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Bags

Category: <span>Bags</span>

Carry it all in one-of-a-kind homemade bags and purses! Learn how to sew your own DIY handbags, totes, lunch bags, shopping and grocery bags, backpacks, drawstring bags and more! With fun ideas and patterns to make bags from jeans, old clothes or your favorite fabric, you’ll be on your way to making custom crossbody or shoulder bags, coin purses, zipper pouches, lavender sachets and more.

Browse through our bag projects and inspiration, find your style and start creating.

DIY Totes and Bags

Finished project tote bag

Make Your Own Project Bag

I love to corral my project items into bags when they are works-in-progress so I can see all of my supplies without having to dig deep in a big bag...

Finished small Kinchaku bag

How to Make Lotus-Style Kinchaku Bags

Lotus-Style Kinchaku bags are also called Lotus Flower bags or Origami Lotus Bags. These are super simple to make, so they are perfect for beginners. You can make them any...

Finished Kraft-Tex Furoshiki Bag 4

How to Make a Furoshiki Bag with Kraft-Tex

I love look of furoshiki wraps that take a simple square of fabric, then wrap and tie it creatively to turn any object into a pretty package. But most often,...

Quick and Easy Bags

Small bag holding embroidery project

Easy Bags to Sew

Whether for yourself or for a friend, a simple bag is a great gateway sewing project! A bag has (usually) simple seams, can be made from just one or two...

Finished zipper pouch 2

Zipper Pouch Tutorial

Zipper pouches are a quick and easy project, perfect for beginners. Organize your stuff - whether it is in your purse, bag or backpack, your sewing, quilting and embroidery projects...

DIY Shoe bag finished shoe bag ready for shoes

DIY Shoe Bag

Shoe bags are perfect for travel, keeping dirty shoes away from your clean clothes. DIY shoe bag is a simple sewing project, making a drawstring bag the size to fit...

More Bags

Dome bag in flowers

Spotlight: Myrna Giesbrecht, Bag Designer and Fiber Artist

A great believer in doing the work to get the work done, bag designer and fiber artist Myrna Giesbrecht has developed a routine to balance the nitty gritty of running…
Vintage linen zip bag with boxed bottom finished 1

Zippered Pouch Tutorial with Flat Bottom

I can't seem to have enough zippered pouches for all of the little things I want to keep organized! From my cosmetics to embroidery projects and English paper piecing, zippered…
Wine bag finished 4

How to Make a Fabric Wine Bag

Make a custom fabric wine bag to take that bottle of wine to your next event! This is a super easy project and seriously takes 10 minutes or less. Your…
Finished easy tote bag 4

How to Sew Tote Bags

Tote bags are super easy to make with just a yard of fabric and some purchased web trim for the handles! This size is perfect for groceries - flat bottom…
Finished drawstring bag 2

How to Make a Simple Drawstring Bag

Make your own drawstring bags to store items, use as a wrapping for a special gift or as a reusable bag while shopping. This is a perfect project for beginner…
Finished zipper pouch 2

Zipper Pouch Tutorial

Zipper pouches are a quick and easy project, perfect for beginners. Organize your stuff - whether it is in your purse, bag or backpack, your sewing, quilting and embroidery projects…
Kraft-tex Wine Bag Next to Wine and Champagne

How to Make a Kraft-Tex Wine Bag

Do you need to carry a bottle of wine to a party or picnic? Are you looking for a creative way to present a bottle as a gift? If you…
Case closed

How to Make a Jewelry Roll-up Travel Case

To help me organize my baubles and keep them from tangling as they bounce around in bags, I needed a travel case that I could roll up for compact packing…
Orange and brown beaded necklace

Spotlight: Sherry Serafini, Bead Embroidery Artist

Sherry Serafini is a bead embroidery artist without fear. If an object inspires her, even if it's an unconventional choice for jewelry, she will create an elaborate design around it.…

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