Need vitamins? Then we recommend that you sew several of these fruity beauty bags – the large watermelon to accompany you on your summer holidays, the orange for a weekend jaunt, and the little lemon for your purse – or for coins!
Materials:
- Leather or satin
- Terry cloth or terry velours
- Cotton fabric
- Lining
- Thread
- Zipper 30 cm (12")
- Clips (get here)
- Strong thread
- Swarovski crystals to sew on
- Leather glue
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Straight pins
- Needle
- Quilter’s ruler
- Pencil
- Patterns (download here for free)
STEP 1: Cut all fabric pieces (main fabric and lining) from the corresponding fabric, adding 1 cm (3/8") wide seam allowances.
STEP 2: Cover the ends of the zipper with small pieces of leather (approx. 3 × 2 cm/1¼" x ¾") and stitch in place.
STEP 3: Fold allowances on straight edges to wrong side and glue in place.
STEP 4: Lay zipper under fold edges and edgestitch in place.
STEP 5: Slide beige edge piece under leather. Edgestitch leather edge in place (not turned under)
STEP 6: Sew crystals in place with strong thread.
STEP 7: Clip edge at each end of zipper, approx. 0.7 cm (¼") deep. Pin terry cloth base piece in place and stitch in place.
STEP 8: Sew lining, leaving an opening in seam, as marked. Pin lining around zipper and sew in place by hand.
Please note: On the lemon and the orange, the lines between the segments must be stitched with closely spaced zigzag stitches. The zipper is sewn in place, with visible edges.
May 31, 2017, 02.01 AMby dragoness1957
Awesome! But the instructions only specify one 12-inch zipper, which I assume belongs to the watermelon. What size zippers do the other two fruit bags take?
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May 31, 2017, 12.21 PMby lakaribane
I came here to ask the same question. What are the zipper sizes for each fruit?
If the template is printed at different scales, what are they? 100% for the watermelon, 80% for the orange, and 50% for the lemon?
This tutorial lacks information! Please update!
May 30, 2017, 04.12 PMby Kasiorist
Loving these!! so cute
May 25, 2017, 10.49 PMby nrobson
very fun and juicy cases! love the watermelon x
May 22, 2017, 11.09 PMby ndimi
Awesome! Such fun! Thanks for sharing.
May 20, 2017, 03.38 PMby Stacyco
Great diy! I like these funny cosmetic bags!