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Instructions for the Spring Meditation Bag 
 
 
 
 
 

Stitch out the following designs for the bag

  1. Colour_01
  2. Colour_02
  3. Colour_03
  4. Colour_04
  5. Colour_bord_01a, 01b, 01c and 01d
  6. Colour_bord_02a and 02b
  7. Colour_bord_03a and 03b

Notions

  • Black fabric 2 meters approximate
  • of Cut Away heavy
  • Stitch and Shape approximate 2 meters (I tried the Floriani product, very good)
  • Lining 2 meters approximate
  • handles

Stabilizer

  • 2 layers of Cut Away heavy
  • Black cotton fabric
 
Opposite all the designs stitched out for the bag
 
Cut away carefully all the satin stitched borders
 
Cut out a large piece of Stitch and Shape and mark the centre


Pin the Stitch and Shape to your black fabric
 
Mark the centre of your black fabric with chalk
 
Place your stitch out Colour_01 in the centre as shown in the photograph


Stitch a zigzag stitch all around the stitch out Colour_01. Do not satin stitch the design at the moment
 
Stitch a zigzag stitch all around the stitch out Colour_02, Colour_03 and Colour_04.
 
Now that you have zigzagged all four panels together and happy with the position, satin stitch all the four panels down on the black fabric


Place all the colour_bord stitch out around the panels and work out how they will all sit nicely together
 
I used this glue to place all the border designs around the panels, I used very small dabs on each of the borders so I could fiddle and get the borders nicely positioned, then zigzag all the borders once the glue had dried
 
This was the glue I used but you use what ever you have on hand. This is what I had on hand
 
All the borders satin stitched to the black fabric


Back of the front bag
 
Using tracing paper design the pattern for the front and back of bag and make allowances for your seams
 
I cut the black fabric from the tracing paper and then cut the Stitch and Shape on the seam line due to the Stitch and Shape is to thick
 
Back of bag cut to the same shape


Stitch and shape cut to the shape of the bag back
 
Cut the seam allowance away from the Stitch and Shape
 
Cut Black fabric and Stitch and shape for the bag side panels. Simber helping :) Notice I cut the seam allowance away from the Stitch and shape
 
Mark a straight line down the centre of the bag back in chalk for making straight stitch lines. This gives the back of the bag a nice finish
 
All the lines stitched out for the back of the bag
 
Pin and then stitch the side panels of the bag to the front and back sections


Front, back and side panels stitched together
 
Another view of the bag stitched together
 
Looking inside the bag, looks dreadful at the moment :)


Font view of the bag unfinished
 
Using the same template you used for the front and back of the bag cut the lining out. I like to use a bright lining for this bag


Lining front, back and sides stitched together


I like to use a straight stitch around the top of the lining as this helps stop stretching when applying the lining to the bag. I then zigzagged the top of the lining to the top of the bag and then satin stitched over the zigzag which gives the top of the bag a nice finish
 
Cut four straps for the handles only if you are using this type of handle for the bag (Sorry I have no idea where I purchased these handles, I forgot)
 
in the four straps with the two handles to the bag, making sure all four straps line up with one another and then stitch to the bag
 
 Instructions for making the Spring Meditation Cushion

Stitch out the following designs for the cushion

  1. Panel_01
  2. Panel_02
  3. Panel_03
  4. Panel_04
  5. Border_01a, 01b, 01c and 01d
  6. Border_02a and 02b
  7. Border_03a and 03b
  8. Out_bord_01a, 01b, 01c and 01d
  9. Out_bord_02a and 02b
  10. Out_bord_03a and 03b

Notions

  • Pink salmon silk approximate 2 meters
  • Cut away heavy
  • Thin wadding
  • Thick wadding
  • Zipper
  • Backing fabric

Stabilizing

  • 1 sheet Cut away heavy
  • 1 Thin wadding
  • Pink Silk fabric


Follow the instructions from photo No. 6 to 14 of the black bag for placement of the all the panels and borders

Before you satin stitch all the panels and borders down place the thick wadding with a backing fabric

 
The back of the cushion showing the backing fabric and satin stitch of the borders and panels
 
To give the cushion a lovely finish and look rather professional. I cut 3.5 times the length of the cushion into lengths of silk as you can see in the photo opposite
 
The thick rope I will be using to make the gathers
 

With the lengths of silk I had just cut I then folded the silk over the rope

I then zigzag stitched the two ends

 
Photo showing you the one end of the length of silk with the rope and the rope and silk stitched at one end


Gathering the silk using the rope
 

Once I managed to get the length of gathers right, I then hand stitched the gathers onto the cushion

I then stitched as close as I could to the rope using a zipper foot on my machine

 
Stitching the rope gathers using my zipper foot and a plastic pointer to help keep the gathers down for easy sewing. I sometimes use a bamboo stick
 
Back of cushion with a zipper
 
Pinning the back of the cushion to the front of the cushion