Project Folder for Cross Stitch, Tutorial
Welcome to the Project Folder tutorial! Today's video I will show you how I cut, quilt, sew and assemble this project folder. Supply list and written instructions listed below!
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Supplies:
1/2 yard of fabric for main body exterior and interior
fat quarter of fabric for chart pocket (can substitute vinyl instead)
fat quarter or traditional 1/4 yard of fabric for bindings and closure
light to medium weight interfacing, I used Pellon SF101
foam interfacing, I used Bosal foam double sided fusible
16 inch zipper
sew in magnetic closure
*Links to supplies used:
ByAnnie Purse Zippers: By Annie purse zippers - shrsl.com/43iya
ByAnnie Magnetic closure - shrsl.com/44lfy
Frixion Heat Erasable Pen - shrsl.com/44lg1
Bosal Double sided Fusible stabilizer - shrsl.com/44lg7
Instructions:
Make the main body exterior and interior quilted panel
cut two pieces of fabric 14.5 x 22 inches
cut one piece of foam interfacing 14.5 x 22 inches
Sandwich your foam between the fabrics, wrong sides together and quilt through all layers
Trim this quilted piece to 13.5 x 21.5 inches
Cut the rest of the pieces of the bag
3 - 2 x 13.5 inch strips of pocket binding
2 - 2 x 6 inch strips of fabric for magnet closure
2 - 2 x 6 inch strips of interfacing for magnet closure
1 - 2 x 2 inch square for magnet cover
1 - 9 x 13.5 inch piece of vinyl for pocket
2 - 10.5 x 13.5 inch pieces of fabric for chart pocket
1 - 10.5 x 13.5 inch piece of interfacing for chart pocket
cut 80 inches of 2.25 inch binding strips for the outside of the bag
Add magnet closure to front of bag
mark a 1 inch square centered top to bottom, 1.5 inches from outside edge of bag
use the 2 inch square and iron all sides in 3/8 of an inch
glue your magnet onto the fabric patch and top stitch in place on the square you marked earlier
Make your pocket bindings
for the 3 - 2 x 13.5 inch strips, fold in half and press
open back up flat and fold each edge into the center, keep the edge about 1/8 inch away from center fold
fold the strip in half and press again to finish making binding
Make fabric chart pocket
fuse interfacing to wrong side of one piece for chart pocket
layer the other piece of fabric with the interfaced piece, wrong sides together
attach binding to top edge of pocket by top stitching into place
baste pocket into place on main body of bag, lining up the top of the pocket with the line we stitched half an inch from the center of the bag
Make vinyl pocket
attach binding to top edge of vinyl by top stitching into place
top stitch the pocket onto the lower edge of your zipper
attach binding to the top edge of the zipper
attach vinyl pocket to main body of bag, lining up the top of the pocket with marked line, half inch to the right from the center of the bag and top stitch into place
baste the other 3 sides of the bag in place, 1/8th inch away from edge of bag
trim any overhang from edges of pockets and set main body aside
Make tab closure
iron interfacing onto 2- 2 x 6 inch pieces of fabric
sew magnet to wrong side of one of the pieces of fabric
sew the two pieces of fabrics together, right sides together on 3 sides, leaving the bottom open for turning
turn the tab, poke our your corners, press flat and top stitch 1/8th inch on 3 sides
trim your finished tab to 5 inches long (or your preferred length)
baste tab to wrong side of bag, lining up the raw edge of the tab with the magnet facing up
Bind the bag
make 80 inches of 2 1/4 inch binding
start your binding on the fabric pocket side to make it easier to join your ends
sew binding on from inside of bag first, join your ends and then top stitch the binding in place from the front of the bag
*some links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through one of those links, thanks!
Video Contents
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:30 Supplies
00:02:11 Making the main body piece
00:12:38 Creating the spine of the folder
00:17:25 Cutting out pockets and binding
00:23:56 Making pocket bindings
00:25:49 Adding magnet to front
00:34:46 Making chart pocket
00:37:13 Making vinyl pocket
00:44:56 Magnetic tab closure
00:53:35 Binding and finishing the folder
01:06:27 Finished bag
Love this! Thank you for sharing! Great tutorial!❤
Beautifully explained. Thank you 🙏🏻
Awesome tutorial! I can’t wait to make one!! Thank you Liz!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this tutorial. Thank you!!!!!
Thank you SO much for this tutorial! I just love this!
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Thank you for sharing. This project folder is awesome!!!
All of your tutorials are excellent. Thank you!
Thank you for this tutorial! You make it look easy!
Great video I love how you come up with what I’m needing. Thank you!
I thought that I must finish one design cross stitch before starting another. But when I see some cross stitchers who start stitching several designs in the same time, I finally think why not... It's a reason to create beautiful pouch for storage and I will stitching a design when I want... I will doing like you. 🥰🥰 Thanks american stitchers for showing me a funny way to stitch 🌹
Love it and your instructions. Great job
so excited Liz. Thank you for your generosity and your giggles!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for your tutorials! They are great😊 can’t wait to make one. Love your videos
Love your tutorials. Great explanations, easy to follow. Thank you!
