Heyhey,
so this is how I made my cute ikea-bag! If you wanna win it, read how to take part here.
Recipe
Ingredients
old blue ikea-bags, you only need a little of the fabric, but quite some of the straps
yellow felt
sewing thread
button
sewing machine, hand sewing needle, paper, paper shears, tailor shears, pen and pins
Pattern
pin the 2 short straps of one bag to each other
and then cut a long strap into pieces with the same length as the short 2
place the ikea signs the way you like
I had 4 straps next to each other
and sew them
draw the bag-form onto that part
and cut around it
measure around the line, and draw a square with that length and 5cm wide
and draw it on another paper
then add 3cm to the top
from there go 6cm up in the middle and 3 on the sides… thats your later flap
Cutting
cut the parts of ikea fabric
you also need 2 long straps
draw the part as a pattern twice on yellow felt, cut another blue square and a blue flap
Sewing
remember to secure your seams at beginning and end
pin the squares to the front parts and the other felt part to the blue flap and fold 2/3 of the straps in the middle and pin it
and sew them
next pin the yellow and blue one to the yellow and blue front and side, and the other 2 parts and sew them
now pin one strap to each side in the inside bag, the right side is inside
then turn the outside bag with right side out and put it into the inside bag
pin the bags to each other, leave a hole at the front
and sew it
cut the seam allowance short at the curves
turn it around
start looking like bag 😉
pin the hole together, and the seam you just did
and sew it
cut a strip of the yellow felt with the same wide as your button
and sew a buttonhole with the right size… if your sewing machine doesn’t do button holes, use a small zigzag, or do it by hand, in felt you wouldn’t need the stitches, I just did it to make the button hole more endurable
pin the strip to the bag
cut it shorter
draw a little heart on it and sew it
then sew the button to the bag
Finished!
How do you like it?
dont forget to take part in the lottery to win this bag.
keep sewing and smiling
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