Make a 'Charm Pack Tote' with 3 New Designs from Jenny Doan of Missouri Star (Video Tutorial)

Ready for some bonus content? Learn how to sew three gorgeous totes with one charm pack in this video with your favorite host! Tune in as Jenny shows us how to stitch up these totes using Sallie Tomato hardware and a colorful charm pack from the Arcadia Chips collection by Pippa Shaw. These florals and abstract shapes in pinks, purples, oranges, and blues give each bag an eye-catching quality. Plus, the Charm Pack Totes are oh-sew-fun to make! Grab a charm pack and join in the fun!

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Learn to sew with Jenny Doan as she teaches quilting tutorials from the heart. She’s the smiling face of Missouri Star Quilt Company! Stitching together simplified quilts full of love and laughter, Jenny makes quilting friendlier than ever before. With over half a million YouTube subscribers and more than 150 million views to date, she has sparked enthusiasm for quilting across the globe.

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[susiesmith]

Love Natalie asking questions along the way…so helpful! Thank you.

[celineruiz]

Yes you both look awesome. Love Natalie's new look!

[shelleythomas]

Lol Jenny does everything with speed and guessing and Natalie is precise and by the book 🤣😂🤣

[debiballman]

WOW! Natalie your looking Great! First your mom now you. Congratulations to you both 🎊

[maryhill]

You ladies look wonderful! I can tell you’ve lost weight!! Jealous!! 😊 Love you both. Thanks for all the wonderful tutorials!

[FangsOfGleekyPotter]

I love watching you two together, such a great team and so informative 💕

[elainefiveland]

I get my D-rings and some plastic buckles off of a dog harness at Dollar Tree. Also one can scavange the nylon webbing pieces too. All for $1.25!

[janiceconway]

These are fabulous for going to the market and getting your veggies as they are washable. I get so many compliments on my fabric totes.

[susanmei]

This is one of the first few videos I remember watching, way back in the “Olden days” of MSQC. The charm pack tote bag, the charm pack skirt, and something like the five guy’s magic quilt block? Or something like that! And the purse made out of Dresden wedges! I remember Jenny was having a stress attack bc her guest tutor was kinda slow-pokey, lol. 😂 I’m slow-pokey too, so I can relate! Those were favorites of mine and that’s when I first discovered MSQC. I had been quilting for several decades, by then. I remember going into the fabric store shortly after that, and saw another lady collecting fabrics for a quilt. And I said to her, “Do you know that there are quilting videos on YouTube?!“😮! And she said, “Of course! How do you think I learned how to quilt?!“ 😂 I was new to YouTube as well, because I had just gotten high-speed Internet! Before that, I was on dial up and it was so slow! I couldn’t do anything online!
Those good old days weren’t that long ago! 😆 😝

[melanezoe]

This is so much the way my daughter and I sew together. I get so tickled that she “ helps” me with tips like “the metals gets hot —let it cool”. I’ve been sewing professionally for 60 years! We both love your tutorials. By the way, I leave a piece of the lining side seam unsewn to turn the bag right side out, then I can sew all the way around the top neatly.

[kathymalmquist]

Natalie, I’m loving your “new look “! ❤😊

[jackietucker]

I am a huge fan of glue. Have a glue stick by every machine I own. After sewing binding to a quilt, I flip to the front, press into place and then glue down. I use Elmers washable school glue, so I do let it dry overnight then just literally zip around the next day. Mitered corners are perfect.

[deborahwerner]

Thank you both for this extra special video. You two work so well together - and thanks Natalie for pointing out the tips for us. Your mom gets so excited she skips the boring stuff!! I've found that to make the lining and bag top easier to prep for the final topstitching that if you iron or finger press the seam from the inside before pulling it right-side out makes all the difference.

[lesliesnyder]

Just wanted to tell you how inspired I was by this video I made a memorial bag for a friend of mine who is a widow recently and I lying the inside with the gentleman‘s shirt and I kept the pockets and she can use the pockets and tuck things in it and I just find thank you Cuz it’s my first time sewing a bag and you guys did so amazing and teach me how to do this on the videos I thank you very much. I hate patterns so to be able to watch you and do it live it makes everything more inspirational thanks again everybody

[kayhurt]

Natalie, you are looking so good. Congratulations.

[deliaramirez]

I love it. But then again I love everything you do. I would also add a pocket on the inside for a phone and a top zipper

[rsplatt]

Jenny, you are so real and authentic. I laughed several times watching you and Natalie. It makes me miss my mom. She was the best seamstress I’ve known. She didn’t quilt but made us beautiful clothes to wear. I got my love for sewing from her. Anyway, thank you for making quilting anybody can do

[helenmorgan]

When I make bags I always cut a 2" square from the bottom corners before sewing the seams and the line up the side seams and then sew across the boxed corners, I find this quicker and more accurate. Been making a lot of bags lately, love the cork idea my next challenge. Thankyou, Nat you are looking so great. Blessings from down under.

[amyshimonkevitz]

I like these bags, but I would definitely change the dimensions for my use to accommodate a trip to the library. Also, for the tassels, if I were using fabric, I would probably choose a scrap of coordinating batik or a solid color so that both sides of the fringe pieces appeared to be the same. While I like the tassels, I don't like the reverse of the fabric showing, particularly when a darker fabric is used. This is a good and simple design with many options for customizing. Thanks!

[debbiemoser]

These bags are wonderful. I can’t wait to make them. Natalie, you look amazing! You both do! Thank you for another great tutorial.