Another shopping bag from project bags which I unpacked this week. This collection has been put away for at least 2 years with the flood and the move I was not sewing much.
The pink floral fabric is 100% polyester and therefore quite thin. I decided to supplement it with some flannel. Both were cut to 20"W x 36" T which will be folded in half. I put some curvy decorative stitch seams through out the piece to hold those layers together.
The lining is good quality white microfiber fabric.
I created 2 pockets for the inside with some of the dark pink pieces in the print. I put on both the front and and the back of the lining. They measure about 5:00"W x 6.5"T and are lined with the same white fabric. I stitched the layers together, turned it right side out, added top stitch to the top edge then top stitched it to the lining on the center line. Making sure that the opening was facing the top of the bag.
I created a narrow strip for the key clip and strung it onto the black support. I connected the 2 ends to give me a loop on the outside of the bag while the clip was on the inside of the bag.
The straps were 1" wide by 31" long. They were placed between the outside fabric and the lining leaving about 4" on the inside of the bag to allow me to reinforce them to the bag later.
I created the sandwich of front floral/flannel layer and the back white lining and stitched all the way around leaving a gap for turning it right side out. That done, I ironed it carefully. I folded it right side out. I then topstitched the top edge and followed the strap extra between the layers to reinforce the straps to the bag and closing the gap I had left earlier. I placed the key clip between the layers with the key on the inside and loop on the outside. I then topstitched both side seams.
The bag measures 17.25 T x 18" W. It is quite a large bag.
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