How to Make Fabric Luggage Tags
Almost everyone in the country has the same problem when it comes to baggage claim at the airport. Waiting for your bag to come around the carousel, you're confronted by a long line of identical black bags with wheels and pop-up handles. They're all the same color, they're all the same size and you can't tell yours from anyone else's. Before your next flight, make a set of personalized luggage tags in a colorful fabric and you'll never confuse your bags again.
Things You'll Need
- Small amount of bright fabric
- Coffee mugs or other circular object
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Cardboard
- Pins
- Needle
- Thread
- Sharpie or other permanent marker
- Woven satin cording, eight inches long
Instructions
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Choose a sturdy fabric like denim in a bright and conspicuous color or print. The color doesn't even have to be particularly attractive, as long as it stands out against a background of black suitcase fabric.
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Set the coffee mug or other circular object on the cardboard and trace around it with the pencil. Cut out the cardboard circle. This will be inside your tags to create stiffness and sturdiness in the tag.
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Use the coffee mug and pencil to trace a circle on the fabric twice. Trace the circle on the wrong side of the fabric. The tracing line will also be the seam line.
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Cut out the circles, cutting 1/4-inch larger than the circle that you have traced. This will create a seam allowance outside of the seam line of the circles.
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Pin the circles together, right sides together. Use the needle and thread to sew the two circles together along the seam line, going halfway around the circles. Stop sewing and make a knot to secure the seam.
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Turn the fabric circles right side out. This will create a pocket of fabric. Insert the cardboard circle into the fabric pocket.
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Bring the unsewn edges of the fabric circles together and finish sewing the seam, encasing the cardboard circle inside the pocket. Knot the thread securely when the seam is finished.
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Measure down about one inch from the edge of the circle. Use the scissors to poke a small hole through both layers of fabric and the cardboard. Thread the nylon cording through the hole in the circles. Tie a knot in each end of the nylon cording to prevent fraying and to keep it from slipping out of the tag.
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Use a Sharpie or other permanent marker to neatly print your name and cell phone number on both sides of the luggage tag. Use the cord to tie the tag onto your luggage handle.
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Tips & Warnings
For safety's sake, it's a good idea to only put a cell phone number or office address on luggage tags so that no one can copy your home address from your tags.
