Things You'll Need:
- Sewing machine Scissors Pins Poster board Fabric Thread Cording
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Step 1
Purchase a ½ yard fabric and matching thread. Also purchase a pair of shoe strings (25-inches) or decorative cord (two 25-inch lengths, longer if you want a shoulder bag) for the drawstring. You may, however, sew your own drawstrings out of the bag fabric by cutting 1-by-25 inch strips. Press under the two short edges and then fold the strip in half lengthwise with the wrong sides together. Fold the long edges towards the center crease on both sides and press. Sew along the outer edge at both ends and along the pressed opening.
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Step 2
Cut out a pattern from poster board. It should be a rectangle measuring 10½-by-4 inches. Trace around the rectangle pattern on the wrong side of the fabric with a pencil or quilters blue pencil. Cut two rectangles.
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Step 3
Pin the two fabric rectangles together, right sides facing inside. Sew a ½ -inch seam around, leaving the top of the bag open as well as 2-inches at the top of each side. Press up from both sides to match the ½-inch seam. Turn the bag right side out and press. Press all the way up both sides. Fold under ¼-inch, toward the inside, press and sew each side of the bag. Fold again, toward the inside, about 1¾-inch, press and then sew each side.
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Step 4
String the cording, one on each side, in the bottom tube of fabric. Tie the two cord ends at each seam side of the bag in a decorative knot. The top tube will form the draw string bag header. Pull the cord on both sides forming a gather effect that closes the bag.
