bag series: 9-patch tote bag

Gather up your 5" squares and join Nancy this April for a 4-week evening session to make a custom 9-Patch Tote Bag!

The 9-patch tote is perfect for the beach, shopping, or carrying around your craft supplies.  This quilted, lined bag features 5" squares on the exterior, two interior pockets for storing smaller items like car keys or cash, and narrow piping on the exterior.  Skills learned in this class include accurate piecing, basic quilting, and installing piping.  This class is suitable for advanced beginner sewists.

Finished bag size is 13.5" wide x 13.5" tall x 4.5" deep.

Required Materials:
- (1) Handout/Pattern: 9-Patch Quilted Tote by Nancy Plominski - included in the cost of class!
- exterior fabric: (5) or more coordinating fat quarters or 1/4 yd of quilting cottons (this includes the front, back, sides, pockets, and bottom of bag)
- lining fabric: 5/8 yd of quilting cotton
- for the straps: 1/4 yd of quilting cotton (if you are using fat quarters they will have to be pieced)
- 1/2 yd of heavyweight fusible fleece
- 1/4 yd of lightweight fusible fleece (or a 2"x30" scrap piece)
or 7/8 yds of SF101 ( or a 2" x 30" scrap piece)
- 1/4 of Pellon Peltex 71F single-sided fusible stabilizer
- (4) 1" rectangle rings
- (1) package of Bias Tape Maxi Piping
- (1) spool of all-purpose coordinating thread

Required Tools:
- fabric scissors
- rotary cutter + acrylic ruler
- seam ripper
- pins and/or wonder clips
- chalk or frixion pen
- (1) large safety pin for turning

Cancellation Policy:
If you are unable to attend, a refund will only be provided if you notify us 72 hours in advance in writing by email, there is a waitlist for the class, AND we are able to fill your spot.  Otherwise, a credit for a future class will be issued.