Santa Sack

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Materials:

14" x 18" piece of red felt
red felt circle cut 5-1/4 inches in diamete
white cardboard
14-inch length of one-inch wide red grosgrain ribbon
white cording

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Figure A
Steps:

1. Draw and cut a pattern shown in ( figure A) for the bag's cuff. Position the 14" x 18" piece of felt vertically on the work surface and trace the top edge of the pattern along the top of the felt piece. Cut along the traced line to create the shape of the cuff.

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Figure B
2. Stitching the top and bottom horizontal edges, sew the14-inch length of red ribbon eight inches from the bottom of the felt piece (figure B).
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Figure C
3. Stay stitch a line along the bottom part of the to the felt that is a 1/2 inch up from the felt's bottom edge (figure C).
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Figure D
4. Fold the felt piece in half so that the vertical edges meet (figure D). Sew the edges together, leaving a 1/4-inch seam allowance. Leave an open space where the ribbon meets the edge of the felt.
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Figure E
5. Thread a piece of white cording through the hole in the ribbon. String the cording through the ribbon "tunnel" around the piece of felt and pull the end out through the hole in the ribbon (figure E).
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Figure F
6. Place both ends of the cording back through the hole so that they hang on the inside of the felt casing (figure F).
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Figure G
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Figure H
7. Clip small vertical slits around the end open end of the casing at the stay stitching. This will enable the circular bottom of the casing to shape more easily.

8. Sew the felt circular bottom onto the casing.

9. Turn the casing right-side out and turn the cuff down.

10. Cut out Santa's face, beard and hat from felt (figure G) and sew them together. Hand stitch the eyes with black thread (figure H).

11. Sew Santa to the cuff of the bag. Add a white pompon to the tip of Santa's hat. Stitch a small red felt nose and a white felt mustache to Santa's face and a green felt holly leaf to his hat.

Resources
A Creative Needle Christmas
by Ann Henderson
Creative Needle Magazine
1 Apollo Rd.
Lookout Mountain, GA 30750
USA
Toll Free Phone: 800-443-3127
Fax: 706-820-2164
URL: www.creativeneedlemag.com
Guests
Ann Henderson
Editor, Writer, Creative Needle Magazine
1 Apollo Rd.
Lookout Mountain, GA 30750
Toll Free Phone: 800-443-3127
Fax: 706-820-2164
URL: www.creativeneedlemag.com
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