{"id":417,"date":"2011-12-02T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/?p=417"},"modified":"2011-12-01T13:24:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T20:24:36","slug":"christmas-gift-bag-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php?p=417","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Gift Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-445\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Blog-Pictures-11-11-0013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-445\" title=\"Blog Pictures 11-11 001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Blog-Pictures-11-11-0013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Centering the design on fabric<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an idea for a stitched gift bag for a special loved one.<\/p>\n<p>Select a motif that will fit on the front of the bag. The one shown is 5&#8243;w X 6&#8243;L.\u00a0 The Santa design is found in the Mini Christmas Ornaments booklet on our website.\u00a0 Cut a piece of 14 ct fabric 6&#8243; X 17&#8243;. Center the stitching about an inch above the midpoint of the fabric. You will fold the fabric in half in order to sew the bag so you&#8217;ll need to have the motif centered so that the top of the design is a little above the middle of the folded piece.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-446\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sewing-the-bag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-446\" title=\"Sewing the bag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sewing-the-bag-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sew casing for drawstring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Place right sides together. Using a 1\/2&#8243; seam allowance, stitch the sides leaving a 3\/4&#8243; opening for the drawstring 2 1\/2&#8243; from the top. Fold the top 1\/2&#8243; under then fold then fold the top 2&#8243; to for a casing. Stitch 1\/4&#8243; from the bottom of the casing fold, then 1\/2&#8243; above that seam. Slide 1\/4&#8243; ribbon from one side and again from the other side.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-447\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/P1010014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-447\" title=\"P1010014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/P1010014-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finished gift bag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an idea for a stitched gift bag for a special loved one. Select a motif that will fit on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolerdesign.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}