Aneela Hoey's Stitched Sewing Organisers book has a pattern for a drawstring bag and I fancied trying it out. It didn't take too long to make but I made a bit of a mess of my hexagon tab ends for the drawstrings. Being impatient to finish I switched them out for some squares ones, which I didn't manage a particularly neat job of either, but hey ho!
This pattern is a bit more involved than other drawstring bags I've made but I would make it again. It has a darted bottom which gives it a really nice shape and the overall size of the bag is a good medium sized gift bag, I'd say.
No sooner had I set my bag down than a little pair of grabby hands ran off with it! CT had so much fun pulling the drawstrings and hiding her little things inside that, of course, I had to stitch her up one of her very own. Perfect tiny treasures bag!
I have not made a drawstring bag since I was at school, many decades ago. They are another thing I keep meaning to have a go at, especially as they make great gift bags. x
ReplyDeleteThey're gorgeous!!! I glue my tab ends before sewing (whether zip or drawstring) using a cocktail stick and some fabric glue and the result is far improved on what I was managing before. (No need to let the glue dry for a long time, using the cocktail stick means you only use a small amount of glue and it sets in seconds.)
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