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Food Market Grocery Tote

Use your SINGER® embroidery machine to make this rugged grocery tote. With sturdy handles and lots of space, it’s perfect for those weekend visits to your local food market. For an added touch, embroider text on the bag’s front to emulate the look of a possible “shopping list”! Finished size of this tote is 14” x 5½” x 17” (35cm x 14cm x 43cm).

PROJECT SKILL LEVEL:

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Shopping List

Use this convenient checklist to ensure you have all required materials in your sewing

room, or take it with you when you shop for supplies.

o 7/8 yard (82cm) of 55” wide (140cm wide) cotton canvas

o All-purpose sewing thread to sew bag

o Rayon embroidery thread to embroider text

o Bobbin thread for embroidery

o INSPIRA™ Tear-A-Way™ stabilizer

o Removable fabric marking pen

o Ruler

o SINGER® regular point or universal needle, size 16 (for constructing bag)

o SINGER® regular point or titanium* needle, size 14 (for embroidering text)

o Large safety pin

o Blind hem foot (optional)

*Note: A titanium needle (available at singer.com) is designed for sewing at

higher speeds such as when doing machine embroidery.

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Sewing Directions

Note: Seam allowances are 3/8” (1cm)

1. From the canvas fabric, cut two pieces 22” x 24” (56cm x 61cm) for the main bag. Cut one piece measuring 4” x 36” (10cm x 91cm) for the bag handles.

2. Mark placement lines for embroidering the text on one main bag fabric piece, as shown below. The vertical line is 6” (15cm) from the left side. The horizontal lines are 2⅜” (6cm) apart from one another, starting 6” down from the top.

3. Set your machine to embroidery mode. Fill the bobbin with the bobbin fill thread. Insert the size 14 regular point or titanium needle. Thread the top of the machine with the rayon thread color for embroidering the text.

4. Hoop the fabric and stabilizer so that the markings on the inner hoop line up with the markings drawn on the fabric. Attach the hoop to the machine.

Note: The finished tote shown in the photo (on page one) features 5 French words, to look like a “shopping list”.

fromage jus d’orange baguette croissant pommes rouges

22” (56cm)

24” (61cm)

Vertical line on fabric

Top horizontal line on fabric

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5. Program the text you want to sew on the top row of the tote.

Note: Depending on which model of embroidery machine you have, the process for creating text, as well as available fonts, can differ. Consult your machine manual and your software manual for information on how to program text for your specific machine model. This tote was created using SINGER® Legacy™ sewing and embroidery machine, and the text is from the built-in embroidery lettering. Select the largest size of the script letters and program “fromage”, rotated 90 degrees. Scale the size of the lettering up by 5%. Move the text up as far as it will go on screen. Press the “monochrome” icon to remove color stops between letters.

6. Embroider the first word. Re-hoop and continue to embroider the remaining for

words of text on the remaining four drawn lines, following the same procedure as that used for the first word.

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7. When all embroidery is finished, remove the drawn markings from the fabric.

Convert the machine from embroidery mode to sewing mode. Thread the top of the machine and bobbin with all-purpose thread. Insert the universal or regular point needle, size 16. Select an overedge stitch and sew all raw edges of both main bag fabric pieces, to help prevent fabric from unraveling. (If desired, use an overlock machine to do this.) Set aside for now.

8. Fold the handle fabric in half lengthwise, right sides facing. Sew the seam on the long edge using a 3/8” (1cm) seam allowance. Use a large safety pin to turn the handle right side out. Press, with the seam centered, as shown below. Cut the long handle piece in half so that you have two separate handles that each measure 18” (20.3cm) in length.

9. Edge-stitch along both sides of each handle. Tip: You can use the Blind Hem Foot to help you guide the fabric evenly while edge-stitching.

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10. Place the handle ends on the outside of the bag 5½” (14cm) from each side and

even the top raw edge, making sure the center seam on the handle is facing you, then pin. Use a removable fabric marker to draw a line 2” (4.5cm) down from the top edge of the bag fabric. Baste 2” (5cm) from the edge, catching the handles in the basting.

11. Fold the top over 1” toward the wrong side of the fabric, then fold over 1” again and press. Pull the handles back up toward the top of the bag. Sew the folded edge and the handles in place with a straight stitch.

12. Place the front and back pieces together with right sides facing. Sew the bottom and side seams. Press all seams open.

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13. To create the “base” for the bag, match the side seam to the bottom seam, then use the fabric marking tool to draw a 5” long line that is 2½” (12.7cm) down from the tip, as shown below. Pin, then sew along the drawn line. Sew a second line of stitching next to provide added stability to the finished bag. Repeat for the other side of the bag.

14. Turn the bag right side out and press. Stitch around the top of the bag, and then stitch the handles securely by creating an “X” as shown below. You’re ready to go shopping!