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Pictured right is the "hardware" required to make your bag: All of these items can be obtained at a haberdashery shop.
- Cotton webbing
- Two ladder locks
- One toggle
- Two buttons
- Cord for your drawstring
Cut your webbing pieces as follows:
Handle - 7 inches (18 cm)
Top straps - 2 pieces x 11 inches (28 cm)
Bottom straps - 2 pieces x 14 inches (35 cm) |
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Pin handle strap to the top center of the back panel, so that the edges of the webbing are 1¼ inches away from each side edge of the back panel |
To make top strap, fold over ½ inch hem and fold over again to make double fold. You can glue the folded edges in place with fabric glue. Hold in place with clothes peg until dry. I find this makes the hem easy to sew down. |
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Now thread through the ladder lock as shown above. |
Stitch in place with your sewing machine using a straight stitch. On the above photo, I have drawn (yellow lines) the way in which
I stitched the hem down. Make the other top strap in the same way. |
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Pin finished top straps to either side on the handle on the back panel.
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Hem one end of each bottom strap and pin to the bottom of the back panel in line with the position of the top straps.
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Now using straight stitch, stitch the handle and straps in place. This prevents the straps shifting out of place when the flap panel is sewn on in the next step. |
You are now ready to attach the large flap. Line up the large flap and back panel pattern pieces and pin your straps as shown above. The handle strap is pinned
to the large flap and the two top straps are pinned down onto the back panel. Zigzag the flap and back panel together. |
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Add base panel to back panel with bottom straps pinned as shown above. Zigzag together. |
This is how your project should look at this stage. |
