Killer Things: Stylish Drawstring Bag with 7 Simple steps

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Stylish Drawstring Bag with 7 Simple steps

Kids love the bags which is easy to use… Drawstring bag is a perfect for your kids. Easy to stuff and close with draw string cord. It looks stylish too… Here is the tutorial to make this bag with simple steps…

Things you’ll need:

1½Mtrs (fabric width is 60cms) or 2 Mtrs (fabric width is 42cms).

1 press button or Velcro and 150cms length cord 2nos.

Material suggested:

Heavy weight fabrics like Thick cotton, denim.

Construction: Measurements are in Cms included with seam allowance.

You can make this bag with Plain fabric, printed and 2 or 3 colors. Here I use 2 colors.

Sewing instruction:

Step 1: Cutting out all the pieces.

Step 2: Take the flap pieces, place right sides together and sew along the blue line (Curve at bottom) mentioned in the picture (leave 1cm as unstitched on both side). Make notches and Turn right side out. Press with iron then give topstitch. Then fold the top of flap 1cm inside and press.

Step 3: Sew straps. Fold both side 1cm insidethen fold strap in half and sew around edges leaving the bottoms open. Repeat with another strap and loop.

Step 4: Sew along the side seams of bag front and back pieces by facing right sides together. Leave 5cms as unstitched. Then fold the sides of unstitched portion 1cm inside and stitch. Fold the top of bag front piece 1cm inside and fold again 2cms then sew along the line mentioned in picture (make sure the two sides should have a way to thread the rope inside). Thread the cord inside of both sides.

Step 5: Now we have finished flap, straps and loop to attach with bag.

First.. place the loop on the right side of Bag’s back portion and insert the straps to the folded open in flap then place it as mentioned in the picture. Pin the loop, straps and flap together with bag then give double stitch along the line.
Divide the width about 3″ apart then mark to fix the strap. Pin and sew the two long straps to the bottom of the back piece.

Step 6: Attach base or bottom to the bag. Mark the centre of each sides to match with the side seams of bag. Pin it and sew it along the bottom of bag.