A Simple Cloth bag... Instructions....

Hi All!

Here is how I made the cloth bag which I had told you about in the previous post…

Cut the outer cloth and lining cloth in the appropriate shape

Cut two rectangle pieces of the lining cloth for the pocket.

First we will finish the pocket…

Put the good sides of the rectangle pieces

 together and stitch around leaving a small space for turning

(Sew along the white dotted line)

After stitching the sides, turn it around and hand stitch the hole.

Now place this on the inner lining piece of the bag

stitch three sides along the dotted line

The pocket is ready. Now we will see how to stitch the whole bag.

Place the good sides of the inner lining together (The pocket which we have stitched comes between the two pieces) and stitch around the lower portion leaving a small space for turning.

Now take the outer layer. Put the right sides together and stitch around the lower portion. You don’t have to leave space for turning here.

Now flip the outer layer so that the good side is outside.

Insert this into the lining and pin it. (The good side of the lining and good side of the outer layer should face each other)

Now stitch the upper portion of the bag. 

Stitch the outer and inner layer together.

Now turn the good side out through the hole we have left in the lining material.

Smooth it out.

Sew along the dotted line. And fix the magnetic clasp.

Sew wooden buttons to make the bag more attractive.

Now we have to make the straps. Here I am creating two straps. 

Cut two long strips of fabric

Fold it and stitch along the seems. You can add a knot if you want.

Sew it to the bag

Take out the lining and sew the hole which we have used  for turning.

Put the lining back into the bag.

The bag is ready...

P.S. Here I haven't given instructions for fixing the magnetic clasp. I will show you that in another post soon...

A simple cloth bag...

Hi All!

Today we had a hartal here. So the planned trip to my grandmother's place was cancelled. So the 'long- postponed bag' was created. 

Well this was my first bag making venture. So I want to keep it simple. My main inspiration came from Jodie Carleton's blog, 'Ric raC'. Thank you Jodie for providing the instructions. Your  '1 hour bag' was marvelous.You can find her bag in this link- http://vintagericrac.blogspot.in/2008/01/1-hour-bag-tutorial.html

Here I have modified her original design of the bag. But I have followed most of her instructions and have added 2 straps instead of 1 in her design. 

I mainly wanted a bag to carry books to the library and I simply love cloth bags. So here is what I have created. I know that this does not look great. But since it is my first bag, I am proud of it.

I will post the instructions for this bag soon....