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Halloween Pumpkin Kids Treat Bag | Applique Sewing Pattern

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Designed with trick or treaters in mind, download Debbie Shore's Halloween quilted bag.

With its spooky seasonal characters and a jazzy border of prairie points, this easy quilted bag is perfect for kids or for anyone wanting to join in the festivities this October. The appliqué makes a fun bag for a child but can also be used for pillow covers, quilt blocks or place mats. If you’d prefer the bag without the appliqué, there’s an example at the end of the project of how this will look.

I’ve used free-motion embroidery to attach my Halloween appliqué shapes, but if you prefer, you could use a straight stitch on your machine, as shown in the video, or hand sew them in place.

Prairie points add an extra dimension to your sewing projects and can be used to decorate quilts, cushion covers and table runners. They are traditionally made by folding individual squares of fabric, but you’ll find an easy way to create them within this simple tutorial.

Note: Use a ¼in (5mm) seam allowance.

Finished size: 11 x 8 x 3½in (28 x 20 x 9cm)

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You will need:

Equipment

• Sewing machine 
• Ruler and erasable fabric marker pen – a quilter’s ruler is ideal 
• Fabric shears 
• Optional: free-motion foot for your machine 
• Optional: spray starch, such as Best Press 
• Optional: fabric clips 
• Optional: fabric glue if using the googly/wiggle eyes: I used Gutermann HT2 glue 
• Optional: tweezers to help you place the googly/wiggle eyes 

Materials

Gather:

• 25 x 11in (63.5 x 28cm) of outer fabric: mine is mustard coloured 
• 25 x 11in (63.5 x 28cm) of lining fabric: mine is patterned 
• 32 x 8in (81 x 20cm) of fabric for the handles and prairie points: mine is purple 
• 25 x 11in (63.5 x 28cm) of fusible fleece: I used Vlieseline H640 
• 5 x 5in (13 x 13cm) of black fabric 
• 3½ x 3½in (9 x 9cm) of white fabric for the moon 
• 4 x 4in (10 x 10cm) of orange fabric for the pumpkin 
• 10 x 9in (25.5 x 23cm) of adhesive sheet such as Bondaweb 
• Optional: googly/wiggle eyes 

Cut:

• Two 12½ x 11in (31.75 x 28cm) pieces of fabric for the bag outer (front and back) 
• Two 12½ x 11in (31.75 x 28cm) pieces of lining fabric 
• One 12 x 4in (30.5 x 10cm) strip of fabric for the prairie points 
• Two 19 x 4in (48 x 10cm) strips of fabric for the handles 

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