#Moda Super Heroes on the Go

SUPER HEROES ON THE GO

Tote & Simple Wallet: A free pattern from RockingChairQuilts.com

Do you know Moda Man? The saga of how he saves a damsel in distress is captured forever on a fine cotton canvas. We have been enjoying this 'Super Heroes In Disguise' fabric from Moda United Notions here at RockingChairQuilts.com.  We first met Moda Man in Moda City at 2016 Fall Quilt Market in Houston. When this amusing fabric arrived here at the shop, we got busy and made this roomy Super Heroes on the Go Tote Bag and a simple wallet. This is a big, roomy tote because of its flat bottom .  It makes a great re-usable grocery tote - or maybe  it could be used to carry  a lot of quilty items out of your local quilt shop ;) Thanks so much to the kind folks at Moda Fabrics for keeping our quilting life full of wonderful choices!

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TOTE MATERIALS:

 2/3 yard MODA ® Super Heroes canvas weight fabric for tote

1/3 yard Moda Bella Super Black Solid for handles

1/8 yard 44” wide Décor Bond (optional handle reinforcement)

Matching Aurifil thread

Optional: 12"x 8 1⁄2" cardboard for bottom

SIMPLE WALLET MATERIALS

 1/3 yard Super Heroes canvas fabric 

1/4 yard*  Moda Bella Super Black Solid for binding  *more  is needed if you want to make bias binding.

8” square Décor Bond (optional - gives your wallet some stiffness, leave it out if you want a flopsy wallet☺

Matching Aurifil thread

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TOTE CUTTING:

Tote Fabric (Super Heroes canvas) • CUT two pieces 16"x12 ½” for front and back • CUT two piece 9" x 22" rectangles for sides and bottom

Handle fabric (black) •  Cut two pieces 5" x 44" for handles. • optional -  If you want your handles stronger- reinforce with Décor Bond – cut 2 pieces 1- 1/4” x 44” 

The 'Super Heroes In Disguise' fabric is directional so we have some tips for you on cutting out the bag panels.  Then, when you stitch them together your Super Heroes are all headed in the right direction on your finished tote.

Start with 2/3 of a yard of Moda Super Heroes canvas fabric.  Trim off the selvedge edges and the fold edge with a rotary cutter.  Keep the edges square and straight.

Double thickness of canvas fabric is shown here.

cut out bag front and back, then cut 2 pieces 9" x 22" to make sides/bottom panel of your tote, as shown.

Photo #8

Put the two 9" x 22" side/bottom pieces right sides together  making sure the images will be facing upright  on both sides of your bag, then sew (or serge)  them together with 1/4" seam along the bottom 9" edge. (bottom center seam)

After stitching the bottom center seam the two 9" x 22" panels will face in opposite directions. Your side/ bottom panel piece should now measure 9” x 43 ½”. (see photo #8)

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ASSEMBLY:

1. Fold  black handle pieces in half lengthwise and press. Open and fold edges in to middle. Refold and press.  Open handle fabric back out and Place cut strip of Décor Bond with one edge along center pressed line in fabric.  Press Décor Bond in place,

3. Reinforce bottom corners of tote front and back with stay stitching ¼” from tote edge and clip corners to stay stitching. This will help ease the bag corner seam as you stitch the front and back pieces to the long  sides/bottom panel. 

Place inside edge of handle 3" in from each edge of front. Top stitch both sides of handle  to bag, but STOP stitching about 5" from the top (see picture #4). Repeat with back piece.

2. After pressing Décor Bond in place, refold edges of handle fabric back to middle enclosing the strip of Décor bond inside the handle fabric. Baste with matching Aurifil thread along open edges of handle .

4. STOP stitching about 5" from the top of the bag. Repeat with back piece. (you will finish stitching the handles down after you hem the top of your bag).

5. Pin front piece RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER to the long seamed side/bottom panel 9" x 43 1/2" (clipping seam allowance to stay stitching where needed and pivoting at corners). Stitch. Repeat with back piece.

Press seams toward sides. Optional: seams can then be finished with zigzag stitching or serging. Be careful to keep handles free.

6.  Fold down 1 ½” all along top edge of tote and press. Now turn raw edge under 1⁄4" and press. Pin in place if needed.  Then stitch top hem in place keeping handles free. 

