Tea Towel Tote Bag Tutorial

If your tea towels are a slightly different size that should be okay.

Tea towel tote bag tutorial.

Those loops ended up being just inside the front of bag and are perfect to hang sunglasses or a keychain. Well it s time to put those sturdy eye catching fabric finds to good use. The short sides of the tea towel are together at the top and will form the top of your bag. One gorgeous tea towel.

Personally i am rather passionate about bag making if you are new to bag making i have the perfect beginners bag making course for you which covers so many essential skills for bag making and includes many free bag tutorials. Something to use for the straps. Tea towel tote tutorial september 14 2013. This origami bag is the perfect summer tote.

A typical tea towel is 18 x 28 which works out pretty perfectly to create the size fabric you need to make the origami bag. Sew a grocery bag. 1 large tea towel sewing thread sewing machine scissors a few need. Make one from a couple of tea towels with my easy sewing tutorial.

This is super easy and perfect for a beginner. You can have a new tea towel tote bag ready in a short amount of time. Ready to give it a try. A cute little carry all is a great way to utilize some of those bright and charming thrift store scores.

I cut a strip 8cm 3 5 from the short edge of my spare tea towel. Tote bag tutorial using tea towels. This post originally appeared on bombshell bling. Start by folding your tea towel in half with right sides facing each other.

Learn how to make a tote bag from just three tea towels or dish towels. How often have you looked at your stash of lovely souvenir and pretty tea towels dish towels and thought i wish i could do something with these as they are too lovely to use simply to dry the dishes. I used 1 1 2 yards of pretty yellow braiding although webbing is perfect for a tote too. Well we have a tutorial that will show you how to make a tote bag using just 3 tea towels or dish towels.

Check out this handy tea towel tote bag tutorial that amy from maker mama shared on diy candy. For one of my bags i used some webbing that i had rescued form an old bag for the other i cut up my 3rd tea towel. To make your own tea towel tote to take to the grocery store you ll need. Pin the sides then stitch down the both sides one at a time from the top edge to the folded bottom with a seam allowance of about 2cm.

It was 45cm wide so that s how long my handles are which turned out just about right.