I purchased Christmas fabric on special in January this year, with the aim of making reusable fabric gift bags instead of using throw-away wrapping, and there the fabric sat in my cupboard until it was time now to wrap gifts. I had collected a few patterns and the one I had in mind, I could not find, so I ended up creating my own version.
The method I used allows for custom fitting and suits awkward shapes.
This was the process:
Measure the width and length of the gift.
Cut out two pieces of fabric: the width of the gift plus ease, and the length plus extra to bunch and tie at the top later. I chose to add a contrasting stripe to the piece that would become the front of the bag.
Sew the two pieces together along the bottom and the two sides, and overlock for neatness as this bag will not be lined.
Sew a hem along the top edge.
Cut a generous length of ribbon and tie it around the top, adding a gift tag before tying the bow.
And here is the completed bag with gift enclosed.
Remember: What you leave behind is not engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. Pericles
