How to sew a durable shopping bag

Durable comfortable and roomy shopping bag is an indispensable thing in the house. It will not break like a plastic bag in the most unexpected moment and will become a faithful companion in shopping. Besides, the bag is made of fabric, is environmentally friendly and beautiful. Sew it will not be easy. You can choose the color and model that will match your clothes.

You will need

• - the fabric on the bag;
• - Velcro;
• - interlining (dublerin);
• - thread, sewing machine.

Instruction

1. Choose a dense material for bags. You can buy new fabric in the tone of your clothes. It looks nice, when the bag is ensemble with jacket or coat. If you spend money you do not intend to, revise old stuff, which is already possible to say goodbye. Importantly, the material was thick enough and not much crumbled.
2. Design and fabricate the pattern. You can draw your interesting model or make patterns based on the already existing bag. The most simple in execution is a rectangular bag with patch pockets. The pattern should have two cloth bags, pocket and handles. Depending on the model of the bag may be single cut or separate handles.
3. Take the parts bag. On the fabric with chalk or a pencil draw the cooked part. Take them into account allowances for seams. On the front side of the cloth bags, mark with chalk the location of the pocket. Of cushioning material (phleselin, dublerin) will cut strips to strengthen the handles. Out of the remaining fabric tailor detail to the clasp with a length of at least 30 cm and a width of about 6 cm.
4. Reinforce handles the details of interlining cloth. Stick a piece of fleece with an iron. If you want to waterproof your bag, then cutting of polyethylene, the two parts of the cloth. Putting the tape on the wrong part of the part and gently (adjusting the heat) iron the fabric on the front side. Melt the polyethylene firmly adhere to the material. In the end, the inner part of the bag will not be afraid of water. Separate stripe clasp fold over three times and prostrochite. To the end of her sew a square of Velcro.
5. Zautyuzhte allowances of pocket to wrong side. Pristrochite carefully prepared pocket. Fold the cloth, right sides inside. Between them put a strip of Velcro so that it was with one edge. Prostrochite details on the sewing machine. Remove the bag. If the handles you put on separately, then mark on the fabric the place of their attachment and pristrochite. For greater strength on the handles make the fitting cross.