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Step 3Sew Loot Bags
Cutting the Pieces
Take your half yard of fabric and fold (right sides together), leaving selvedge edges at the top of the bag.
Selvedge edge=the part of the fabric that is a finished edge, that isn't cut.
If you have a long piece of fabric, the easiest way to make the bag is to fold the fabric this way and then cut pieces every 18" or so (you can eyeball it).
You can pin them together if you like, or if the fabric is pretty flat, skip the pinning.
Prepare all the pieces you intend to make into a bag so you can assembly line sew them.
(Note: If you don't have enough fabric to fold like this, just cut two like-sized pieces and put them right sides together)
Sewing the Bag
To assembly line sew, sew up one side of bag (put the fold side in first to avoid weird puckers along the bottom of the bag). If you have multiple bags, feed them in after the first bag, without cutting thread. Sew up all of the bags, one side only.
When finished with one side, turn the line of bags over and sew down the other side, assembly line style. (It might be easier to cut them apart before you do this)
(Note: if you have the two like-sized pieces, instead of doing one side at a time, you'll want to just sew all the way around three sides of the bag, leaving the top unsewn. You can assembly line this too.)
Take your half yard of fabric and fold (right sides together), leaving selvedge edges at the top of the bag.
Selvedge edge=the part of the fabric that is a finished edge, that isn't cut.
If you have a long piece of fabric, the easiest way to make the bag is to fold the fabric this way and then cut pieces every 18" or so (you can eyeball it).
You can pin them together if you like, or if the fabric is pretty flat, skip the pinning.
Prepare all the pieces you intend to make into a bag so you can assembly line sew them.
(Note: If you don't have enough fabric to fold like this, just cut two like-sized pieces and put them right sides together)
Sewing the Bag
To assembly line sew, sew up one side of bag (put the fold side in first to avoid weird puckers along the bottom of the bag). If you have multiple bags, feed them in after the first bag, without cutting thread. Sew up all of the bags, one side only.
When finished with one side, turn the line of bags over and sew down the other side, assembly line style. (It might be easier to cut them apart before you do this)
(Note: if you have the two like-sized pieces, instead of doing one side at a time, you'll want to just sew all the way around three sides of the bag, leaving the top unsewn. You can assembly line this too.)
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