7. Now ....where you had left the top 5” of the handles free from the bag- it is time to stitch those down. SO Continue top stitching handles to outside of tote and all along handle edges, over basting. To secure, reinforcing by stitching an X or a box  at top edge of tote.

8. Optional: Cover 12" x 8 1/2" cardboard rectangle with fabric and place in bottom of tote. Sometimes instead of cardboard I cut my tote rectangles out of old rotary cutting mats that have gotten too cut up to use for anything else. They don't bend or get soggy like cardboard sometimes does ☺.

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SIMPLE WALLET

CUTTING:  

• Cut 2 rectangles 8” x 4 ¼” canvas (outside wallet piece) *NOTE: because your outside wallet fabric is directional you will cut 2 rectangles 8” x 4 ¼”  then pivot  one of the rectangles  180 degrees . (See photo #9)  Now stitch the two 8 x 4 ¼” rectangles (right sides together) along the 8” edge. This stitched piece should now measure 8” x 8”. This is done so that the directional print of your SUPER HEROES fabric will be going in the right direction when you look at the outside of your wallet. If you don’t mind where your superheroes are headed you can just cut one 8” x 8” square for the outside piece of your wallet.
• Cut one 8" square* canvas (inside)
• Cut one 8" square  Decor Bond (optional)

POCKETS from SUPERHEROES CANVAS (photo #10):

• Cut two 8"x 7" (large pockets)
• Cut two 8"x 4" (smallest pockets)

from Moda Bella Solid cut two 8"x 51⁄2" (middle pockets)

BINDING FABRIC: from Moda Bella Solid Cut one 1 1⁄2"x 34" (binding).  If you want to cut your binding fabric on the bias you will need more fabric than the 1/8 yard shown in materials list.

Photo # 10 : Cut  2 each of the 3 pocket pieces: small (canvas), middle (black) and large (canvas).

Photo #9

Photo #11: Press all pockets in half lengthwise, Right sides together

Photo #12: stack pressed pocket pieces, keeping raw edges even.

ASSEMBLY: Fold all pieces for pockets in half lengthwise and press (photo #11).   Place optional square of Décor Bond on the wrong side of the inside 8" wallet canvas fabric square, press to secure the Decor Bond to the wallet square. Put the inside and outside  8" wallet squares wrong sides together, with inside wallet fabric facing up. Beginning with largest pocket, place on inside aligning edges and bottom on top and bottom of wallet. Continue with each pocket. Baste around all edges. Catching in all layers.

FINISHING: Fold 1-1⁄2"x 34" BINDING piece in half lengthwise and press. Open and fold edges to middle. Refold and press.  Stitch binding to  of basted edge of simple wallet, pivoting/mitering at corners so they lay nicely. (or cut and apply binding with your favorite method). 

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Thanks for reading -  I hope you will enjoy making a tote , This is a big, roomy tote because of its flat bottom .  It makes a great re-usable grocery tote - or maybe  it could be used to carry  a lot of quilty items out of your local quilt shop. It would be fun to make using other pretty fabrics as well. If you decide to make one,  please share a picture of your finished tote:

WAYS TO SHARE A PHOTO OF YOUR tote WITH US:

• Post your photo on Instagram and tag us  # rockingchairquilts 
• post your photo on our Facebook page- CLICK HERE to get to the Facebook page.
• Tweet a photo @makeaquilt  or tag us in your tweet @MakeAQuilt
• send your photo in an email to me : Carol@RockingChairQuilts.com
• If you live nearby you can pop in during SHOP HOURS each week we'll take photo of your quilt for you.

• Please use the comments area below for comments and questions

Until we blog again - Enjoy the Sew!® - Carol

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#MODASAMPLERSHUFFLE WEEK SIX

OK LET'S GO!

HERE ARE YOUR PATTERNS FOR THIS WEEK:

BLOCK SIXTEEN

BLOCK SEVENTEEN

BLOCK EIGHTEEN

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WHAT'S THAT? YOU JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SHUFFLE AND YOU NEED PATTERNS ONE THROUGH FIFTEEN?

A CLICK ON MY PICTURE WILL TAKE YOU THERE.

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WHAT IS A SAMPLER SHUFFLE ANYWAY?:

 CLICK HERE to read more  details about  the Sampler Shuffle  and Rocking Chair Quilt's  SAMPLER SCRAMBLE contest

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 HOW IS IT GOING FOR YOU THIS WEEK?

