SLING BAG

       

Hi friends,I am going to show you how to stitch a sling bag.It is a very easy method.This bag will have a main pocket which will have a smaller on in middle.It will also have a zipper pocket on the outside .

Take a cloth 16" wide and 18" long .Take lining cloth of same measurement.I have used lining cloth of three  layers to get strength for the bag.Make sure that the colour of the cloth used does not bleed. A Huttach the lining to the wrong side of the cloth.Fix the zipper at  4"inches from the top.I have given detailed description of the method to fix the zipper in my earlier bag tutorials.
                              Please leave any query if you have any doubts.
                     I have done the embroidery at this stage as it is easier to handle the cloth.
Now take a cloth 8" long and wide and fold the upper edge and stitch.Now fold the length in two and stitch on the sides.Turn the cloth inside out to get the pocket.
Position the pocket on the inside of the bag and fix the sides. I have put quilting stitches from the point the pocket ends to the bottom.This is optional.

This is how the bag will look on the outside.

Now I have put piping of contrast colour to the upper and lower edges.

Fold the lower part of the bag to cover the pocket and stitch along the edges.Now stitch a piping 

along the two lateral sides.

Attach the handles and the bag is ready.

              




Keep two buttons to fix the upper flap.



Here is a closeup of the embroidery I have done. Hope you all like it and hope you will try it out.Thank you.

Small Clutch Bag --- Stitching made easy

So let us get to the stitching of the clutch bag.

First step will be to attatch the main cloth,canvas and lining cloth together.

If you zoom in closer you can see that I have used pink colour chalk to mark the points where the clutch will be folded.

Also I have marked the place where the flap for the outside zipper will come.

                                                       

Here in this picture you can see the line of stitching to fix the flap of cloth which will be turned in to cover the raw edges of the zipper.After I make a cut in between the two lines of stitches,I have turned the cloth inside and put a stitch along the edge.

Now to fix the zipper,place it along the gap and stitch along the edge of the bag.

To get avialable zipper we need to place a cloth the size of the pocket you need and 

place it over the flap on the inside of the bag and stitch it along the edges

Now stitch another pocket with a zipper and stitch along the two sides keeping it on top of the pocket stitched earlier.

This zipper pocket will be present inside the bag.I have stitched along the bottom of this pocket too so that I now have two separate copartments inside when I fold the bag to how it loos.

Before that I have stitched a red piping along the four sides.

Then fold along the point marked and stitch on both sides.

YOUR BEAUTIFUL CLUTCH BAG IS READY  .Fix a press button inside to fix the flap to the bag.

Small clutch bag

Hi friends, today I stitched a clutch bag for myself. I will give you the steps with  pictures  so that you can follow the steps.

Materials required:
        1.Cloth for the purse 13 1/2" long and           
                 8"wide.
         2. Lining cloth and canvas  of same measurements.
          3.One piece for stitching the outer zip  4"long and 8"wide.
          4.For the zipper pocket take the lining cloth itself as it will not be visible outside. 2 pieces 6"long and 8"wide.
          5.Red colour piping of 1 1/2" wide long enough for covering all four sides.
           6.2 zippers  9" long.

                                                          


                                                          

                         This is how it looks inside.Cool isn't it?

                                                            

This is the back side of the bag with azipper for small changes.
So let us learn how to stitch it.

Foldable bag

Hi friends, I would like to share the steps for stitching a foldable bag.
             We need -  2 pieces for two sides of the bag     15"long 14"wide
                               2 handles                                          25"long 3"wide
                                1 piece for the pocket                      12"long 5"wide


            First we attack the pocket  which is going to fit in the whole folded bag.
                   1.Fold into two along the length and cut in two pieces.This can be avoided in plain cloth but in printed cloth to maintain the direction of the print on both sides of the pocket we need to cut and match the print on both sides.I have used plain cloth but I have cut here for your benefit.

                   2.Double fold along the width of one end and stitch along the edge.
                 
                   3.  Leaving a gap of 1/2" of the unstitched edge,align the pockets right side facing each other and stitch along the three sides.
                

4.Turn the wrong side in and your pocket is ready.

Now for the bag:

1. Take the bag and mark 2" from the upper edge on the wrong side.

2.Place the pocket stitched edge below and pocket placed towards the ouside of the bag and stitch along the raw edge. 

3.Flip the pocket and stitch along the upper edge thus fixing the raw edge under the pocket.

4.Double fold along the two upper edges and stitch along the edge.

                         5.  Fold the bag along the length wrong side facing each other.In case of printed cloth  you need to cut the two sides and match their print and stitch along three sides on the right side.Since I have used plain cloth so I have folded the bag and stitched along two sides on the right side.

