mark the fabric with the ivy pattern...
(I found the idea with the ivy leaves in a german magazine,
Lena's Patchwork & Applikationen, but I made my own little bag with this idea.....

Put two pieces of batting under the drawings, and pin in place...

with a water-soluble thread sew around the ivy leaves....

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on the back, cut away the batting like this........

sandwich the bag with a piece of batting and backing......

quilt the top (stippling)......

I also sewed all around the outer line to secure........

now wash the marking lines out and dry the piece....

cut the pattern out with 6 mm (1/4") seam allowance....

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add a self-made or a ready bias around the two rounded edges....

fold the bias to the left side and pin in place....

to attach the left side of the bias I sew in the ditch on the right side...
Now you can attach the zipper on the left side by hand or machine....

sew on the zipper on the rounded parts of the pattern....

now, you only have to close the two side seams and the two bottom seams ...

I secured the raw edges of the seams by a narrow zig-zag stitch

enjoy and have fun! :-)

the little bag is ready to be used or...presented to a good friend!? :-)

Spring...

The first flowers in my garden............