How To Make A Draw String Bag

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Make Your Own Drawstring Bag

drawstring bag and woman with dog holding drawstring bag

Follow our piece of cake guide for creating your very own drawstring bag, perfect for organizing and storing so many items!

By Carmen 2021-11-05

Drawstring bags are smashing for everyday employ to store, organize or collect all your property! Y'all can customize your drawstring purse to whatever shape or size your middle desires. Keep reading to learn step by pace how to make your own drawstring bag!

First thing first: gather your supplies.

DIY Drawstring Purse Supplies:

Fabric of your choice [I'm using 100% cotton]
Sewing Machine (ideally, but a simple needle and thread will work, likewise)
Sewing pins or clips (optional)
Scissors
Condom Pin
Thread and needle
Ribbon [I'one thousand using ane/2 inch wide ribbon]
Personalized labels from Dutch Label Shop

two identical pieces of fabric for creating diy drawstring bag

Stride one

Commencement with ii identical pieces of fabric. I'm using 10x10 inch square pieces of cloth. Remember your finished production will exist smaller than the starting pieces of fabric. Take the raw edge along the right and left side of the pocketbook and fold information technology in towards the incorrect side of the fabric about ¼ inch and sew. Consummate this step for both pieces of textile as this will prevent the ends from fraying.

raw edge of fabric folded down to create diy drawstring bag

Step ii

Take the raw edge of the top and fold it down towards the wrong side of the fabric almost 1 inch and stitch across using a ¼ inch seam allowance to make the drawstring openings. Repeat on the other piece of fabric.

two pieces of fabric clipped right-side together to create diy drawstring bag

Stride 3

Place the two fabric pieces right sides together, clip into place, and sew down the edge, across the bottom and upward the other edge with a three/8" seam allowance. Avoid stitching the drawstring opening by starting 1 inch from the superlative and stopping one inch before the top on the other side.

fabric corners clipped then turned right side out to create diy drawstring bag

Footstep four

Clip the corners and turn the drawstring bag correct side out. Take a pointed object (east.g. pen, marker, pair of scissors, chopsticks) to assistance push button out the corners.

Insert the string through the fabric using a safety pin to create a DIY drawstring bag

Step v

Beginning on one side of the pocketbook and attach the string (I'm using ribbon) to a safety pin. Insert the string through the drawstring opening at the top and loop it through all 4 holes. Then, start on the opposite side of the handbag and repeat with the other cord. You want to make sure yous have one loop and two ends of the drawstring on each side then that the purse will close when you pull them simultaneously. Necktie the 2 ends together on each side of the bag and pull airtight to test your drawstring handbag.

dutch label shop iron-on label attached to diy drawstring bag

Step 6

Find a location to add your personalized iron-on label from DLS!

And that's it! Congratulations! You just fabricated your own drawstring bag! :) Nosotros also have a footstep-past-step DIY drawstring handbag video guide, if you lot want to follow along.

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