Bags are an essential accessory in the female wardrobe. With these steps to perform a canvas tote bag you will be able to make yours and wear it every time you go to the office or shopping.
This is a perfect DIY for those women who have a minimum of experience in sewing and want a very different bag.
Materials for the fabric tote bag
Remember that you can choose the cotton canvas that you like the most. Canvas fabrics are one of the best possible choices due to their characteristics. Among them the fall, the thickness and the resistance to use. Choose seasonal fabrics so that your looks are fashionable.
Buy a rectangle of fabric that is approximately one meter by two meters, although it will all depend on the size you want.
You will also need a piece of paper to draw the pattern, about three to five centimeters wide. backpack tape, thread, chalk, pins and scissors. You can help yourself with common elements such as a rule or a square so that the layout of the cuts is absolutely straight.
Step by Step
The measurements for a conventional tote bag It would be a piece of 48×34 centimeters and the two black strips of 60×6 centimeters.
With the cut fabric we are simply going to join it making a U.
We continue with the handles. We fold each strip and iron it. Finally, we cut the chalk fabric in one piece so you can cover the front and back of this bag.
Cut the fabric and baste the edges to prevent the fabric from fraying from washing and wear. Next, mark the edges of the upper part of the bag and carry out a first fold of one centimeter and a second of five centimeters. Secure them with pins.
Next, sew the handles in one piece so that there are no extra cuts or seams. You have to sew them on the canvas, about 15 centimeters from each side of the fabric. The distance between them, if the bag is 50 centimeters, It will be about 20 centimeters more or less. Once the position of the handles is correct -try how the bag looks on you- sew both to the left and to the right.
Close the canvas by sewing the two sides together -right against right- and always inside out, at a distance of one centimeter from the edge. When you turn the fabric inside out, you will have your tote bag ready to wear it in all kinds of situations and carry your important objects in it.
