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Step 5Notch yer bag
When you're done (in about four more steps), there'll be a channel for the drawstring at the top of the bag. And there'll be a place where the drawstring exits the channel. In this step, we try to make that spot look a little nicer and more finished.
I measured in about a half inch from the top and bottom of the main rectangle and cut a one inch notch out of my cover fabric. Then I pressed back the edges and sewed a tiny little hem.
You can probably save yourself a lot of grief, if you skip the cutting and just press back and sew.
Another alternative would be to use that zigzag stitch to just keep the edge from unraveling. (I couldn't use the zigzag stitch because I was trying to avoid "fancy" stitches on principle, remember.)
I measured in about a half inch from the top and bottom of the main rectangle and cut a one inch notch out of my cover fabric. Then I pressed back the edges and sewed a tiny little hem.
You can probably save yourself a lot of grief, if you skip the cutting and just press back and sew.
Another alternative would be to use that zigzag stitch to just keep the edge from unraveling. (I couldn't use the zigzag stitch because I was trying to avoid "fancy" stitches on principle, remember.)
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