How to make luggage tags – quick DIY gift idea!

Have you started your Christmas gift sewing yet? We’re bringing you homemade gift ideas every day in the run up to Christmas and today’s speedy craft project is these new DIY luggage tags for a friend or family member who loves to travel. They’ll be able to pop them on their favourite suitcases to travel in style in 2021!

Pick up a copy of issue 91 or 92 of Love Patchwork & Quilting magazine to discover our nifty gift guides for sewists and quilters – find six ideas in each issue for great gifts to whip up for loved ones. Check out issue 92 for the full gift guide patterns and plenty more patchwork inspiration!

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How to make luggage tags – step by step tutorial

Fabric requirements

• Two (2) fat eighths of fabric
• Clear vinyl: 3⁵/₈in x 3¼in
• Medium weight interfacing: 3⁵/₈in x 3¼in

Finished size

• 4½in x 2⁵/₈in (without the tab)

Notes

• Seam allowances are ³/₈in, unless otherwise noted.
• Templates include seam allowances, where necessary.
• Pattern by Jennie Jones.
• RST = right sides together.
• WOF = width of fabric.
• Download the templates here.

Lorna Fairey

Quilt pro and wordsmith Lorna has worked for Love Patchwork & Quilting for 4 years. She commissions the beautiful quilts inside the magazine, working with international leading quilt designers and makers to select the hottest quilt trends and modern quilts to share with her readers. If she’s not at work, she’s probably still covered in threads, designing quilt patterns for her small indie biz Cloth & Crescent with a scary film on in the background. Lorna can’t resist a curved quilt block and a solid fabric, and recently discovered the joys of snuggling under a cosy quilt sandwich to hand stitch the layers together the old fashioned way. Her designs and words have been featured in Love Patchwork & Quilting, Mollie Makes, Simply Sewing and In The Moment magazine. Find her on Instagram @clothandcrescent

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