Make Your Own XO Laptop Bag

Step 7 Put the Layers Together. Sew All the Way Around.

In this step, you will create a kind of sandwich:
- Fabric (the outer fabric of the bag)
- Foam
- Paperboard
- Fabric (the inside of the bag)

At this point, it would be nice to use some spray adhesive to glue the outer fabric to the foam. I didn't use any. I put the pieces together in the appropriate order (fabric, foam, paperboard, fabric and I sewed all the way around the foam, using a machine. I didn't sew the foam, just as close to the foam as I could. Be extra careful to make sure that the fabric remains taught on both sides of the sandwich as you sew around the perimeter. If you're using adhesive, this will be less of an issue.

The extra fabric around the edges will allow you to put the bag together later.

Hem all edges, by rolling the fabric over twice 1/4". Visible edges are the sides that flap out, and the front edge of the bag (not the flap edge, but the front edge that was the bottom of the pattern). Take special care to make these hems look nice.