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Luggage Tags
What you will Need • Variety of strips in different widths (approx 4in long
x this by the amt of tags) • Brown & other tonals for roof of house and backing • Sewing machine & thread • Jute • Embellishments eg. buttons, brads, ric rac etc • Thin plastic sheet (get creative if you don't have access to some, cut up old packaging etc) • Scrapbooking or patterned paper to print on. • Rubber stamps and ink pad (matching colors), optional
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Luggage Tags
Thes
e ta
gs are so ea
sy to make an
d be
st of all the
y will he
lp you
use
up all y
our fabric scrap
s laying
aroun
d th
e place!!!
On
ce you
hav
e the
hou
se bas
e pa
nel s
ewn, you
can
embe
llish th
ese with ju
st abo
ut any
thing
you can ge
t yo
ur han
ds on!! Us
e pa
int, but
tons
, sc
rapb
ooking
embe
llishm
ents
, so
man
y
option
s. The
harde
st part will be
cho
osing ho
w and
wha
t yo
u will us
e!!
Tips before you start:
1. If you
’re wan
ting
to crea
te m
ore th
an one
(gifts, or ex
tras
for
you
rself, th
en sew
long
st
rips
tog
ethe
r, an
d cu
t into
smaller ho
use bloc
ks onc
e yo
ur sew
ing is com
plet
ed and
the
n ad
d th
e brow
n roof
to ea
ch!!!
2.
Whe
n it com
es to ch
oosing
fab
rics
, st
ick with a fe
w m
ain co
lors
for
each ta
g. T
his en
ables
you to
be a bit more crea
tive
with yo
ur embe
llishm
ents
. You wan
t yo
ur tag
to look
well
ba
lanc
ed color
wise. B
ut you
cou
ld go to
tally scrap
py if you
wish!!
3.
I pref
er to pu
t a da
rker ton
al fab
ric at
the
bot
tom and
the
top
(roof
). This allows me to
wor
k up
wards
with my co
lors
. What you will need:
•
Variet
y of
strips in diffe
rent
width
s (app
rox 4in lo
ng-
times
this by
the
amt of
tag
s)
•
Brow
n & ot
her to
nals for
roo
f of
hou
se and
backing
•
Sewing machine
& threa
d •
Jute
•
Embe
llishm
ents
eg. but
tons
, brad
s, ric rac etc
•
Thin plast
ic she
et (ge
t crea
tive
if you
don
't hav
e acce
ss
to som
e, cut
up old pa
ckag
ing et
c)
•
Scrapb
ooking
or pa
tterne
d pa
per to
on.
•
Rubb
er sta
mps
and
ink pa
d (m
atch
ing co
lors), opt
iona
l
Instructions:
1. Co
llect
or cu
t a co
mbina
tion
of differen
t st
rips
varying
from 1in to
2in in
width
. Th
e size
of
your
tag
can
vary acco
rding to
the
amou
nt of st
rips
you
use
. We ha
ve don
e a co
mbina
tion
like th
e fo
llowing, called craz
y pa
tch:
2.
Afte
r yo
u’ve
wor
ked ou
t yo
ur place
men
t on
a tab
le in
front
of yo
u, sew
the
strips
to
geth
er using
a 1/
4in sea
m. As
men
tion
ed on th
e prev
ious
pag
e, you
can
sew
long
er
st
rips
tog
ethe
r th
en sim
ply trim
a num
ber of
hou
se sha
pe tag
s from
the
m. Us
ing a ru
ler
cu
tter or rota
ry cut
ter, cu
t ou
t th
e ho
use rect
angle sh
ape from
you
r fabric. You can make
th
em as big or
small as yo
u like, our
sha
pe tem
plat
e can be
fou
nd ove
r th
e pa
ge.
2.
Cut th
e roof
sha
pe from a ton
al
fabric. We ha
ve use
d brow
n whe
re
po
ssible but
oth
er m
atch
ing
tona
ls hav
e be
en use
d as
well. Sew
the
roof
to th
e to
p of
the
tag
ba
se. En
sure tha
t it is
big eno
ugh to
go right
acros
s th
e to
p of
yo
ur tag
. 4.
