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Sewing Supplies: • Mini Piping Foot • Clear ¼” Piecing Foot w/Guide • INSPIRA® Tear N’ Wash stabilizer • INSPIRA® embroidery needles, size 90 • 1 yard solid home dec weight cotton• ⅓ yard of print 1• ½ yard of print 2• ⅓ yard of print 3• 6 yards of 1mm piping cord• Rotary cutter, cutting mat, ruler• Piping Hot Binding Tool • Steam-A-Seam 2• Magnetic Snap Closure

Organizer Bag

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Mark and Press: Mark the 24” x 9” piece of fabric as shown on the left, and press accordian style as shown on the right for the credit card section. Pin the folds in place.

Embroider: 1. Thread with 40 wt. Robison-An-ton rayon thread on top and bobbin thread in the bobbin. 2. Hoop INSPIRA® Tear N’ Wash stabilizer with the 11” x 12” piece of home dec fabric. 3. Embroider design #412701 or the design of your choice. 4. Cut the embroidery down to a 9” square, making sure that the em-broidery is centered.

Sew: 1. Thread with sewing thread top and bobbin. 2. Stitch along each edge securing the pockets in place. 3. Mark down the center and stitch as shown to divide the pockets. 4. Set aside the pocket piece.

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Make this fun little organ-izer to compliment your fall outfi ts! It’s easy to make

and uses three coordinated prints for miniature piping accent details. The front fl ap of the bag is the perfect place to showcase a favorite embroidery design. Our bag features a fl ower design (#412701) available for purchase on www.myembroideries.com.

Cut: From solid home dec fabric: • One piece 11” wide x 12” long • One piece 9” long x 29” wide for outer bag • Two pieces 4½” wide x 5½” long with a ½” square cut out of the corners as shown for cell phone pocket • One strip 2” long x 44” wide for strap • One strip 1” long x 44” wide for strap • One piece 2” long x 3” wide for snap tab

By Marie Duncan, SVP Worldwide

From print 1: • One piece 9” long x 24” wide

From print 2 • 210 running inches of bias 1¼” wide for piping

From print 3 • One piece 9” long x 29” wide for lining • One piece 2” long x 3” wide for snap tab lining

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5. Snap on your Clear ¼” Piecing Foot w/Guide. 6. Piece the bias strips end to end to create one long strip approximately 210” long. 7. Wrap the bias around the 1mm piping cord. 8. Snap on your Mini Piping Foot. 9. Select a straight stitch. 10. Stitch the piping.

11. Trim the seam allowance to ¼” using your Piping Hot Binding Tool. 12. Stitch piping along the top edge of your embroidered fl ap. 13. Press the seam allowance of the piping to the wrong side of the fabric.

14. Place the piped fl ap on the bot-tom of the 9” x 29” bag piece, aligning the raw edges. The wrong side of the fl ap will be placed on the right side of the bag. 15. With the Mini Piping Foot still in place, begin stitching 1½” from the raw edge, and stitch in the ditch of the piping stopping 1½” from the edge at the other end to secure it to the base piece. We will slip the straps into this

seam later on each end and fi nish the stitching then. 16. Snap on your “A” foot. Stitch close to the raw edge on the other three sides. 17. Snap on the Mini Piping Foot and stitch piping along the bottom edge of your credit card piece. 18. Press the seam allowance of the piping to the wrong side. 19. Place the credit card piece on the opposite end of the 9” x 29” bag piece with the pocket tops facing away from the center of the fabric as shown.

20. With the piping foot in place, stitch in the ditch of the piping. 21. Snap on your “A” Foot. 22. Stitch close to the raw edges on the other three sides to secure the layers. 23. Snap on your Clear ¼” Piecing Foot w/Guide.

24. Box the bottoms of the two 4½” x 5½” rectangles that will become the cell phone pocket. Fold right sides together matching the ½” cut edges. Stitch the seams on both pieces. 25. Snap on your Mini Piping Foot. 26. Stitch piping along the two sides and across the bottom of one pocket piece. 27. Place the two pocket pieces right sides together and stitch across the top and two sides leaving a 3” open-ing along the center bottom to turn. 28. Turn right side out, press. Insert Steam-A-Seam 2 in the opening and press with steam to fuse.

