An eco bag is a very useful thing. It is durable, beautiful, and, most importantly, reusable, unlike plastic bags with handles.
No doubt, there are situations when it is better to use a bag than a cloth bag. The bag is perfect for single use when you don't want to wash the bag after use. But those bags that we buy in excess in grocery stores to add up our purchases are very fragile, and even if you count how much money we spend on them in a month, it’s not a penny amount. Why waste tens or even hundreds of rubles, and then pollute nature with torn plastic bags? Better to sew a simple and elegant shopping bag!
Look at the photo for one of the many handy shopping bags that are very easy to make. Pick up a bright and durable fabric for her and go!
So, to sew a shopping bag like this, you need a thick fabric. The choice here is quite large - denim, linen, tapestry (the fabric with which furniture is upholstered), as well as many other options that you can see in fabric stores, will do.
Helpful Hint: If this is your first time sewing a bag, draw a pattern on paper. Thus, you will understand how well the bag sizes indicated on the pattern suit you. Take the pattern in your hand as if you were holding a bag. Maybe you will make the handles shorter or the bag itself larger? We fixed the pattern and start cutting.
Half of the pattern should be applied to the fabric folded lengthwise. Circle the pattern, not forgetting about one and a half centimeters for the hem. Cut out two pieces.
We fold the two parts of the bag right side to each other and sew them on a sewing machine to a height of 25 cm. Then we sew the edge with a zig-zag seam. To make the seam stronger, sew one more line in a straight line parallel to the first at a distance of about 0.5 cm. Turn the product, fold the edges of the handle, and hem.
Helpful hint: to make the shopping bag stronger, make the lining of a special lining fabric or chintz (these are two more of the same lining fabric parts). In this case, you will need to start sewing by sewing the lining to the handles, and then sewing the two double halves of the bag.
