Don’t throw away the cotton and linen clothing that you don’t use in daily life. Have you ever thought about turning these unused fabrics into beautiful and exquisite bags? Reusing waste items is economical, affordable, energy-saving and environmentally friendly, and can also cultivate interest in crafts. Cotton and linen products are very common in daily life, fashionable and beautiful. Next we are going to use cotton and linen products to transform small bags. Follow the production department editor to learn the details of making cotton and linen handmade bags and teach you how to make cotton and linen handmade bags.
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Detailed explanation of making cotton and linen handmade bags
- Prepare the fabric. Prepare a piece of brown cotton and linen fabric as the front fabric and a piece of back fabric.
- As shown in the photo, insert the zipper in between to align the overlap and adjust the fabric inside out. Adjust the position: ① Place the inner fabric in the front, ② Place the tight zipper in the front.
- Sew approximately 6-7 mm from the edge.
- The effect is shown in the figure below.
- Similarly, on the other side, overlap the edges of the front fabric and inside fabric with the zipper between them.
- Sew approximately 6-7 mm from the edge seam. As shown in the photo.
- The effect of opening the zipper is as shown in the picture below.
- Use a sewing machine to sew a seam on the zipper.
- In this way, both ends of the zipper will be tighter and there will be no wrinkles when pulling the zipper.
- If possible, you can use an iron to smooth it.
- Temporarily secure the bottom end of the zipper (the red line in the photo) so that both ends of the tight zipper do not open. Also, please open the zipper about 10 cm.
- Place the front fabric side down and return to the same position as step "6".
- Turn back the clothInside the material, the effect is as shown in the picture below.
- Adjust the position of the zipper lock, the seam allowance on both sides is about 1.5 cm, ① all on one side, and ② leave about 8 cm of return opening on the other side.
- The stitching effect is shown in the picture below.
- The 2 cm overlap at the bottom (red line) can be sewn.
- Turn over the inner fabric from the front fabric.
- Sewing the return port (can be done by hand sewing).
- The production of cotton and linen handmade bags is completed. Have you learned how to make cotton and linen handmade bags? Give it a try.
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