6.Turn the bag inside out and stitch along the edge leaving around 1/2"gap allowance to make sure that the raw edges are not seen on the right side of the bag.

So as you can see the pocket comes inside the bag .You can put it outside the bag too if you want.

7. Stitch the handles and fix them on the bag. 

Nicley fold the bag and here it is with some warli embroidery on one side and....

A hand sewn show button on the other.

Thank you for seeing my post.Any queries are welcome.

A New Beginning -4 The Final Touches

Stitch the two handles  keeping the canvas in between to get a strong handle.Put a stitch along  both edges to give a finished look.

Now take the big zipper ,Cut to required length and seal the two ends with lining cloth.

Then place the zipper along the upper edge of the bag and stitch along the edge once again to fix the zipper to the bag.

Now keep the right side of the bag facing each other and stitch along the three sides to finish the bag.To get the rectangular edge at the bottom.Mark a 1 1/2"square along the bottom edge and cut out the square.Now match the edges with each other and stitch across to get the rectangular base.

If you want more clarity on this method please refer to my post Tote for an occassion-2 in my other blog Sew Your Dream .

This is only optional as it gives a stronger and wider base to the bag. 

Now to fix the handles fold the bag in half along the zipper,fold again and you can mark the two points where the handles will be equidistant from the edges  and the centre of the bag.  

LO BEHOLD THE ZIPPERED  TOTE!!!!

Any queries for doubts or orders can be left in the comments section below. Thank you for this new Beginning 

A new Beginning -3 Side with two pockets inside

Now for the other side of the bag.

Take the lining cloth of the other side of the bag and fold in two along the length and width .Fold the cloth for the pocket also along the length and width.Match up the two along the fold and stitch along the three sides to fix the pocket.

Put a stitch along the middle of the pocket to get two pockets side by side.

Now place the pocket side to the right side of the basic cloth and stitch along the top edge.

 Flip the lining cloth inside to have the pocket on the inside of the bag and stitch along the edgs to get a finished look.

This is how it looks from outside.

So now the other side is also ready.

A New Beginning -2 Side with the zipper

So let us begin.

In this pic you can see that I have placed the basic cloth with the canvas stuck to it on the wrong side.I have kept the lining cloth on the right side of the cloth and stitched along the upper edge.

So now I shall turn the lining cloth toward the other side and put a stitch along the edge for a better finish.I also put a stitch along the other three sides to hold the cloth,canvas and lining in place.

Now take the red cloth and make a single fold and stitch along the edge to give it a neat look.

Now measure 5" from the top of the bag and mark a line for the full width of the bag on the right side.

Fold the red cloth in half along the width,match up the folded line with the line marked on the right side and stitch a small rectangular box as you can see in the picture below.This will be the slit for the small zipper.

Now take the small zipper and close the ends with the lining cloth.

Take the side of the bag we have stitched and cut across in the middle of the rectangular box we have stitched.Cut along the whole width os the rectangular box leaving a small gap on the two ends.You can make a diagonal cut to the stitches at the ends .

Now we insert the red cloth towards the wrong side of the bag and put a stitch along the edge to keep it from moving.

This is how it looks from the right side.

Now comes the tricky part ,we have to place the zipper in the slit and stich alon the edge of the piping to fix the zipper.You can pin it from outside to do the job perfectly.

To finish the pocket for the zipper take the pece of lining cloth we have for the pocket and fix it on the wron side covering the red cloth and the zipper leaving us a zippered pocket on one side.

It was easy wasn't it???

A New Beginning-1 Materials required and Cost

Hi friends,you must be wondering what this new beginning can be ,well I got an order for a Tote with two zippers from my friend.I thought I can travel on the route of how I stitched it with you.

It is pretty easy and I will be giving you pictures to refer to .You may be wondering why I dont put videos in my tutorials. That is because I realised that written notes are more helpful than videos as we can refer back to the notes each time we have a doubt.It sometimes gets tedious to pause and learn from a video .

Materials Required:   1. Basic cloth for the body of the tote                 15 1/2 " by 14"
                                   2. Lining                                                              15 1/2 "by 14" 
                                   3. Canvas                                                             15 1/2 "by 14"
                                   4.Lining cloth for two inner pockets 2 pieces of 7"by 11"
                                   5. A red plain cloth for piping along the zipper  5" by 10"
                                   6. 2 zippers one small one 8" long and big one 14"long.
                                   7. 4 bits of lining cloth  1 " by 2" to put at the ends of the zipper.
                                   8. 2  pieces of  basic cloth of tote for the handles 25" by 3" with a canvas cloth                                         of 25" by 1" .

                                 
                                   This type of bag can be made at a cost of 120-150 Rupees.

So come and join the fun.