Make Carpet Bag Lining

The leather was sewn to the carpet right to right on machine and turned right side out.

Make carpet bag lining.

At this point the bag was starting to take shape. Cut any fringe from the top and bottom edges of your carpet. Then you attach the lining with the bag inside out and turn it to the right side through the hole in the lining. Bohemian carpet bag by sew liberated.

Slip stitch the opening closed. Make sure your outer shell and lining s raw edges are aligned which will impact the fit of your pieces into your purse frame. Fix your shell together wrong sides facing out. And the best part is that most tote style bags are fairly easy to sew since they are mostly straight lines.

The first method is to sew the lining leaving a few inches open in the bottom. Trim the seam allowance to 1 4 inch. With the right side facing in fold the carpet in half so the bottom and top edges meet. Shape the bottom of the bag.

We can substitute plastic canvas for the cardboard to support the base of your new carpet bag. 16 5 wide 75 deep 16 tall excluding the handles. 1 yards 1 5 m canvas bottom weight or upholstery fabric 54 137 cm wide. A roomy large capacity travel carpet bag to be taken anywhere.

You will have clean seams when you open your bag. Create the body of the bag. Pin pattern pieces to interfacing and cut it out optional. Use straight pins to pin your patterns onto your fabric.

Measuring the opening gave me the bottom dimensions. If that s confusing don t worry. Tote bags come in so many shapes and sizes from the smallest book bag all the way to the roomiest overnight bag. The lining was prepared in the same way sans welts.

1 heavy duty zipper 18 46 cm long. Push the lining inside the bag. This step creates more structure and allows your bag to remain upright when you set it down. Sew up the sides.

As i was researching the latest tote bag trends i came across a ton of great bag tutorials on the web. Here is an easy to sew project. Drop the leather pouch right side out into the lining pouch. The outer ikat fabric is actually a clearance tablecloth from target the denim is from hancock fabrics and the lining is a pretty peacock quilting cotton from jo ann s as well.

The second method is to sew the lining completely and attach the lining right side out by topstitching. Sew the top edge of the pouch with right sides together. Cut out bag s shell and lining fabric parts to get two outer shell and lining pieces two side panel shell and lining pieces and one bottom shell and lining piece. Free tote bag patterns.

Insert the lining into the carpet bag s outer shell.