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Designed by Katherine Greaves

For personal use only.
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Mini Back Pack
Coin Purse
And Key Chain
Supplies needed :
one 1/2" swivel snap *I found
these at Tandy leather*
one 24mm split ring
1/2" twill tape or ribbon... Cut
two lengths at 4" and one at 2"
(used for straps and securing
hardware)
6" zipper
3.5" of 1/4" bias binding
12.5" x 5" piece of laminated
cotton
Marking pen, as pins are not
recommended because of the
permanent holes that they
leave in the laminated cotton.
zipper foot for your machine
*Trace pattern pieces for back
pack onto the wrong side of the
laminated cotton (a ballpoint pen
works well for this).
You should have a FRONT piece,
a BACK piece, a POCKET, a
BOTTOM BAND and a ZIPPER
BAND.
All seam allowances are 1/4"
and are included.
Transfer markings for the strap
placement on the wrong side
of the BACK piece for the back
pack.
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1. Stitch binding to the top
edge of the POCKET. Trim
away excess binding from each
end.
2. Baste the POCKET to the
FRONT piece of the back
pack.
3. Mark center for the top and
bottom of both the back pack
FRONT and BACK piece. (Note
that strap placement marks are
already on the wrong side of the
BACK piece - only one mark is
shown for each strap in following
photo).
4. Using the 2" length of ribbon,
thread the split ring and the swiv-
el hook onto it and then baste the
ribbon to form a loop.
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5. Take the two 4" lengths of rib-
bon, baste the ribbon to bottom
edge of the back pack BACK piece
using the placement marks. Tese
will be the straps on the back pack.
6. Stack the ribbon straps free
ends to the center mark on the top
edge of the BACK piece and baste
to secure. Te loop with the swiv-
el hook and keyring will then be
basted on top of the ribbon straps
at the center top of the BACK.
7. Using the zipper foot, stitch the
ZIPPER BAND right side to right
side of the zipper with a 1/4" seam.
(Te zipper will be trimmed down
to the length of the band in a fu-
ture step).
8. Topstitch along the edge of
the ZIPPER BAND...
to have it look like this....
9. Making sure that the zipper
pull is located within the length
of the ZIPPER BAND, frst trim
the zipper tape to the length of
the ZIPPER BAND and then
stitch the short ends of the ZIP-
PER BAND and the BOTTOM
BAND together, securing the
1/4" seam with reverse stitching
at each end. Repeat to stitch the
other short ends together.
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Here are the bands sewn to-
gether.
10. Right sides up and with the
seam allowances folded away
from the ZIPPER BAND, top-
stitch across each end of the
joined bands.
Te topstitched bands will look
like this:
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11. Mark centers on the
joined bands... here:
and here (Note that the pin is
used for marking center through
the zipper tape only and NOT
through the laminated cotton.
Use your marking pen on the
laminated cotton's wrong side).
Here are the FRONT, BACK
and BAND pieces with centers
marked and ready to be stitched
together
12. Take the BACK and the BAND
pieces, right sides together, mak-
ing sure that laminated cotton
section of the ZIPPER BAND is
lined up with the top edge and
center (the point where all the rib-
bon was previously basted to form
the straps) of the BACK piece.
Te BOTTOM BAND section will
have its center aligned with the
center mark on the uncurved sec-
tion of BACK. Stitch, starting at
bottom center.
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13. As you near the frst corner,
snip within the seam allowance,
the BOTTOM BAND, right at
the point where you will pivot, to
make the sewing easier and the
seam smooth.
14. Continue sewing around,
making sure that the center marks
match at the top edge (be sure
that keychain and swivel hook are
out of the path of the needle) and
complete the second corner in the
same method as the frst.
To fnish: keep the zipper open
and match up centers, top and
bottom before sewing the FRONT
to the BAND in the same manner
as for attaching the BACK.
Turn right side out and add a
short piece of ribbon to the zipper
pull for an extra fnishing touch.
Now load up that back pack with
some coins and keys and clip it
someplace handy!
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Back pack
Front & Back
Cut 2
1/4 seam allowances
included
Pocket Placement Guide
Strap Placement
Mark on Back Only
Back pack front pocket
Cut 1
1/4 seam allowances
included
Back pack Bottom Band
Cut 1
1/4 seam allowances
included
Back pack Zipper Band
Cut 1
1/4 seam allowances
included
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Mini Back pack Coin Purse & Key Chain
Sew Me Something Good

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Designed by Katherine Greaves
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