How to sew a spacious and practical fabric bag

Question pollution I've been excited since I was a kid, and I've dreamed of being an environmentalist. It is no secret that the planet is drowning in tons of garbage, and it is not enough just to understand, you need to take some steps yourself, even the most insignificant.

On July 3rd, the International Day for the Elimination of Plastic Bags, I dusted off an old sewing machine in one evening. sewn. I only go shopping with her now! The material was an old checkered shirt of her husband, and everything took no more than 2 hours.

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Today's edition. "Site" I will tell you, dear reader, how to make a roomy and fabric-bag. With such a thing, disposable bags are no longer needed, and its handles will definitely not break away from the heavy load!

You'll need it.
  • piece of cloth (best dense)
  • centimeter
  • shears
  • markup
  • rubber
  • thread
  • sewer






Tissue consumption It should correspond to the length of twice the height of the future bag, and in width exceed the width of the finished product by 30 centimeters. This is necessary in order to make the bag volumetric and more spacious. In fact, it is a rectangle, which, if desired, can be made even combined.

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  1. Fold the fabric four, and then make a marking on the inside (about 13-14 centimeters in height and 10-11 centimeters in width). From the intersection of the lines, measure 0.7-1 centimeter towards the center, make a round.



  2. Cut out the intended middle without unrolling the fabric, then proceed to the side marking. From the top lay about 18.5-19 centimeters. From this point lay upwards 10-11 centimeters. Conditionally dividing the resulting segment in half, make a note, dropping by 2-2.5 centimeters.



  3. Make the third mark near the top point of the segment, but the descent down will be less - 1.5-2 centimeters. The next point coincides with the upper corner of the canvas. Connect all the points between you, cut the edges.



  4. Open the canvas. Stitch the bag on the sides without touching the handles.



  5. Now let's move on to the bag handles. Make lobe folds in the area of the handles, folding each of them in half, and then sewing the bottom. Thanks to this action, the future bag will be spacious!



  6. Turn the bag on the front side, fold it on the principle of a package-t-shirt, and then proceed to the processing of handles. To do this, they need to be turned back and rebuilt. Next, treat the inner edge of the bag and place the rubber band. The rubber band should be sewn. If desired, such a bag is easy to supplement with an internal Velcro fastener.





  7. That's it, fabric-bag ready. It remains only to be properly folded and fixed with a rubber band.





In order to become more familiar with tailoring With this cloth bag, watch this video.

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Men's shirt is a real springboard for the creativity of all lovers of sewing. What only do masters of old clothes: grips, aprons, children's clothes and even stylish dresses!

I suggest you learn 10 interesting ideas for sewing elegant blouses from men's shirts. Get in the sewing machine and start creating!







Today, proponents of protecting the environment from excessive waste pollution point out that our things should not just decompose quickly, but serve for decades. In order to deplete natural resources less, to spoil the environment with emissions, to spend money on transporting tons of goods, their production or processing.

Therefore, it is safe to say that handbag least harmful. They last a year or more depending on the quality. And when decomposing toxic can be only paint, so it is fair to take natural, without prints. Well, this bag is also practical.

In the folded state, space takes no more than a wallet, and in the unfolded one will be roomy and convenient. Share it with your friends. master-classThey'll be grateful for him!

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