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COST - $8.00
Quilt a Run-About Tote in your favorite fabrics for errands,
trips to library or the beach, or for toting
produce home from your local
Farmers’ Market or grocery store.
Divided outer pockets on both sides of
the tote and a zipped inner security
pocket make it easy to organize everything
inside and out. Add the optional
attached coin purse that drops down
inside the tote for additional safe and
handy storage--for your cell phone,
make-up, and/or your change and
credit cards.
Fabric Suggestions:
Directions follow for using doublelayer
quilted fabric that you make
yourself using 2 coordinating fabrics.
Choose one print for the outside of the tote
and the matching, unquilted outer and
inner pockets, and a second fabric for the
lining side of the quilted fabric. You will
need a third coordinating solid or print for
the contrasting bottom panel. Optional rickrack
trim outlines the pocket and bottom
panel edges.
Materials Needed:
44/45”-wide fabric with 40” of usable
fabric width (allows for preshrinking)
- 1-5/8 yards for the outside of the tote
and the inner and outer pockets (for fabrics
with or without one-way designs
- 3/4 yard for the tote inside fabric layer
- 1/2 yard 45”-wide contrasting print
or sturdy woven fabric for the bottom
contrast panel (one-way designs are
not suitable). If you are using quilter’s
cotton or other lightweight fabric for the
bottom panel, you will also need a
16” x 16-1/2” rectangle of medium-weight
fusible interfacing for added support.
- (2) 18-1/2” x 22” rectangles of lightweight
NOTIONS:
- 9”-long coil zipper for inside zipped pocket
- 3-1/4 yards 1”-wide webbing (cotton
or polyester) for straps
- Ready-made double-fold binding for
inside pocket finish (or make your own
binding from scraps)
- Optional: 2 yards contrasting jumbo
rickrack for the upper edges of the outer
pockets and bottom panel
Optional Coin Purse Notions:
- 7”-long coil zipper
- 1/4 yard 3/4”-wide grosgrain ribbon
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