Prayeriewife Quilting - Sewing & Bag Making

The large Almondine Bag in True Love fabric - my new favorite knitting project bag.

Can you knit six socks at the same time? I'm doing it and I needed the perfect project bag to hold them all. Enter the Almondine Bag, a beautiful quilted patchwork drawstring bag that's as functional as it is gorgeous. In this tutorial I'm walking you through how to make the large version using the interfacing method, including longarm quilting the outer panels, and why this bag has quickly become my favorite knitting project bag.

What Is the Interfacing Method?

If you've never used the interfacing method for patchwork, it's a game changer. Instead of doing the math to calculate how many patches you need for a specific finished size, you fuse your patchwork to interfacing first which stabilizes everything beautifully and gives your finished bag panels a professional, structured look.

The key tool I use is my FREE Quilt Equation, a patchwork panel calculator that figures out any size panel for the interfacing method automatically. No math, no guessing. It also includes five other quilting calculators that you'll reach for again and again.

The Almondine Bag Pattern

The Almondine Bag pattern includes a full video walkthrough so you're never left guessing at any step. The large size is what I'm making in this video I used two True Love Mini Charm Packs from Fat Quarter Shop, which gave me all the variety and color I needed for those gorgeous patchwork panels.

Watch the Tutorial