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Luggage Tags

What you will Need • Variety of strips in different widths (approx 4in long

x this by the amt of tags) • Brown & other tonals for roof of house and backing • Sewing machine & thread • Jute • Embellishments eg. buttons, brads, ric rac etc • Thin plastic sheet (get creative if you don't have access to some, cut up old packaging etc) • Scrapbooking or patterned paper to print on. • Rubber stamps and ink pad (matching colors), optional

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Luggage Tags

Thes

e ta

gs are so ea

sy to make an

d be

st of all the

y will he

lp you

use

up all y

our fabric scrap

s laying

aroun

d th

e place!!!

On

ce you

hav

e the

hou

se bas

e pa

nel s

ewn, you

can

embe

llish th

ese with ju

st abo

ut any

thing

you can ge

t yo

ur han

ds on!! Us

e pa

int, but

tons

, sc

rapb

ooking

embe

llishm

ents

, so

man

y

option

s. The

harde

st part will be

cho

osing ho

w and

wha

t yo

u will us

e!!

Tips before you start:

1. If you

’re wan

ting

to crea

te m

ore th

an one

(gifts, or ex

tras

for

you

rself, th

en sew

long

st

rips

tog

ethe

r, an

d cu

t into

smaller ho

use bloc

ks onc

e yo

ur sew

ing is com

plet

ed and

the

n ad

d th

e brow

n roof

to ea

ch!!!

2.

Whe

n it com

es to ch

oosing

fab

rics

, st

ick with a fe

w m

ain co

lors

for

each ta

g. T

his en

ables

you to

be a bit more crea

tive

with yo

ur embe

llishm

ents

. You wan

t yo

ur tag

to look

well

ba

lanc

ed color

wise. B

ut you

cou

ld go to

tally scrap

py if you

wish!!

3.

I pref

er to pu

t a da

rker ton

al fab

ric at

the

bot

tom and

the

top

(roof

). This allows me to

wor

k up

wards

with my co

lors

. What you will need:

•

Variet

y of

strips in diffe

rent

width

s (app

rox 4in lo

ng-

times

this by

the

amt of

tag

s)

•

Brow

n & ot

her to

nals for

roo

f of

hou

se and

backing

•

Sewing machine

& threa

d •

Jute

•

Embe

llishm

ents

eg. but

tons

, brad

s, ric rac etc

•

Thin plast

ic she

et (ge

t crea

tive

if you

don

't hav

e acce

ss

to som

e, cut

up old pa

ckag

ing et

c)

•

Scrapb

ooking

or pa

tterne

d pa

per to

print

on.

•

Rubb

er sta

mps

and

ink pa

d (m

atch

ing co

lors), opt

iona

l

Instructions:

1. Co

llect

or cu

t a co

mbina

tion

of differen

t st

rips

varying

from 1in to

2in in

width

. Th

e size

of

your

tag

can

vary acco

rding to

the

amou

nt of st

rips

you

use

. We ha

ve don

e a co

mbina

tion

like th

e fo

llowing, called craz

y pa

tch:

2.

Afte

r yo

u’ve

wor

ked ou

t yo

ur place

men

t on

a tab

le in

front

of yo

u, sew

the

strips

to

geth

er using

a 1/

4in sea

m. As

men

tion

ed on th

e prev

ious

pag

e, you

can

sew

long

er

st

rips

tog

ethe

r th

en sim

ply trim

a num

ber of

hou

se sha

pe tag

s from

the

m. Us

ing a ru

ler

cu

tter or rota

ry cut

ter, cu

t ou

t th

e ho

use rect

angle sh

ape from

you

r fabric. You can make

th

em as big or

small as yo

u like, our

sha

pe tem

plat

e can be

fou

nd ove

r th

e pa

ge.

2.

Cut th

e roof

sha

pe from a ton

al

fabric. We ha

ve use

d brow

n whe

re

po

ssible but

oth

er m

atch

ing

tona

ls hav

e be

en use

d as

well. Sew

the

roof

to th

e to

p of

the

tag

ba

se. En

sure tha

t it is

big eno

ugh to

go right

acros

s th

e to

p of

yo

ur tag

. 4.