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So glad I found this tutorial. Love this folder. Thank you
A fantastic tutorial! Thank you for sharing this! I can't wait to make a bunch of these!
Thank you for a great tutorial on the bag, I can't wait to make one.
What a fabulous presentation! I can’t wait to try this! Thank you🥰
Wow, what a great project and tutorial! Thank you!
Excellent tutorial, your direction is great. Beautiful folder!
Great tutorial! You are an excellent teacher!
Bravo! You are fantastic, Liz.
Thank you so much for taking your time to teach! It was a beautiful piece!
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Terrific instructional video! Thank you!
Wonderful, you made it look so easy. Thank you.
Excellent tutorial. A pleasure to watch. Many thanks.
Thanks for taking time to do this for us. Great instructions
Excellent tutorial! Clear instructions. Can't wait to make my own. Thank you!
Great video. Makes this so much easier then it appears. Can't wait to make one.
Great video. Excellent explanation. Thank you. I’m going to give it a try.
Thank you so much. You are a wonderful teacher. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
That is so cool. Thanks for sharing!!
Love learning new techniques in making bags
Thank you so much for sharing the sizes so we can make one too! Fantastic!! 💜💜
What an AWESOME tutorial! Thank you so much! You make this sound so doable. I will be attempting to make one for myself soon.
Thank you for the thorough tutorial. I love my new portfolio!
Thank you so much! Very clear directions.
You are so generous sharing your talents! Thank you ❤ Barb
Thanks for doing this tutorial! I have been looking for a easy one. Thanks again!!
I appreciate this very thorough tutorial!! Thank you, Liz! I’ll definitely be making some of these in the new year.
Thank you! I love this.
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Love this project bag!! Would like to try this!
Beautifully done video!
Thank you for this tutorial! I can’t wait to get started! Well done and easy to follow. Happy New Year! 🎆 🎉
Great tutorial! Thank you! I’m making one this very night!
Love this Thank you for your tutorial❤️
Thanks for sharing & taking the time to do this tutorial. Looking fwd to making one.
Fantastic tutorial!!
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Thx! Done and dusted (zipped)!
Super cute I will definitely be making this bag, thanks for sharing
Your instructions are easy to understand and follow. Thanks for the tutorial!
Beautiful, thank you so much for this tutorial. Nice job and thank you for including written instructions.
Liz, thank you for sharing this complete project folder tutorial along with all of the tips for a beautiful binding finish. So very generous of you! Can’t wait to try making one or several!
Great tutorial! Can't wait to make one!
Thank you so much for taking the time to film this tutorial, your directions are so easy to follow
This is an awesome tutorial thank you so much for sharing and explaining so well!!
Great tutorial. Thanks!
Fab tutorial - I'm going to have a go at making one!
Thank you for showing us this. I think that I am going to try to make one. You always do such amazing work.
Thanks for sharing. Great tutorial. 😊
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Yahoo thank you so much for doing this video and I am so excited to make one of the folders.
This was great, so well done and easy to follow! Thanks so much 😻
Love this ! Thank You
❤️❤️ it !! Can’t wait to make one 🎄❄️☃️
Thank you so much for doing this tutorial! I have some other projects to get finished up and then this is on my list to make!
Great tutorial, so easy to follow you step by step. Very happy with my finish.
A wonderful tutorial. Thanks
You make it look so achievable! I can’t wait to get some magnets or Velcro! Thank you so much! ❤
Great tutorial. Very easy to follow
Thank you for sharing this with us
Excellent demonstration, Liz. Thank you, and Happy New Year!!!
Thank you, so easy to follow. You are a wonderful teacher…
Love the video. Nice job doing your tutorial.
Thank you so much Elizabethann, great tutorial. Can’t wait to make one.
Have fun!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. So appreciated! It was very well done. Your bag came out beautiful.
This was a great bag idea. Just what I need. Thank you
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Thank you so much for your tutorial, definitely need to try .
Great tutorial Liz and thanks 😍😍
Wow! Love this tutorial, great job! Thank you for sharing your time in going over each step so thoroughly. 💞
Thanks, Liz, for showing this tutorial. You make it look easy so I know the order of the steps.
Excellent job, thank you so much.
Great tutorial! Thank you so much!
Thank you for this perfect tutorial. Very thoughtful and through in every detail. I am grateful.
You are my sewing guru....and you make it look so easy. Thank you.
Great project and tutorial!
Love love your project - im gonna try it- and you had wonderful details- yay-wonderful cute!
Thanks for another great tutorial! Your videos are so easy to follow and taking the time to make them we all appreciate it!! Have a wonderful vacation and enjoy your time off…Happy New Year!
So incredibly helpful! Thank you so much! ❤
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Love it thank you this is the first video I watched of yours I will be back