One of my many projects is these cute bags. I use them for everything from from Gift Cards to little trinkets to storage. These were made for cute silicone watches that we gifted to some of Birdie's teachers.
Easy to make -
Use a rectangle of fabric appropriate to the size gift you need. Be sure to leave a bit of ease esp. in length so the top closes properly.
-Make a snip in the sides about 1 1/2" inches down from the top and 1/2" in.
-Fold the edges in on this top and iron. If you want , you may top stitch this little flap down.
-Fold the top edge down 1/4" and press. Fold down again until you just go past the slide clips, but barely.
-Edge stitch this bottom seam closed.
-With right sides together, use a 1/2" seam and sew the side of bag and the bottom.
-snip your corners
-turn right side out and press.
-using a bodkin or safety pin, thread ribbon through
the casing, knot and you are ready to go!
**3/8" ribbon works perfectly for this project. If you
do a bigger bag, 7/8" ribbon is great also, but be sure to make your
casing larger as we
ll.
**If you make the bag as 2 separate sides instead of folding the rectangle, you end up with 2 holes in the casing - easy to feed ribbon through each side and make it a double drawstring. It's very secure and great for toys. This green bag was constructed like that but only has one ribbon inserted.
Have fun!
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