hello again i'm so excited to be bringing you this little tie-up tote bag tutorial today just right
off the bat this is not going to be a printable pdf pattern because i don't know how to do that
um but i'm going to be giving you all the measurements you need
and you can basically screenshot this video and then diy your own pattern super super easily
so you can either trace out the measurements directly onto your fabric with a fabric pen
or you can sketch it out onto patterned paper i don't have pattern paper so i just use like
a roll of wrapping paper and you can just sketch it onto the wrapping paper but yeah
totally up to you and up to your preference this is a very suitable project for beginners
i'm still very much a beginner myself but i'm definitely still growing i'm kind of documenting
my own sewing learning journey on my channel so if you want to follow along consider subscribing and
if you just want to help support my channel by liking or commenting on the video that would be
really appreciated so for supplies you're going to need very little just your fabric of choice
you can see that i used both organza like a mesh kind of fabric and i used like a heavier
polyester and both work super good both have totally a different vibe so you do you note though
if you're going to do some sort of organza fabric it is ideal to have a number nine sewing needle
just so it won't ruin the delicate fabric so almost all of my sewing supplies are
thrifted and i found these little like snap clasps so it just has this little snap button closure at
the top which i really like and so that's totally optional if you want to do that or i feel like
a magnetic button would also be really good but you also totally don't need it otherwise the
only supplies you're going to need fabric pen is helpful pins and iron your sewing machine
that's pretty much it okay so here is the pattern let's get right into it the left side
is going to be on the fold and then follow the measurements and just trace it out as best you can
i don't have one of those curvy sewing rulers so i just eyeballed it i did it by hand
there's just that one curved edge for the top of the bag and then there's that diagonal line at the
top of the strap and you are cutting two of these to make your bag so press your fabric if it's
wrinkly and then let's start sewing right sides together let's start by sewing both the side seams
that run along the top straps all the way to the bottom of the bag and i would recommend
doing a zigzag stitch for this just because it's a lot more of a cleaner look if you have a serger
i am jealous because the seam here because the inner seam of the straps is kind of in the open
that's why i'm suggesting a zigzag stitch just so it looks a little bit cleaner and it's going
to prevent fraying this is optional but i also lowered my stitch length to i think a two just
because my fabric was like really keen to fray as you can probably notice in the video um so i
just wanted to ensure that it wouldn't be fraying by lowering the stitch length if that makes sense
okay so once both of the side seams are zigzag stitched you want to sew the bottom of the bag
as well and i switched to a straight stitch for this because it's just a little bit more sturdy
also i forgot to zig zag stitch the raw edge of the straight stitch of the bottom of the bag
but i would recommend doing that because again it's just a clean look for inside the bag
okay now we want to clip the corners and make more of a bag shape so right sides still together find
your two seams and pin them so they are back to back measure four centimeters from the corner and
make a mark and now you want to sew straight across so take a ruler to just make sure it's
straight across i kind of eyeballed it and mine was a little bit crooked make sure to
back stitch a few times just because this is going to literally be the corner of your bag
and you don't want it to rip so now you can just clip the corner right off with your scissors and
then also do a zigzag stitch over that raw edge so it doesn't fray and once you're done doing
both of the corners of the bag all that's left to do is the hem i almost forgot to add this in
oh my goodness you need to press your seam flat as best you can along the side before you do the hem
because it just makes it easier double folded hem is your friend and you can do that however way
you prefer with pins pressing pinning and pressing i just did pressing i ditched the pins i just feel
like that's easiest but anyways however you want to do a double hem go for it and you're going to
go of course just all around the raw edge of the bag i'm not going to lie like getting a nice sort
of triangle shape here is a little bit tricky but do your best it's okay to make mistakes
that is how you learn so hem hem hem this takes a while after you're done your hem i would recommend
just doing another press with your iron making sure everything's flat and looking good and then
you're done unless you want to add a little button snap like i did i just hand sewed it on
and i just kind of winged it but yeah basically you just
kind of tie it wherever you like whatever suits your fancy and it's good to go
and really really quickly i want to add in if you want to make this bag with a lining check it
it it looks pretty awesome and it's not actually that hard
just for the sake of not making this video too too crazy long i'm not going to add another tutorial
on how to make this with the lining but it is pretty simple so what you're going to do
cut out four pattern pieces instead of the two and essentially you're going to make two
bags up until the point of sewing the hem so it's really nice you don't need to bother with
the hem if you're going to make this bag with a lining you also don't need to do a zigzag stitch
do a straight stitch and then press the seams flat so sew all the seams with a straight stitch
press the seams flat sew and clip the corners same thing and then you're going to sew the two bags
right sides together with the inner bag lining positioned on the outside of the sandwich if you
really want a tutorial for this ask me in the comments and maybe i can do like a like a short
like a tick tock or something um because i'm i made this like i made this as fast as i possibly
can so it's not perfect i just wanted to see if i could do it um but this also has a really
a really clean look the fabric i used was a little bit too thick so the tie itself is kind of
super bulky so i would recommend using thinner fabric but yeah this is super cute too so feel
free to ask me any questions down below thank you so so much for watching up till this point and
i will see you in my next upload next week cheersies
you