Staking Out

The first step consists of staking out. Place the piece of fabric for the bag (74cm x 31cm) flush on top of each other, lengthwise, right to right. Now turn the short ends of the fabric 2cm wide outwards and stake them out.

Stitch down

Then start the sewing machine and sew off the pinned edge of the bag.

Next, the long panels of the piece of fabric, still right sides together, are staked out and sewn with one centimetre of seam allowance.

Precision work and tuning

Cut off the seam allowance at the bottom of the bag on the left and right with scissors. This helps you to work out the corners better when turning.

Now turn the bag over. At the lower corners you can help a little with a pencil, so that the shape is more pronounced.

To the handles, ready, go!

Now that the „belly“ of the bag is ready, the handles have to be attached. The same applies here: First stake out, then sew. First, you have to decide which side should be on the outside. Once this has been decided, the outer sides of the handles are folded in from both sides, 1 cm wide each, and then stuck in place.

Now fold the folded sides once more in the middle and lay them on top of each other. Sew this on. Repeat for the other handle.

Fixation

Fix the handles with the still „open“ side to the inside of the bag.

Now attach the handles to the bag with a decorative cross.

The individual DIY is ready.