T-Shirt Backpack

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• T-Shirt Backpack

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Step 1

• Pin pattern piece to the shirt (you will be
  pinning through 3 layers).
• Be sure to center pattern piece on shirt graphic.
• (Notice how many pins are used in the picture)

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Step 2

• Cut carefully along the pattern piece through
  both layers of the shirt.
• Keep extra scraps and pattern piece in your bin.
• No neckline or shoulder seams are included.

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Step 3

• Lay bag pieces right sides together
• Pin sides of bag, stopping 2 from top

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Step 4

• Casing
• Fold each side of the top of the bag 1 ½ to
  wrong side.
• Pin through 1 layer of shirt only.
• Repeat

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Step 5

• Place edge of presser foot on edge of casing
  piece.
• Stitch to other end (backstitch at starting and
  ending point).
• Repeat for back casing
• DONT SEW BACKPACK FRONT AND BACK TOGETHER!

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Step 6

• Sew a 5/8 side (3rd line of throat plate) seam
  from bottom of bag to 2 from top (backstitch at
  starting and ending points).
• DO NOT SEW THROUGH THE CASING!

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Step 7

• Sew a second time around (right on top 1st row of
  stitches) for reinforcement.
• Backstitch at starting and ending point.

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Step 8

• Put a piece of duct tape on each bottom corner
  (all 4 corners-lined up with the corner
  stitching).
• This will add reinforcement to the corners.

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Step 9

• Turn bag right side out.
• Push out the bottom corners.

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Step 10

• Insert a grommet on each bottom corner.
• (See the Grommet Slide Show for directions.)

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Step 11

• Loosely tie one end of the cord to a large safety
  pin.

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Step 12

• Insert the end of one cord into the grommet.
• Loosely tie a knot (a knot you can easily undue
  in a little while).

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Step 13

• Feed that end through one side of the casing and
  around through the other side into the back
  casing.
• Bring the end back down into the same hole as the
  first end and knot it off (the knot should be on
  the backside of the backpack).
• Repeat on other side.

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Step 14

• 1.Tada!!! Youre done. Fill your bag and enjoy!
  After you have turned it in for a grade of
  course)

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Step 15

• To turn the bag in for a grade. Fill out the
  evaluation sheet. Pin the evaluation to the bag
  and put on Mrs. Wadmans desk.