Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

Why settle for a boring bag?! Just by adding a simple bow, our in-house brand, Studio M Squared, has transformed a simple zipper pouch into a must-have accessory.

The added foam stabilizer gives Briar lots of structure and makes it possible to carry as clutch for all your social gatherings. Just choose two coordinating fabrics, a zipper and some interfacing and stabilizer and you're on your way to making this cute bag.

This 3-hour class is suitable for advanced beginner students who have taken our Sewing 101 class or have an equivalent experience level. Students must be able to confidently thread and operate a sewing machine independently.

Required Materials:

• (1) Pattern: Briar Bag by Studio M Squared
• 5/8 yards of quilting cotton for the main fabric
• 5/8 yards of quilting cotton for the accent/lining fabric
• 3/8 yard of Pellon SF101
• (1) 12" x 26" piece of foam stabilizer - or, if you're purchasing yardage, you will need 1/3 yard of 58" wide foam (enough to make two bags)
• (1) 10" zipper
• (1) spool of coordinating thread

Required Tools:

• fabric scissors or rotary cutter + acrylic ruler
  
• seam ripper
• pins and/or wonder clips
  
• chalk and/or frixion marker