Mongrammed Garment Bag Created especially for Pfaff Pack your cares away and head off for a fun-filled weekend with this custom-made garment bag. The bag is simple-to-sew and can be made to any length to accommodate dresses or suits. Add a personal touch with a monogram and then enjoy your weekend getaway! SUPPLIES YOU LL NEED: Plastic hanger 1 1/2 yards of decorator fabric 3 1/2 yards of 1/2" cord Zipper (length determined by length of bag) Zipper foot Pfaff creative Card #11 Borders Pfaff creative Card Monograms Tear-away stabilizer Marking pen Pattern tracing material FABRIC CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS: Make a pattern for your garment bag as follows: 1. Place pattern tracing material on a flat surface. Place the hanger on the paper so the hook of the hanger extends beyond the end of the paper and only half of the hanger width is on the material. (You will be making 1/2 of the garment bag front and back.) 2. Trace along the top edge of the hanger, extending the line 4"-5" beyond the end of the hanger. Draw a vertical line the length of the desired bag starting at the end of the line. 3. Add a 1/2" seam allowance outside the marked lines. Draw a line 1/2 from the center edge and write Place on Fold on the line. Cut out the pattern. 4. Place the pattern on the fold of the fabric along the marked line and cut out one piece for the bag back. For the garment bag front, place the pattern on the fabric and cut two pieces. 5. Measure along the outside edge of the entire garment bag and cut a 2"-wide bias strip by this length measurement. EMBROIDERY: 1. Mark the placement for a monogram design on the right side of the left front garment bag piece. 2. Set your sewing machine for embroidery, attach the embroidery unit, and insert Pfaff creative Card #11. 3. Back the fabric with tear-away stabilizer and place in the embroidery hoop. Select a border motif and stitch. 4. Do not remove the hoop from the machine. Replace the Border Card with the Monogram Card. Select your desired initial and stitch. 5. Remove the fabric from the hoop and carefully tear away the stabilizer from the fabric. LET S GET STARTED: 1. Clean-finish the top openings of the garment bag pieces front and back with a serger (area where the hanger will pass through). 2. Place a mark 5 1/2 from the bottom edge on each of the bag front pieces. 3. With right sides together and starting at the bottom edge, stitch the front pieces together to the mark using a 1/2" seam allowance; backstitch. Before removing the pieces from the machine, change to a basting stitch and stitch from the mark to the top edge. 4. Press the seam open and attach the zipper foot. Insert the zipper using a centered zipper application adjusting the needle position if necessary. 5. Wrap the bias strip of fabric around the cord, matching the raw edges of the strip. Using the Zipper Foot, stitch close to the cord. Adjust the needle position so the stitching is very close to the cord. 6. Baste the cording to the edge of the garment bag matching the edges. Adjust your needles position and stitch close to the cord. 7. Pin the garment bag front and back right sides together and stitch with a 1/2" seam allowance around the edge. Do not stitch across the top opening. 8. Turn right side out and press. Turn in the top edge around the hanger opening and topstitch.