In my eyes, she is a “Sewlebrity,” and here’s why I’ve got a “Crush” on her!
I think Sabra has such a sweet sewing blog. You can tell she has learned so much in her journey of sewing– I just want to spend a few hours looking through her Sewing Lesson tutorials. She has some really great, fun tutorials for boys. I am so excited that she is here today to share her sewing smarts with us!
Today, she is showing us how to make this really cool Doodle Bag.

But first, here are a few reasons why I have “fallen in love” with her blog.
Boy’s Quiver
Sabra, thanks for being my Sewlebrity Crush. You rock!
{To see the amazing line up of my other crushes, go here}.

Now here she is, with her fabulous tutorial!
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Hi, Family Ever After fans! I’m Sabra and I blog at Sew a Straight Line.

I love to sew anything and everything, but lately I’ve been sewing mostly for myself. My youngest son informed me that I hadn’t made anything for him in a long time and he needed me to do something about that. He’s three, loves to color, and is my errand-running buddy so I made him an easy to carry bag he can take anywhere.

Any picture becomes a coloring page; he can practice his letters and numbers.
Even doodle on his brothers’ faces!
A piece of extra-thick fun foam in the pocket gives a firm surface for coloring.


Using dry erase markers, his artwork wipes clean off the vinyl, ready to be used again and again, anywhere he goes.
Let me show you how I made it.

3 pieces of cotton fabric 11”x14” (front, middle, back)
1 piece of clear vinyl 11”x14”
7” zipper
24” length of strap webbing
1 sheet fun foam – double thickness
dry erase markers
coloring sheets, pictures, etc





Sew a reinforced square-cross through the middle, back, and webbing, securing the webbing in place.
Repeat with the other side of the webbing at the other end of the middle/back/zipper, creating a strap/handle.

Cut into the corners of the rectangle about 1/4 inch.
Fold the sides of the rectangle towards the back of the fabric, press, and sew all around.


Lay your front fabric on the vinyl, matching outer edges.
**The vinyl should come with a tissue paper-like backing to it. DO NOT REMOVE this backing! You’ll need it to allow the vinyl to move smoothly across your foot and feed dogs. If for some reason your vinyl does not have backing, layer tissue paper on the side of the vinyl that will be touching the machine. In this case, it’s the bottom of the vinyl.**
So you should have a stack like this:
front fabric w/cut out
vinyl
tissue paper backing
vinyl
tissue paper backing









Thank you for having me, Rach and readers!
**When you need to launder the bag, just remove the fun foam, wash on cold, and air dry**
Sewlebrity Crush is sponsored by the wonderful Fat Quarter Shop.