Scrap Sack Tutorial
May 18th, 2008 by Jen LoveBy request I wanted to do a tutorial on the Scrap Sack I posted using up scrap fabric and disguising your seam with a stripe of ribbon.
There are no measurements for the fabric because you will want to use up what strips or scraps that you have and make size bag you desire. You will need: measuring tape, pins, fabric, wide grosgrain ribbon, iron, & sewing machine/serger.
1. Lay out the fabric strips that you want to use. Fold it to picture what the bag will look like finished. My seam will be on a side, though it could be at the bottom, depending on your pieces. You can see one piece in taller than the other.
2. Cut ribbon the same width as fabric. Measure and cut 2 ribbon handles, either short handbag length or longer to fit over the shoulder. (Cut 1-2″ longer than you want the finished handles to turn out.) I cut red handles here but decided to do white as you can see in my finished product.
3. Lay right sides of fabric together and sandwich in the ribbon. Match up the 3 layers at the top edge, pin together, and sew across this top edge.
4. Turn fabric right side up to inspect that the 3 layers are all included in seam. Pretty already!!
5. On wrong side, press seam to one side and iron fabrics flat. Do not iron over right side of ribbon. Trust me!
6. Turn top edge down twice about 1/2″ each time and press. This will be the casing your handles will slip under.
7. Do not sew over the edge you just pressed. We will do that last. Next, sew down the other sides of the bag. You can see the pins pointed to where I am going to sew. (I am using a serger to make that enclosed edge but a regular machine seam is the same.)
8. The handles: I like to point the open, top edge toward myself. Take a ribbon handle (or whatever you want to use for a handle, fabric will work too), measure in from the edge where you want the handles placed and slip the handle in.
9. Fold the handle then toward yourself and pin. Curve the handle over and pin it the same distance from the opposite side. Flip bag over to back and repeat with second handle.
*Note: There are many ways to make and attach handles, this is just the way that I made up that I like.
10. Last step – Choose a stitch and sew across the top edge that you pressed. I like to use a wide, tight, zigzag stitch. Turn inside out and you are done.
Suggestions: Use different fabric stripes; quilt pieces together; sew several stripes of ribbon; square the bottom of the bag.
If you follow these directions and want to share what you come up with, email your picture to us by June 1 and we will post them to spread the ideas. Send name and pic to [email protected]. Thanks!
May 18th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Great tutorial, thanks!
May 19th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I love it! The tutorials on here are always so great. I haven’t made a bag like this yet, so I’ll add it to my to-do list!
May 20th, 2008 at 12:06 am
very pretty fabric.
and a wonderful bag.
thanks for sharing the tutorial.
doro.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
This is a fab tutorial! That’s a great way to use up scraps.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
What a great tutorial. Thank you! I’m going to have to make this during the week!
May 21st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Hi –
I’ve enjoyed popping in from time to time to see what’s new on your site.
I’m curious (I probably just missed it), but is there more to the ribbon in the middle – after step3, I think, did you topstitch it down or does it just hang “loose” down over the seam/bag?
Thanks so much!
Catherine
http://oldspillhouse.blogspot.com
May 21st, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Thanks for the tutorial. I will definitely be giving it a try.
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:12 am
That’s a great tutorial. I will definately give it a go.
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May 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 am
Great post! I might actually be able to make this!
May 26th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Catherine-
You probably could do something fancier with the ribbon, but I did nothing more than describe in the tutorial and it does hang down. You could iron your fabric so it stuck up but I think it would only catch crumbs!
Jen
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