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HOW TO MAKE
your suitcase
standout in the baggage carousel:
Go fluorescent
Insert fluorescent
paper into your luggage tag with
your updated details.
Tie a yellow ribbon
Secure your
baggage handle with a colorful
ribbon and it will stand out in a sea
of black suitcases.
Pick a funky color or pattern of
luggage.
Think hot pink, green and
light blue instead of black. Check
out the Samsonite
Cosmolite, which
comes in champagne
gold, while
American
Tourister’s
Tokyo Chic
luggage has a
quirky pattern
of passport
stamps
on purple.
YOU’LL NEED:
• 2
pcs of 13” x 32” calico
or
katsa
fabric (for exterior)
• 2
pcs of 13” x 32” printed scrap
fabric, such as an old pillowcase
(
for lining)
•
Sewing machine and sewing
supplies (pins, scissors, tape
measure)
•
Iron • Twine cord
•
Black fabric paint
It , s in the bag!
DIY LINEN TRAVEL SACKS
Personalized linen bags will help
keep things organized inside your
suitcase. Try our easy tutorial
TEXT & PHOTOS
MAYA O. CALICA (DRAWSTRING BAGS)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1
Cut out two sets of 13” x 32” rectangles from
each of the fabrics (finished size is roughly 12” x 15”).
Step 2
With right sides facing, pin a piece of calico and
a piece of lining fabric together, then sew a ½” seam
along each of the long sides. Turn right side out and
press with an iron.
Step 3
To make the paths for the drawstring cord, fold
the short sides twice: first by ½” and then by 1”. Stitch
close to the edge.
Step 4
Fold the bag in half, with the outer fabric
facing each other. Make sure the hems line up, then
sew along the sides with a quarter inch allowance, just
stopping 1 ½” from hems to make space for drawstring
cord. Turn the bag right side out.
Step 5
To make the cord, cut two strips of twine cord
measuring 29”. Attach a safety pin to one end of the
cord, thread through both holes/paths working your
way from left to the right. Repeat but in reverse with the
other tie, letting it pass from right to left. Repeat steps
one to five to make the second bag.
Step 6
Using fabric ink, I wrote
Labada
(
for soiled
linens) on one bag and
Labango
(
for clean clothes) for
the other, and added silly illustrations. Let ink dry then
make sure to heat treat design by laying a fabric over
the drawing and pressing with an iron for about two
minutes.
Now all you have to do is plan where to go next and
make good use out of your new bags!
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SPOT YOUR
LUGGAGE
INSTANTLY
SO YOU BOOKED
a Bespoke
Romance at the Four Seasons
Shanghai — a custom-experience
for two. However you decide to
plan your holiday, you can visit
the Countdown to Romance app
on the Four Seasons Facebook
page and watch in real time as
the minutes go by until your
getaway. Fun and fresh reminders
will appear on your Facebook
timelines, specially tailored to you
and your partner’s upcoming trip
and interests. Instagram users are
also encouraged to use the hashtag
#
IgniteTheSpark when posting
their romantic photos — and Four
Seasons may surprise and delight
select Instagram users.
Three, two,
one... romance!