We posted the the Triangle , Border and Setting Patterns here again for you so they're handy whenever you need to peek at them:

 EASY TRIANGLES *

 INNER BORDERS*

QUILT SETTING PATTERN*

WILL YOU DESIGN YOUR OWN SETTING FOR YOUR SAMPLER SHUFFLE BLOCKS? 

YOU COULD WIN A QUILTY PRIZE FROM ROCKING CHAIR QUILTS! READ ABOUT OUR SAMPLER SCRAMBLE CONTEST BY CLICKING HERE.

we'd love to see your sampler blocks! IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE YOUR BLOCK PHOTOS: 

YOU CAN POST YOUR BLOCK  PICTURES AND COMMENTS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR I'LL POST THEM FOR YOU JUST SEND THEM IN AN EMAIL TO ME : CAROL@ROCKINGCHAIRQUILTS.COM

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WEEK SIX - WHAT CAROL DID

Worked on blocks sixteen, seventeen and eighteen..One set I am using Somerset by Fig Tree quilts for Moda and the other set is using Moda Bella Solids and Muslin Mates Feeling relaxed after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend I let my studio get real messy and experimented with color values on BLOCK 16. Then I posted another short tip video for working on 6" blocks: Scroll down to view.

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BLOCK SIXTEEN

Block 16.  A messy desk is a sign of a creative mind?  Well maybe it is or maybe, it's just a sign that sewing is SO much fun i didn't want to stop and tidy anything up between projects!

BLOCK 16:  I had picked BLOCK 3 as my favorite so far.  But now I like this  one VERY much also.  I changed values and I like it both ways.  I know this block to be called 'Dutchman's Puzzle'.

BLOCK 16: If you change out the color on the center triangles, a pinwheel will emerge. Cool.

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BLOCK 17: I enjoyed doing an applique block after piecing all of the first 16 blocks.   I have think I have developed a new appreciation for applique now!

BLOCK SEVENTEEN

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BLOCK EIGHTEEN

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THIS WEEK'S VIDEO TIP:

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THIS WEEK'S BLOCKS ALL IN A BUNCH: SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN AND EIGHTEEN. I USED SOMERSET FABRICS AND DID ANOTHER SET WITH MODA'S BELLA SOLIDS:

THERE IS A COMMENT AREA BELOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOUR PROGRESS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MODA SAMPLER SHUFFLE  -

SEND ME YOUr BLOCK PHOTOS AND I WILL PASTE THEM RIGHT HERE! 

THANKS SO MUCH. CAROL@ROCKINGCHAIRQUILTS.COM

#MODASAMPLERSHUFFLE WEEK FOUR

OK LET'S GO!

HERE ARE YOUR PATTERNS FOR THIS WEEK:

BLOCK TEN

BLOCK ELEVEN

BLOCK TWELVE

CLICK HERE to read more  details about  the Sampler Shuffle  and Rocking Chair Quilt's  SAMPLER SCRAMBLE contest

what fabrics are you using in your blocks? how is it going this week?

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE YOUR BLOCK PHOTOS: 

YOU CAN POST YOUR BLOCK  PICTURES and comments ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR i'll post them for you just SEND THEM IN AN EMAIL TO ME : CAROL@ROCKINGCHAIRQUILTS.COM

We posted the the Triangle , Border and Setting Patterns here again for you so they're handy whenever you need to peek at them:

 EASY TRIANGLES *

 INNER BORDERS*

QUILT SETTING PATTERN*

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WILL YOU DESIGN YOUR OWN SETTING FOR YOUR SAMPLER SHUFFLE BLOCKS? 

YOU COULD WIN A QUILTY PRIZE FROM ROCKING CHAIR QUILTS! READ ABOUT OUR SAMPLER SCRAMBLE CONTEST BY CLICKING HERE.

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WEEK four - WHAT CAROL DID

Worked on blocks ten eleven and twelve.  Did a quarter inch seam test to help ensure accuracy while I'm working in this small block size. 