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29. Pin the pocket 1¾” down from the piping separating the embroi-dered fl ap from the purse back. The top of the pocket would be toward the embroidered section. Keep the sides straight, giving dimension to the pocket top. 30. Stitch in the ditch of the pip-ing to attach the pocket. 31. Stitch piping along each long edge of the 1” x 44” strap piece. 32. Place the piped strap piece right sides together with the 2” x 44” strap piece matching one long edge.

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Industry friend Betty Jo Reneau, 85, of Odessa, TX, died peacefully at Hospice House, May 30, 2012. Betty was born in Hominy, OK, on Novem-ber 19, 1926, to Walter L. and Jessie R. Casity. She lived in Cleveland, OK, Borger, TX, and finished high school at Electra, TX, where she graduated in 1944. Betty married Eugene Charles Reneau in Electra, TX, on April 20, 1944. They moved with their three children to Odessa, TX, in 1956. Betty was involved the fi rst several years in raising her children. She then worked at several places in Odessa, but her joy was opening her own business in 1991, Betty's Bobbin Box. She was an accomplished seamstress and had been sewing since age fi ve. She had "sewing" classes every day in her

In Memory of Betty Jo Reneaufront yard under a big tree. If the little girls didn't come she would go down the block and knock on their doors so they wouldn't forget their "sewing class". Betty achieved many honors being at times ranked as high as #10 in the nation with her beloved ma-chine business. Many of her customers became close friends as Betty loved to be there and visit, tell stories, etc. She was known as the "social director" at Betty's Bobbin Box. Betty was a life-long member of the Church of Christ where she taught Bible school and other benevolent works until her health began to fail. The last 15 of those years were spent worshiping at Sixth and Jackson where she loved so many people. Betty was preceded in death by her father, Walter Lloyd Casity; her

mother Jessie Rosella Wilcox Casity, Sheryl Lynette Reneau, daughter. She is survived by her daughter, Caren E. Reneau of Odessa; Walter Eugene Reneau and his wife Kristina of Snyder, TX., grandchildren Casity Hale Reneau and his wife Melissa of Houston; Audra Munoz and her husband Christopher, of Fort Worth; great-grandchildren, An-drew, Katherine, and Margaret Reneau of Houston. Betty just missed the ar-rival of her fourth great-grandchild. She is also survived by several nieces and cousins from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Tennessee. Funeral services were held June 2, 2012, with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. VDTA/SDTA extends our deep-est sympathies to the friends and fam-ily of Betty Jo Reneau.

<< continued from page 3733. Stitch over the previous piping seam attaching the two pieces. 34. Press the raw edge of the pip-ing seam allowance under. 35. Press the piece fl at. Both seam allowances should be together in the center as shown. 36. Bring the raw edge around to the front and tuck it under the pip-ing. There should be equal amounts of fabric on each side of the piping. Press. Stitch in the ditch of both pip-ing seams. 37. Slide the strap ends under the embroidered front piece on each end with the strap ⅜” in from each end to allow for seam allowance.

38. Stitch piping all the way around the outer bag piece. To learn to join the piping ends, go to www.husqvarnavi-king.com, USA, Tips and Hints.

39. Place the 9” x 29” bag lining right sides together with the outer bag. 40. Stitch over the previous piping stitching line. Leave a 4” opening to turn along the edge by the cell phone pocket. 41. Trim the corners, turn and press. 42. Stitch piping around all four sides of the 2” x 3” snap tab lining piece. 43. Install half of the magnetic snap onto the tab lining. 44. Place the outer and lining snap tab pieces right sides together and stitch, leaving an opening along the edge opposite the snap. 45. Turn and press. Sew the open-ing closed.

46. Place the snap tab on the em-broidered purse fl ap so that the snap is just over the edge. Stitch an “X” formation as shown, to secure. 47. Fold the bag to mark the place-ment of the second half of the magnetic snap. Install below the credit card panel. 48. Insert Steam-A-Seam 2 into the opening of the outer and bag lining and press with steam to close the opening. 49. Fold your bag into the fi nished position and snap the snap. 50. Pin the side seams. 51. Snap on your A foot. 52. Stitch the side seams aligning the edge of the foot with the piping.

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