Drawstring Bag Pattern
2. Zig zag along the two longest sides of your fabric. These longer edges will form the sides of your bag.
3. Fold your piece of fabric in half so that the good sides are facing and so that the shorter edges of your fabric are nicely lined up. These shorter edges will be the top of your bag and, as mentioned before, the two longer edges will be the sides of your bag. 4. Sew a 1/2" seam down both of the sides (the longer edges) of your bag. Make sure you use a straight stitch for the seam!
5. Use an iron to press open the seams on your bag.
6. With a pencil, draw a line on your both of your seams five inches down from the top edge of your bag.
7. Starting at the top edge of your bag, stitch alongside your seam down to the five inch mark that you made in step #6. Stitch across and then back up the other side of the seam until you reach the top of the bag again. You are essentially stitching along the seam in the shape of a 'u'. I have marked how your stitches should travel on the photo below.
8. With your bag inside out, make a 1/2" fold along the top of your bag and press this fold.
9. Take the edge that you just ironed and fold it over itself so that the folded edge lines up with the bottom of your 'u' shaped stitches. Your hem should be about 2 1/4" deep. Press and secure with pins.
10. Stitch as close as you can along the bottom of your hem.
11. Turn your bag right side out and make a seam about 1/4" from the top of the bag.
12. Take your seam ripper and rip open the seam between the top and bottom stitches of your hem. Only rip open the seam on the outside of the bag. You'll see an identical spot on the inside of the bag, but we'll be leaving this alone.
13. Cut two lengths of string that are approximately 2" longer than the width of your bag.
14. Tie a knot in one end of your string and poke a safety pin through the knot. Close your safety pin.
15. Feed your safety pin through one of the openings that you just ripped open.
16. Inch the safety pin all the way around the casing until it is back to where you first started. Make sure the other end of the string doesn't get pulled into the bag!
17. Tie the ends of your strings in a knot.
18. Repeat steps 16 and 17 with the other string, inserting it into the other hole. 19. You have now completed the drawstring bag pattern!
20. Now that you are done your drawstring bag pattern, why not add a special finishing touch? Hand embroider something pretty onto a small piece of fabric and sew it onto the outside of your bag for easy identification and extra handmade goodness.
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