Amy Butler's Style Stitches: 12 Easy Ways to 26 Wonderful Bags by Amy Butler Page A

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    e. Topstitch ⅜″ (1 cm) from the first stitching line, starting and stopping at the 1½″ (3.8 cm) marks. Then, again topstitch ⅜″ (1 cm) from the second stitching line, making sure to catch the top edge of the bag underneath. Backstitch at each end.
    Please set the bag aside.
16 MAKE THE DIVIDERS.
    a. Place one interfaced divider panel and one without interfacing Right sides together, matching all the edges. Pin in place.
    b. Stitch a ½″ (1.3 cm) seam around the panels, leaving a 10″ (25.4 cm) opening centered along the bottom edge. Backstitch at each end.
    c. Trim all the corners in the seam allowance, making sure not to clip your stitching.
    d. Turn the divider panel Right side out through the opening. Use a turning tool to gently push out the corners. Press the panel flat. Fold each edge of the opening under ½″ (1.3 cm) toward the Wrong side, and press. Pin the opening closed. Note: You will stitch the opening closed in step 16g.
    e. Repeat steps 16a through 16d to make a second divider panel.
    f. Place both divider panels together. Match and then pin around all the edges.
    g. Edge stitch close to the finished edges, down both sides and across the bottom edges. Backstitch at each end. You have completed the first divider. Set this divider aside while you make one with a zipper closure.
    h. On the third interfaced divider panel, place the zipper and panel Right sides together, with the edge of the zipper tape ¼″ (0.6 cm) down from the top edge of the panel. Align the head of the zipper ½″ (1.3 cm) from the side edge and pin it in place. Fold the end of the tape so it angles off the top edge of the divider panel on each end of the zipper.
    i. Using the zipper foot for your machine, stitch ⅛″ (0.3 cm) from the coils. Backstitch at each end.
    j. Place this divider panel and one without interfacing Right sides together, matching the edges, and pin. Note: The zipper is sandwiched between the panels. On the interfaced side of the divider panel, stitch a ½″ (1.3 cm) seam around the panels leaving a 10″ (25.4 cm) opening centered along the bottom edge. Backstitch at each end.
    k. Trim the corners in the seam allowance, making sure not to clip your stitching.
    l. Turn the divider panel Right side out, pulling out the zipper through the opening. Use a turning tool to gently push out the corners. Press the panel flat. Fold each edge of the opening under ½″ (1.3 cm) toward the Wrong side, and press. Pin the opening closed. Note: You will stitch the opening closed in step 160.
    m. Repeat steps 16h through 16l to make and attach the last two divider panels onto the other long edge of the zipper.
    n. Place both divider panels together, with the Right side of the zipper on the top outside edge. Pin down the sides and across the bottom edges of the divider.
    o. Edge stitch close to the finished edges down the sides and across the bottom edges. Backstitch at each end.
17 ATTACH THE DIVIDERS TO THE INSIDE OF THE BAG.
    a. Working on one of the exterior side panels, measure 1¾″ (4.4 cm) in from both the front and back seams across the top finished edge of the side panel, and mark. Repeat to mark the same measurements on the second side panel. You will attach the divider without the zipper between the front set of marks and the zippered divider between the back set.
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    b. Place the divider without a zipper inside the bag. Line up each end of the divider with the two front marks. Then, pinch the top of the side panel around each end of the divider and pin through all the layers.
    c. Bar tack* the divider in place, ½″ (1.3 cm) down from the top edge and ½″ (1.3 cm) in from the folded edge. If the fabric layers are too thick for your machine, bar tack by hand with a double strand of thread, stitching a few times in place. Tie off securely.
    d. Repeat steps 17b and 17c to attach the zippered divider between the back set of marks.
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