What You'll Need
- Applique patterns (downloadable below)
- Scraps of black, gold, and rose wool
- Fusible web
- 8x8-inch square orange wool (for the pumpkin bag)
- Needle and cotton thread: orange and black or gray
- 8x8-inch square black or gray herringbone wool (for cat bag)
- 9-inches gray baby rickrack
- 24-gauge copper wire
How to Make It: Pumpkin Bag
Note: Measurements include a 1/4-inch seam allowance unless otherwise stated. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.
1. Download and print the free applique patterns.
2. Cut out the applique templates: from black wool, cut one each of patterns A and C (nose and mouth) and two of pattern B (eyes).
3. Lay fusible web, paper side up, over the patterns. Use a pencil to trace patterns A and C once and pattern B twice, leaving at least 1/2 inch between tracings. Cut out each fusible-web shape roughly 1/4 inch outside traced lines.
4. Following the manufacturer's instructions, iron fusible-web shapes onto the backs of the designated fabrics; let cool.
5. Cut out the fabric shapes along the traced lines and peel off the paper backings.
6. Fold the solid orange wool 8-inch square in half; sew together the long edges (Diagram 1).
7. Tuck in one end, wrong sides together, to fold in half and align raw edges. With seam centered in back, gently press flat.
8. With matching thread and a running stitch, hand-sew 1/4 inch from the bottom edge through all layers (Diagram 2).
9. Pull up threads to gather. Tie off the gathering thread.
10. Stitch across the bottom edge again to secure the bag bottom.
11. Referring to the photo, lay out the black cutout wool pieces on the orange wool: the nose (A), eyes (B), and mouth (C); fuse into place.
12. For the hanger, cut a 20-inch length of wire. Working from the inside of the bag, push one end of wire through one side of the bag top, about 1/4 inch from the top edge. Repeat for the opposite side, using the other end of the wire.
13. Center the bag on the wire, allowing a 6-inch long loop between the sides for hanging. Wrap one free end of the wire around the loop to secure (Diagram 3); repeat for opposite side.
14. To complete the bag, wrap each free end of the wire around a pencil to curl as desired.