Finishing our embroidered drawstring bags

Recap your knowledge of 18th century costumes and reticules; discover how the pineapple became a fashionable design motif in the 18th century; finish your drawstring bag with blanket stitch and a ribbon.

Teaching Outcomes:

• Learn more about 18th century costume and discover how the pineapple came to be a highly fashionable design motif in 18th century design.
• Learn blanket stitch and finish embroidering an 18th century style drawstring bag.

Children will:

• Recap on knowledge of 18th century costumes and reticules.
• Discover how the pineapple became a highly fashionable motif in the 18th century.
• Learn to do blanket stitch and use it to stitch around their drawstring bag.
• Thread the finished bag with a ribbon drawstring.

• Instructions for the blanket stitch
• Teacher’s Instructions for cutting thread holes
• Fashion for pineapples
• Finishing the drawstring bag

• Bag template
• Fine marker pen
• Felt bags (with pre-cut ribbon slits) and practice strips of felt begun in session 1
• Embroidery threads cut into 50cm lengths (as session 1)
• Fabric scissors
• 50cm lengths of coloured narrow ribbon (anything less than 10mm) 1 per child.

There are no weblinks needed for this session.