Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Trick-Or-Treat bags

Halloween 2005
Rileys Trick-or-Treat bag

Today we are decorating for Halloween. These are bags I made for the kids 2 years ago. I'm adding new pictures every year. The witch pattern was from the Fons & Porter magazine (2005). I didnt have an idea for Liams bag, and when I asked what he wanted he said, "a ghost flying over the pumpkin patch". I used white tulle (many layers) to make the ghost. The pieces were raw-edge appliqued with a zig-zag stitch on the edges. For the photos I turned under the edges. I purchased photo-transfer fabric from the fabric store. It comes the size of a sheet of paper. I printed photos from my computer onto the fabric, then heat-set the image with a dry iron and it was ready to sew on. There are other ways to transfer images onto fabric but this was very easy and fast.
Liams Trick-Or-Treat Bag

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