Ghost Bag

Don't be scared off by this airhead. Sewing the ghost into place before cutting away the insides of the handles makes it easy to align the handle arches.

• Tracing paper
• Felt: orange, white, black, and dark blue
• Yellow embroidery floss
• Needle
• Fabric glue

Ghost bag pattern

1. Enlarge the pattern pieces and trace them onto tracing paper; cut out. Use the pattern pieces to cut the felt shapes as follows.
2. For the bag front, cut a 13-x-19-inch rectangle from orange felt. Cut a ghost body from white felt and stitch it to the bag front, with the top of the head at the top edge of the bag. Stitch a half-circle in the ghost head to form a handle; cut out. Trim the rest of the bag front even with the bottom of the handle. Use the bag front as a pattern to cut the bag back from orange felt (it also includes a U-shape handle).
3. Cut black ovals for the ghost's eyes and nose; glue to the ghost, referring to the pattern and the photo for placement. Cut out the "boo!" shapes.
4. Using yellow embroidery floss, accent each letter with three French knots. Glue the letters into place.
5. Assemble the bag as described in the Basic Bag instructions, opposite, clipping about 2 inches from the bottom corners and trimming seam allowances with pinking shears (do not add the felt-strip handles).