorite children’s book, I’m going to go with two: Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg and Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola (really love all of his books). The Giving Tree is great, too 🙂

    Thanks for the tutorial using the mini charms. I’ve been wandering what to do with them, and this is a great idea!

  71. When I was little I loved this book called “Chalk and Cheese” which was about two sisters with very different personalities. The weird thing is, I picked up some young adult fiction a few years ago, and found out that it was by the same author! It was pretty cool 🙂

  72. I used to love to read “Mouse Soup” to my son when he was young. He would ask for it over and over.

  73. thanks for the chance! I would put it into a quilt I’m making for my daughter. But I love this bag, I might make it later today.

  74. I’d have to give this tutorial a try (or another one I have for a reversible drawstring bag).

  75. My little one loves the Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race. Another favorite is Clifford’s Good Deeds. Thanks for the giveaway!

  76. I think I would make your bag, I love it and I think it would make a great Sunday Church Bag for kids!
    lisamcgriff (at) hotmail (dot) com

  82. I would have to make a patchwork Scotty dog! I have one already, but I’ve been meaning to make a second one.

  83. What a great bag! I’d love to make either a bag or table runner! My favorite books are the Berenstain Bears books! Thanks for a chance to win! 🙂

  85. Thanks for a great tutorial. We’re all about kids books in our house. Overall, you can’t beat Winnie the Pooh. A.A. Milne also wrote some great kids poetry, much of which I can still remember from all the times I read it out loud.

  86. I love the bag! I would add some pockets inside and use it for small sewing and embroidery projects. When my boys were little our favorite books were “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” and “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”. I still have them and hope someday to share them with grandchildren.

  88. Favorite children’s book….hmmmm. There are so many wonderful ones to choose from. We love anything by Dr. Seuss, of course. Oh, and the classics like The Kissing Hand. There is one that has special meaning for us because it was given to my step-son when he was little and when he grew up, he made a point of bringing it across country to give it to my daughter who is 10 years younger than him. It’s called Goodnight, Gecko. Such a cute little story.

  89. Great bag!
    If I had a pack of mine charms I would make a lap quilt with small squares sewn to the top of some white fabric. Thanks for the chance to win.

  90. what a lovely bag! my favorite childrens books are the short stories of ‘Jip en Janneke’ by Annie MG Schmidt, they are about a boy and girl (neighbours) their dog and cat and they have all kinds of very simple adventures. the illustrations by Fiep Westendorp are the best; just black and white but it’s is so clear what the story is about.

  91. That bag is so very cute – thanks for sharing.
    I think with a mini charm pack I might just make a mini quilt for one of my children’s toys!
    thanks for the chance to win

  92. This is such a sweet bag… I think that I would make something very similar…. maybe even exactly like it, since you did share a perfect tutorial!! Thanks!

  93. Very cute little bookbag. A favorite (very) old children;s book was ‘Jingle Bell Jack’, about a clown that was made out of yoyos for a little girl by her mother.

  95. I like your book pack! It’s cute. Gee, I’m a grandmother now, but I do remember reading ‘Good Night, Moon’

  96. I love project bags. I would make a project bag. Easy to grab on the way out the door and have something to do while you wait.

  99. I would make a bag like this for my oldest daughter. She’s 32 but has been collecting her favorite childrens’ books from her childhood. This bag would be fun for her to keep them in.

  100. Such cute bags! Those little charms are tooooo sweet! I help out a friend with her twin girsl. they are almost 3 but since age 1 their favorite book has been Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright – even in the summer! Thanks for the tutorial & the giveaway.

  101. Your bag turned out great! I would use the fabric to make a quilt for project Linus. Precursor make donation quilts so much quicker! Thanks.

  103. Love the bag it is sooooooo cute, I can see my granddaughters carrying them with toys or books. My favourite book/books are Winnie the Pooh, Steve my darling husband has started to read them to our 4 year old granddaughter

  107. I love the fabric you used and the bag tute; thanks so much. I love the Fancy Nancy books. That kid just makes me laugh and her parents so patient. Fiction!

  109. We visit the library regularly. I think The Magic Faraway Tree would have to be my favourite childhood book. We’re loving Dr Seuss at the moment.

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