How to Make a Wine Sack

Wine and wine glasses are a thoughtful hostess gift for a dinner party.

A wine sack is a nice-looking bag fit to hold and carry a wine bottle. It is a great way to give a wine bottle for a holiday or birthday present, or when you're bringing wine to a dinner. By making your own wine sack you can personalize your gift to make it more meaningful and thoughtful for the recipient. You can make it as simple or intricate as you like. Wine sacks are also durable and long-lasting.

Things You'll Need

• 8-by-30-inch fabric
• Sewing machine
• 6 inches of 1/2-inch wide elastic
• Pins
• Safety pin
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Optional embellishments such as lace or sequins
• Wine bottle

Instructions

1. Choose a fabric for your wine sack. You may already have fabric or you can buy some at a fabric store. You will need 8-by-30 inches of the fabric.

2. Measure and cut out an 8-by-30-inch rectangle of your fabric. Fold it in half along the 8-inch side. Pin the open sides of the fabric together, ensuring the sides are even.

3. Drape the fabric carefully over the wine bottle. Use your pencil to indicate where the seam needs to be so the wine bottle will slide in and out of the sack easily.

4. Stitch the seam along the two longer sides of the sack using your sewing machine. Three sides of your fabric should be sewn closed and the shortest side should be open. The right sides should be facing one another while the wrong side should be facing you.

5. Fold the upper edge of the bag down and test it out on your wine bottle again. You're going to be stringing the elastic through that loop, so you'll want to determine how low on the bottle the sack should sit so you can fold down the fabric suitably.

6. Stitch along the top lining of the sack on the bottom edge of the folded fabric. When you're going around the sack, stop stitching just before you reach your starting point. This creates a pocket at the top of the sack.

7. Place your safety pin on one end of the elastic band and use it to thread the elastic through the pocket. Be careful not to lose the other end of the elastic.

8. Sew the two ends of the elastic together.

9. Hand-stitch the little hole you used to run the elastic through.

10. Decorate the sack using ribbons, buttons, lace and sequins.

References

• Craftandfabriclinks.com, Gift Bag Pattern and Wine Bag Pattern
• Pacificfabrics.com, Learn to make an easy wine bag