Once
you
hav
e a ta
g ap
prox
7.5in lo
ng (incl roo
f), cu
t ou
t a piec
e of
backing
fab
ric fo
r th
e ta
g, and
with righ
t side
s to
geth
er, sew
a 1/
4in sea
m aroun
d th
e ta
g leav
ing a sm
all o
pening
at
the
bot
tom of th
e ta
g in the
middle so
it can
be pu
lled th
roug
h.
5.
Pull th
e ta
g th
roug
h so
right
sides
are sho
wing ag
ain, ens
uring th
at all th
e co
rners ha
ve
been
pus
hed ou
t as
muc
h as
pos
sible. I
ron. Sat
in stitch th
e op
ening at
the
bot
tom close
d with a mat
ching th
read
. Iron
the
tag
.
Be as crea
tive
as yo
u like. Y
ou m
ay
wish to
draw som
e ap
prox
line
s on
ou
r blan
k te
mplat
e be
low bef
ore yo
u st
art. I
t is a goo
d idea
to lay yo
ur
piec
es out
on th
e ta
ble an
d so
rt in
to
an order
bef
ore se
wing.
Bring ou
t all t
he but
tons
, an
d
scrapb
ooking
elemen
ts you
hav
e
laying
aroun
d an
d play
with whe
re
you might
use
the
m. Eg
. 3 but
tons
on
one
of th
e larger
or sm
aller st
rips
as
sho
wn.
6.
Wor
k ou
t whe
re you
are going
to pu
t th
e em
bellis
hmen
ts you
hav
e ch
osen
for
each ta
g,
includ
ing whe
re you
will pu
t yo
ur plast
ic nam
e ho
lder and
nam
e.
7.
As an ex
tra dimen
sion
, we st
ampe
d ou
r ta
g with a large sw
irl d
esign us
ing a be
ige co
lored
ink. T
his prov
ided
a bit of ex
tra ba
ckgr
ound
color. NO
TE: It is bes
t to
sta
mp on
e st
rip at
a
time with yo
ur sta
mp ot
herw
ise th
e de
sign
doe
sn't print
prope
rly ov
er the
sea
ms et
c. Do
this by ha
ving
2 piece
s of
pap
er han
dy and
placing
the
m eithe
r side
of th
e st
rip of
fab
ric
yo
u are st
amping
. St
amp aw
ay!!!)
8.
Using a co
lorful Zig Zag
stitch, stitch arou
nd 3 sides
of th
e plas
tic sh
eet (cut
app
rox
23
/4in x 1.5in) le
aving th
e to
p op
en. Print th
e na
mes
you
wish to
put
into
the
tag
s on
to
sc
rapb
ooking
pap
er or ot
her pa
per of
you
r ch
oice
. NO
TE: T
he pap
er tha
t yo
u us
e can really
co
mplim
ent yo
ur tag
. Eg. W
e us
ed som
e co
lorful stripes
which
co-
ordina
ted well in co
lor).
Slip you
r na
me ta
g into
the
plast
ic poc
ket. WE HAVE
SPE
CIFICA
LLY US
ED A BUT
TON AT
THE
TOP RIGH
T OR
LEFT OF
THE
NAM
E TA
G TO
ENS
URE TH
E TA
G DO
ESN’T FA
LL OUT
EAS
ILY. IF YO
U
NEED
TO CH
ANGE
THE
NAM
E AT
ANY
TIM
E YO
U CA
N SIMPLY LIFT
THE
BUT
TON UP
AND
DO SO
. 9.
Now stitc
h on
you
r bu
tton
s, att
ach yo
ur brads
etc
.
10.
In the
roo
f of
the
tag
, cu
t a sm
all s
lit and
pull thru so
me ju
te for han
ging
. You may
wish
to use
oth
er typ
es of ha
ngers.
11.
Now pack yo
ur bag
s an
d of
f yo
u go
!! Th
ese ta
gs hav
e be
en des
igne
d as
lugg
age ta
gs, bu
t can ce
rtainly be
use
d as
Gift Tags
asw
ell.
Simply ch
ange
the
nam
e to
the
perso
n yo
u are giving
it to. Be
fore you
sew
a Gift Tag fo
r
someo
ne, co
nsider the
ir tas
te in
color
and
sty
le and
try
to pe
rson
alise it.
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BUZZ
Y BE
E BU
TTON
S 20
08
Daisy
buttons used in our t
ags
are by Button Bliss and
are
available at Buz
zy Bee.