Quilts & More - USA (2020 - Summer)

travel series:

toiletry case

72 Quilts & More | SUMMER 2020

Travel in style using a toiletry bag that’s inspired by vintage

train cases but made in modern, colorful prints.

DESIGNER JESSICA VANDENBURGH OF SEW MANY CREATIONS (SEWMANYCREATIONSNY.COM)

PHOTOGRAPHER CARSON DOWNING

PACK YOUR BAGS

CUT FABRICS

Cut pieces in the following order.

To prepare fabric for cutting, complete the

following steps.

1 ) Cut two 18×21" rectangles from fusible

interfacing.

2 ) Following manufacturer’s instructions,

adhere a fusible interfacing 18×21"

rectangle to wrong side of navy print

18 ×21" rectangle. Repeat with white

print 18×21" rectangle.

CASE

Finished size:

61 ⁄ 2 × 7 × 41 ⁄ 2 "

MATERIALS

Yardages and cutting

instructions are based

on 42" of usable fabric

width.

o   18 ×21" rectangle (fat

quarter) navy print

(handle, bag body)

o   18 ×21" rectangle (fat

quarter) white print

(handle, lining)

o   1 ⁄ 2 yard 45"-wide

medium-weight iron-

on fusible interfacing

(Designer Jessica

VanDenburgh used

Decor Bond #809 by

Pellon.)

o 14"-long or longer

plastic zipper:

magenta

o Binding clips

o Air-soluble fabric-

marking pen

FABRICS are from the

Juniper collection

by Jessica VanDenburgh

for Windham Fabrics

(windhamfabrics.net).

use nondirectional prints

Because of how the case is constructed,

it will be easier—and will yield a more eye-

appealing result—to use nondirectional

prints for the bag body and lining.

TIP

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