Minnie bag

I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing–that it all started with a mouse. –Walt Disney

My youngest daughter has recently expressed an interest in sewing. Since we are taking a trip with her Girl Scout troop to the World later this year, we decided to make Minnie bags for her friends. I chose pre-made bags and helped her add the embellishments.

Supplies:

• Pre-made cotton canvas bags (I ordered 10-inch by 12-inch bright colored bags from Oriental Trading) These are thin, but work well for someone just learning to sew
• Decorative fabric
• Coordinating ribbon
• Thread
• Sewing machine
• Wonder-under fusible paper backed webbing
• Iron
• MIckey head template
• Ironing cloth (I use an old plain pillowcase)

1. Decide on a design and trace or cut on smooth side (paper backing) of fusible webbing.  
2. Iron onto decorative fabric.  This will be a reverse image of what will appear on the bag.  Since it’s Minnie, it looks the same either way 🙂
3. Cut out fabric, remove paper backing and place webbing side down onto bag.  
4. Cover with damp ironing cloth and iron on wool setting for 5-10 seconds (Ironing cloth will be pretty dry once finished ironing).
5. Using a decorative stitch setting (we chose a zig zag style), stitch around design.  Be careful NOT to stitch through front and back of bag together OR through bag handles (yes…we did that)

6. Create a simple bow from the coordinating ribbon and hand sew onto your Minnie ear design.

Of course, my daughter’s had to be different, so she added a jeweled crown 🙂

Have fun being creative!