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Sewing DIY cotton bag and pattern

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 I made the similar bag in a bit bigger size about 4 years ago, and it's been used a lot when I went to Korea for 6 weeks. It is light, and because batting's done it's not too thin which makes so easy to be in shape even though only a couple things to put in. This time I made a bit smaller version.  How to make: 1. Measurement below for outer fabric, inner fabric, and batting material. Change measurements as you needed. 2. Lay batting material first and then outer fabric, and then inner fabric, and then pinned them. 3. Sewing through except the opening gap which in size your fist can be in and out through. 4. Cut seam allowance of batting material close to stitches. 5. Give snips on curves and turn insides out.   6. Close the opening gap with blind stitch. 7. Sew all the way of curvy top parts about 1cm down from the edge. 8. Fold in half and hemming stitch between outer fabrics, and then hemming stitch between inner fabrics after insides out. 9. Mark about 9 cm on both ...

Sewing DIY Lunch bag / Picnic bag / Cooler bag

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I upcycled cooler bags for making can holders which I posted last week. This week sewing project, DIY lunch bag, is to use cooler bag material left from last week making can holders. I made a bit big and it can be used as picnic bag, and also this is another cooler bag made with upcycled cooler bag :) 1. Materials; below cutting is included seam allowance 0.25" (0.6cm)      Cooler bag material & floral linen: 2 of 16" x 10" (41cm x 25.5cm)     Top cover cotton:  2 of 16" x 10" (41cm x 25.5cm)     Bag handles floral linen: 2 of 14" x 3" ( 35.5cm x 8cm)     Bias: 33" x 3" (  84cm x 7cm)     Strings: 2 of 40" (100cm) I mistakenly cut top covers fabric short to 16" x 6" (41cm x 15.5cm), which ended up hardly covers top of bag. Luckily it was not that difficult to amend. To extend top covers, I have made another top covers and sew to existing top covers. At first my choice of top cover fabric was light pink with no pattern, an...

DIY foldable shopping bag tutorial

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DIY foldable shopping bag I have upcycled a broken umbrella, as some of you might know Oroton brand umbrella. And it was a very strong umbrella and i loved it. But someday in summer it was bucketing down and the strechers of umbrella was broken😭 and i was damn soaked. I have kept the umbrella fabic which was good choice, and it is used for foldable bag, Ta-Da. How to: ♤ cut fabric for front and bag panels the size you want ♤ make front pocket and sew to front panel ♤ right sides of front and back planels togethet and sew ♤ cut fabrics for bag handles and sew ♤ sew to bag panel For further details, please check it out below Youtube or find my youtube channel: Mikinoos DIY Please click the link below for free tutorial and enjoy. Weekly videos upload, please subscribe my Youtube channel, thank you. https://youtu.be/zcOdiMe5vXM