Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Sketch & Stitch Gift Bag Tutorial!

bags for sale
I'm having great fun sketching, stamping and stitching on these 8.5 x 11" muslin draw string bags.
ebag complete
I carry my camera attachments in this bag.

inspiration         ebag inspiration 1
You've seen this inspiration before. I'm having eternal fun with this imagery.
I used water soluble crayon for the color on this bag.

e bag
Eucalyptus Inspired bag  

oak bag
Texas Red Oak Gift Bag  

oak begins  oak color
I drew, in pencil, on the bag. I outlined it with a permanent pen, then colored in with color pencils.
oak 1    oak 5
From the oak leaf image, I carved my own stamp. Be sure and put wax paper inside the bag, when you stamp or paint on it.
  oak 6  stamps
I stamped the bag, and some shipping tags. You can see the acorn stamp I made too.
oak detail 3
And of course, I hand stitched, using a chain stitch and a back stitch.
oak detail 2
You can see my stitch guide here.
paris bag
France!  
PARIS 2A    PARIS 2
For this bag, I stamped first, using commercial stamps. Then I printed out a fleur de lis, cut it out and traced it, using a gel roller for fabric.
paris detail 2
And stitched!
paris detail 4

bags
My gift bags. 8.5 x 11 bags

37 comments:

  1. Fantastic tutorial Jane!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Jane, these are fantastic.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I love to sttamp and stitch! Your bags are so lovely! Great tutorial!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Adorable! Not to mention a great idea :)
    So cute that I just ordered some of those bags myself - I have a holiday show coming up and I think it would be fun to feature some painted bags.

    ReplyDelete
  5. As Always.... fabulous ! Thanks for sharing this idea and your talent. Great idea for gifting wine also!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Jane,

    This tutorial is even better than I imagined! Thank you for sharing these ideas with us! What a gift!!

    Norina

    ReplyDelete
  7. Sherry Winchester11/09/2011 8:23 AM

    Great little gift bags...so very creative! Wonderful work!!

    ReplyDelete
  8. LOVE LOVE LOVE This Jane! will be making these for my friends.

    XO

    ReplyDelete
  9. I am just crazypants for these bags Jane! LOVE them. I'm getting together with friends and this will be on the "try this" table for sure! Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Help... these sound wonderful, but I can't see the pictures.

    ReplyDelete
  11. These are so wonderful! Thank you, thank you! :-)

    ReplyDelete
  12. I LOVE these, Jane! I used to do a lot of embroidery and this might just get me to finding that stash of DMC. Great photos and directions... thank you!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Gorgeous bags!! Love the tutorial, thank you:)

    ReplyDelete
  14. What adorable bags! Looks like lots of fun.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Another great idea for gifts. love the bags. Dianne in Aust

    ReplyDelete
  16. This is such a great idea, I plan to try this one. Thanks so much for sharing and being the first tutorial on the hop.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Beautiful project. Thank you for the tutorial. I think I need to give this a try.

    ReplyDelete
  18. So cute Jane! Where did you get your blank bags? Did you buy them or make them? That's making me want to carve some stamps too!

    ReplyDelete
  19. thanks everyone! I'm so glad you like it. Judy, just click on the text, muslin bag, and there's a link to where I bought them.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Fabulous! Gives me so many ideas for Christmas! Thanks so much for such a wonderful tutorial!
    Cheers!

    ReplyDelete
  21. Elegantly, simply beutiful. How do you make the crayon waterproof- is it heat set?

    ReplyDelete
  22. I am Australian and Eucalyptus flowers are some of my favorites. I love the way you have presented the Eucalyptus leaves and flowers.

    ReplyDelete
  23. Such beautiful bags, a gift in themselves!

    ReplyDelete
  24. Love these Jane! Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  25. I do heat set the water soluble crayon, but I don't expect to be washing these bags...I suppose, if I had to, I'd hand wash them, then just add more color if it had faded!
    thanks everyone!

    ReplyDelete
  26. These are beautiful! Although I would probably use this method for a little quiltlet instead of a gift bag. Or be really choosey who I gift to. Some family members would probably throw the bag away so they don't deserve it :-(

    ReplyDelete
  27. YOU ROCK JANE!! This tutorial is fantastic! I recently started carving my own stamps (and used one as the basis for one of my imaginary animal sketches - fun!) and now to learn about those water soluble crayons! How did I miss those in my many trips to local art supplies store. :-) So excited about all the upcoming tutes. You are all the BEST!

    ReplyDelete
  28. The bags make great little Christmas present holders.

    ReplyDelete
  29. Thank you for the inspiration, Jane! Your bags/stamps/stitching are just lovely and I can't wait to give it a try! Is that a multi-colored embroidery thread that you used on the fleur de lis? I love it!

    ReplyDelete
  30. Terrific! Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  31. Your decorated muslin bags are absolutely beautiful. Colorful, stitched---awesome!! Thanks for sharing your art with us!!

    ReplyDelete
  32. i love this tutorial. so excited to journey onward with the blog hop! xo

    ReplyDelete
  33. Love the imagery and the texture of the thread. Beautiful and inspiring. Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  34. You sound like so much fun!! These bags are very inspirational. I love that you made your own stamp -something that I am always doing... in my head. :) Good to know someone actually does it in real life!

    ReplyDelete
  35. Thanks Jane. It's a great tutorial.
    ciao ciao Linda

    ReplyDelete
  36. How wonderful they all are! The people who receive a gift from you will be lucky indeed.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks so much for visiting JaneLaFazio.com!

Related Posts with Thumbnails