6 years ago
Drawstring Stuff Sack
I call this first project a stuff sack (referencing the camping term) but it’s really just a drawstring bag. This bag is quick to sew and handy to have in multiple sizes. I utilized french seams as the seam finish.
I wanted to mention that I loved the cording that I used for this project (and the water bottle carrier). As a knitter I appreciated the construction is a tiny i-cord (a knit tube). I’d love to use this cording for more projects, it’s really nice and very inexpensive.
Directions:
Cut two pieces of ripstop at 8.5” wide x 15” tall.
Lay the fabrics with the wrong sides together.
With a ¼” seam allowance, stitch along the right side, bottom and left side of the fabric.
Using pinking shears, trim the three seams down to 1/8”.
Turn the pouch inside out (the wrong side will be facing).
Pushing the corners out and flattening the seams, stitch around the same three sides at a 3/8” seam allowance.
To the pouch right side out.
Using a buttonhole sewing foot and buttonhole stitch, sew two buttonholes spaced between a side seam. For this pouch, I utilized an oblong default buttonhole (shown in the photo below). If you don’t have this same buttonhole on your machine, any size buttonhole will do:
Using an awl, poke into the center of the buttonholes to open up the fabric.
Fold the top of the pouch to the inside at approximately ½” wide. Stitch around this fold at a 3/8” seam allowance.
Fold the top of the pouch in again 1”. Stitch a seam around the top of the pouch at ¾” seam allowance (making the drawstring channel). This step also encloses the raw edge along the top of the fabric.
Cut a piece of cord 22” long.
Using a small safety pin, attach the safety pin into one of the cord ends.
Carefully feed the safety pin through one of the button holes, around the channel and out the other button hole.
Thread the cord ends into the cord toggle and then knot the ends.
After this project was complete I decided to store small wool balls from my crafting stash inside the pouch.
Continued in my next post...
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I call this first project a stuff sack (referencing the camping term) but it’s really just a drawstring bag. This bag is quick to sew and handy to have in multiple sizes. I utilized french seams as the seam finish.
I wanted to mention that I loved the cording that I used for this project (and the water bottle carrier). As a knitter I appreciated the construction is a tiny i-cord (a knit tube). I’d love to use this cording for more projects, it’s really nice and very inexpensive.
Directions:
Cut two pieces of ripstop at 8.5” wide x 15” tall.
Lay the fabrics with the wrong sides together.
With a ¼” seam allowance, stitch along the right side, bottom and left side of the fabric.
Using pinking shears, trim the three seams down to 1/8”.
Turn the pouch inside out (the wrong side will be facing).
Pushing the corners out and flattening the seams, stitch around the same three sides at a 3/8” seam allowance.
To the pouch right side out.
Using a buttonhole sewing foot and buttonhole stitch, sew two buttonholes spaced between a side seam. For this pouch, I utilized an oblong default buttonhole (shown in the photo below). If you don’t have this same buttonhole on your machine, any size buttonhole will do:
Using an awl, poke into the center of the buttonholes to open up the fabric.
Fold the top of the pouch to the inside at approximately ½” wide. Stitch around this fold at a 3/8” seam allowance.
Fold the top of the pouch in again 1”. Stitch a seam around the top of the pouch at ¾” seam allowance (making the drawstring channel). This step also encloses the raw edge along the top of the fabric.
Cut a piece of cord 22” long.
Using a small safety pin, attach the safety pin into one of the cord ends.
Carefully feed the safety pin through one of the button holes, around the channel and out the other button hole.
Thread the cord ends into the cord toggle and then knot the ends.
After this project was complete I decided to store small wool balls from my crafting stash inside the pouch.
Continued in my next post...
#minervamakes #minervamakers #isew #memade #memades #sewing #sewist #sewists #sewinginspo #sewinginspiration #sew #sewcialist #sewingproject #sewingprojects #sewingideas #sewingprojectideas #sewingpatterninspo #lovesewing #ilovesewing #sewsewsew #sewersgonnasew #makersgonnamake #sewaholic #sewaholics #shareyoursewing #sewinglove #sewingwithripstop #ripstopsewingprojects
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