Mini gift bag tutorial

Well howdy as promised this is a little tutorial for a mini bag which can be used for small gifts, Vouchers or for kids to have.


You will need:
fabric scrap
ribbon
4 small buttons
needle and thread
scissors

OK.........


Cut your fabric piece its just a rectangle about 11" x 5" (27 1/2cm x 12 1/2cm)
this includes your seam allowance.
 Fold a half inch (about 1cm) over so wrong sides are touching at each short end, press and then sew.

Now fold the fabric in half so right sides are touching then sew down each of the longer sides and trim the bottom corners and turn the right way out.

That is the main part of the bag done. For the handles, cut 2 strips of ribbon to the size you want your handles to be, you can have the ends of the ribbon on the inside or outside of your bag (different colours and patterns look better in different ways) in this case I've opted to put the ends on the out side. simply sew each end in place with a button, its strong enough as there won't be anything hugely heavy inside.

Repeat this for all the ribbon ends and VOILA gift bag complete. The great thing about these is you can easily hand sew the whole thing and its just in time for valentines and mothers day!

Don't have time to make one? buy one I'll be putting them on my folksy shop or you can message me on my facebook page. www.folksy.com/shops/rustickitsch