I like to run my webbing all the way under the bag to make it a bit sturdier and give it the ability to carry heavy loads. You can opt not to if you wont carry super heavy stuff, and instead of wrapping it under, you would stop it just underneath where your reinforcement fabric would stop.
-This is a good place to play around. You can make leather handles, make the handles super long (over the
shoulder style) or just play with different sizes and types of webbing. For this bag I am using really heavy nylon
webbing because, well, I have a 100 yards sitting at the house.
-With your fabric layed out on the table like it was before we hemmed the top, start with the webbing hanging just
a bit past the bottom. This little bit is to create overlap when we wrap it under the bottom of the bag.
-Now run the webbing up the face of the bag, create a loop handle of whatever side you want, and then run the
webbing back down the face.
-Now that we have the webbing layed out for one whole side, mark where it ends, and double the total length so
it will match on the other side.
-When you cut the webbing, if you don't have a hot knife, use a lighter to melt the edges so there is no fraying.
It isn't going to show so its not critical, but is a good practice to get into.
-Re lay the webbing on the bag and pin in place, flip the fabric over and pin the other side making sure to line
them up, and paying extra attention to the length of the handles so that they are the same.
-Take it to the sewing machine lay the whole bag out flat and sew the webbing on, stopping at the hem on each
side so the handle can move freely.
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