How Do You Make A Fabric Grocery Bag?
Tired of plastic grocery bags slowly taking over your storage space? Did your plastic grocery bag break in the middle of the street? Go green and be fashionable with your very own personal-style bags. You will find these bags invaluable any time you go shopping, to the library or on a weekend trip. Fold the fabric the long way, with printed sides facing out. Iron fabric first if it is wrinkled. If the edges don’t line up perfectly, square them. Sew the long side of the fabric with a 1/2 inch seam with a stitch setting of twelve stitches per inch. This ensures the lining in the bag is extra sturdy. Hem both short edges with a one-inch seam. Make sure the both hems face the same way. This will make the top of the bag. Lay the fabric out flat with the hemmed sides down. Locate the center of the strapping material and pin it together. Make sure that it isn’t twisted. Lay the strapping material on the fabric, the long way, so that the loops that will form the handles are equidistant from th
