SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Pattern template
- Scissors
- White embroidery thread
- Embroidery hoop
- Embroidery needle
- Water soluble marker or chalk
- Wonder Under, 5"x 8" piece
- Iron
- Light denim tote
- Dark denim fabric
- Pattern fabric A
- Pattern fabric B
DIRECTIONS:
- Iron the 5"x 8" piece of wonder under to the back side of pattern fabric A. Cut the fabric to 5"x 8".
- Iron the fabric onto the front of the denim tote bag, on the bottom left corner.
- Trace the pattern template design onto the dark denim fabric. Place fabric in an embroidery hoop. Embroider the design with the white embroidery thread using a running stitch. Do not embroider the outer rectangle of the design.
- Trim the fabric leaving a 1" border around the design. Fold the edges under right up to the edge of the design and iron flat.
- Embroider the top of the rectangle, securing the edge down. Do not embroider the other three sides yet.
- Place the piece on the middle of the tote bag, overlapping the other fabric patch, with the finished embroidered edge up. Embroider with a running stitch around the last three sides, sewing the piece to the tote bag.
- Use the white embroidery thread to stitch + shaped stitches all over the pattern fabric A patch.
- Cut a small rectangular hole near the top of the bag. Scratch the edges of the hole with a fingernail to rough them up. Place a piece of pattern fabric B to the inside of the tote, behind the hole. Embroider around the edge of the hole with a back stitch, securing the fabric to the bag. Embroider another line 1/8" from the back stitch with a running stitch. Trim any extra fabric from the patch on the inside of the bag.