Iron your pieces before sewing. Yes, you could skip this step, but your finished piece will look better if you don't.
Grab two pieces and sew them together. It doesn't matter if they are different lengths or even different shapes; just make a seam.
Throw another piece on there and seam. As you can see in the picture above, they don't need to match up perfectly, just seam
and trim after.
Don't worry about odd spaces such as this.
Simply patch over it by pinning a piece over the hole and topstitching.
Create two panels and press seams flat.
Trim both scrap fabric pieces and two lining pieces to desired size. My bag was approximately 10 x 12 inches. Place right sides together and seam three sides on both lining bag and outside fabric, leaving the top open.
Sandwhich the liner inside the outer bag, right sides together. I tucked a loop of elastic inside, since I'll be hanging my bag in the laundry room.
Sew around the top, leaving space for turning.
Turn right side out and press.
You can slip stitch the opening closed, or simply top stitch around the top of the bag. Voila! What am I using this little beauty for, you ask? Well, it's actually the waste bag in my laundry room. I used to hang a recycled plastic bag, but it was so ugly. Now I have a beautiful little place to stash all that dryer lint!

I want to make this bag for my library trips :)
ReplySuper cute!
ReplyWhat a great idea. :o)
ReplyOh, what a great idea.
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