Once

you

hav

e a ta

g ap

prox

7.5in lo

ng (incl roo

f), cu

t ou

t a piec

e of

backing

fab

ric fo

r th

e ta

g, and

with righ

t side

s to

geth

er, sew

a 1/

4in sea

m aroun

d th

e ta

g leav

ing a sm

all o

pening

at

the

bot

tom of th

e ta

g in the

middle so

it can

be pu

lled th

roug

h.

5.

Pull th

e ta

g th

roug

h so

right

sides

are sho

wing ag

ain, ens

uring th

at all th

e co

rners ha

ve

been

pus

hed ou

t as

muc

h as

pos

sible. I

ron. Sat

in stitch th

e op

ening at

the

bot

tom close

d with a mat

ching th

read

. Iron

the

tag

.

Be as crea

tive

as yo

u like. Y

ou m

ay

wish to

draw som

e ap

prox

line

s on

ou

r blan

k te

mplat

e be

low bef

ore yo

u st

art. I

t is a goo

d idea

to lay yo

ur

piec

es out

on th

e ta

ble an

d so

rt in

to

an order

bef

ore se

wing.

Bring ou

t all t

he but

tons

, an

d

scrapb

ooking

elemen

ts you

hav

e

laying

aroun

d an

d play

with whe

re

you might

use

the

m. Eg

. 3 but

tons

on

one

of th

e larger

or sm

aller st

rips

as

sho

wn.

6.

Wor

k ou

t whe

re you

are going

to pu

t th

e em

bellis

hmen

ts you

hav

e ch

osen

for

each ta

g,

includ

ing whe

re you

will pu

t yo

ur plast

ic nam

e ho

lder and

nam

e.

7.

As an ex

tra dimen

sion

, we st

ampe

d ou

r ta

g with a large sw

irl d

esign us

ing a be

ige co

lored

ink. T

his prov

ided

a bit of ex

tra ba

ckgr

ound

color. NO

TE: It is bes

t to

sta

mp on

e st

rip at

a

time with yo

ur sta

mp ot

herw

ise th

e de

sign

doe

sn't print

prope

rly ov

er the

sea

ms et

c. Do

this by ha

ving

2 piece

s of

pap

er han

dy and

placing

the

m eithe

r side

of th

e st

rip of

fab

ric

yo

u are st

amping

. St

amp aw

ay!!!)

8.

Using a co

lorful Zig Zag

stitch, stitch arou

nd 3 sides

of th

e plas

tic sh

eet (cut

app

rox

23

/4in x 1.5in) le

aving th

e to

p op

en. Print th

e na

mes

you

wish to

put

into

the

tag

s on

to

sc

rapb

ooking

pap

er or ot

her pa

per of

you

r ch

oice

. NO

TE: T

he pap

er tha

t yo

u us

e can really

co

mplim

ent yo

ur tag

. Eg. W

e us

ed som

e co

lorful stripes

which

co-

ordina

ted well in co

lor).

Slip you

r na

me ta

g into

the

plast

ic poc

ket. WE HAVE

SPE

CIFICA

LLY US

ED A BUT

TON AT

THE

TOP RIGH

T OR

LEFT OF

THE

NAM

E TA

G TO

ENS

URE TH

E TA

G DO

ESN’T FA

LL OUT

EAS

ILY. IF YO

U

NEED

TO CH

ANGE

THE

NAM

E AT

ANY

TIM

E YO

U CA

N SIMPLY LIFT

THE

BUT

TON UP

AND

DO SO

. 9.

Now stitc

h on

you

r bu

tton

s, att

ach yo

ur brads

etc

.

10.

In the

roo

f of

the

tag

, cu

t a sm

all s

lit and

pull thru so

me ju

te for han

ging

. You may

wish

to use

oth

er typ

es of ha

ngers.

11.

Now pack yo

ur bag

s an

d of

f yo

u go

!! Th

ese ta

gs hav

e be

en des

igne

d as

lugg

age ta

gs, bu

t can ce

rtainly be

use

d as

Gift Tags

asw

ell.

Simply ch

ange

the

nam

e to

the

perso

n yo

u are giving

it to. Be

fore you

sew

a Gift Tag fo

r

someo

ne, co

nsider the

ir tas

te in

color

and

sty

le and

try

to pe

rson

alise it.

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Y BE

E BU

TTON

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Daisy

buttons used in our t

ags

are by Button Bliss and

are

available at Buz

zy Bee.