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1/4" SEAM TEST

IMPROVE ACCURACY ON SMALL PIECES:  DO A 1/4" SEAM TEST TO SEE IF YOU NEED TO ADJUST YOUR SEAM ALLOWANCE

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BLOCK TEN SOMERSET FABRICS

BLOCK TEN BABY

BLOCK TEN

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Here lies what looks like a perfectly innocent pile of flying geese and pieces for block eleven...........Egads they're tiny, small, itsy geese aren't they?

then when I got over to the sewing machine all sorts of wonky crookedness ensued!  time for a do-over on this block methinks

Ahh,.....Block 11 is looking much better now

BLOCK ELEVEN SOMERSET

BLOCK ELEVEN

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BLOCK TWELVE SOMERSET

BLOCK TWELVE BABY

BLOCK TWELVE

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IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DOWNLOAD BLOCKS 1 THROUGH 9 YOU CAN FIND THEM HERE

THANK YOU FOR READING THIS POST TODAY .  

ARE YOU ENJOYING THE SHUFFLE BLOCKS?- DO TELL US ABOUT IT

THERE IS A COMMENT ARE BELOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOUR PROGRESS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MODA SAMPLER SHUFFLE  -CAROL

Diana's Blocks 10 , 11 and 12

Richy's Blocks 10, 11 and 12

#MODASAMPLERSHUFFLE WEEK THREE

OK let's go!

Here we are with an earlybird posting of this week's blocks 7, 8 & 9

BLOCK SEVEN

BLOCK EIGHT

BLOCK NINE

We posted the the Triangle , Border and Setting Patterns here again for you so they're handy whenever you need to peek at them:

 EASY TRIANGLES *

 INNER BORDERS*

QUILT SETTING PATTERN*

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If you didn't get a chance to download blocks 1 through 6 you can find them HERE

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 will you design your own setting for your Sampler Shuffle BlockS? 

 you could win a quilty prize from Rocking Chair Quilts! Read about our Sampler Scramble contest by clicking HERE.

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WEEK THREE - WHAT CAROL DID

• Worked on blocks seven, eight and nine.
• Became mighty intimidated be the itsy bitsy flying geese in block seven and got out the Lazy Girl No Math Flying Geese Ruler
• Had good results with that ruler.  I will keep it nearby for the next blocks we get.
• Put some triangle papers in to action to make the 2  1/2" Half Square Triangles in BLOCK NINE.  I liked the way the pinwheels turned out using the triangle papers!
• I hung up all the blocks in a row out in the quilt shop and decided that .....hmmmm - I like them. Up until then, I wasn't too sure about my fabric combinations.  I love quilting!

 

Moda sampler shuffle gets 'clotheslined' at RockingChairQuilts.com

I would love to see what fabrics you are using , and sInce this seems to be 'tool' week for me here at the shop- how about letting us all know what tools or sewing helpers you may have reached for to help you get your 6 inch blocks looking good?

COMMENT BELOW or share on our facebook page

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If you'd like to share your block photos: 

YOU can post your BLOCK  pictures on our FACEBOOK PAGE or send them in an email to me : Carol@RockingChairQuilts.com

BLOCK SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE MADE IN SOMERSET FABRICS

BLOCKS SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE MADE WIH A BELLA PRECUT SOLID JELLY ROLL AND MODA MUSLIN MATES WHITE ON WHITE BABY PINS PRINT

YOU can post your BLOCK  pictures on our FACEBOOK PAGE or send them in an email to me : Carol@RockingChairQuilts.com

thank you for reading this post today .  

Are you enjoying the shuffle blocks?- do tell us about it

there is a comment are below if you would like to share your progress or if you have any questions about the moda sampler shuffle  -Carol

30's Playtime Favorite's

The name "30's Playtime"  brings to mind the carefree hours of youth from a long ago era, as imaged by this charming 'gang' .  All of them ready to load into the jalopy and head off to the rural youth dance down a dirt road yonder.  That's my grandmother holding the bouquet.  She, a farmer's daughter, likely had few  leisure hours to herself. This would've been a special day for her to enjoy.  She sewed most of her own clothes , probably this lovely dance dress too.  It was she and my mother that first taught me to sew, which I loved from the the very first stitch!  Now I'm happy to be able  have this vintage inspired collection of 1930' prints in our quilt shop.  I can hardly wait to pick out a quilt pattern and get stitching!

Chloe's Closet has designed the colors and presence of a vintage Springtime into this classicly inspired collection: 30's Playtime Favorite's from Moda Fabrics.  Forty prints, Jelly Rolls and Layer Cakes for your next project.  Pair the prints with some of our Bella Solids, or...... to get to right to the sewing machine we also have Bella Precut selections in an array of 30's inspired colors!