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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

Completed garment bag front

How to Make a Garment Bag

Pick your own fabrics to personalize your own garment bag. We are all doing more road trips, and I find being able to pull together my hanging clothes then put…
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,…
Boxy Sewing Case with Kraft-Tex peek inside

Machine Appliqué a Boxy Sewing Case with Kraft-Tex

I love wool appliqué, and Minki Kim's cute Boxy Sewing Case in her book, Zakka Wool Appliqué got my "what-if" thoughts conjuring. What if I appliquéd by machine and used…
Coin purses

Everything You Want to Know About Working With Kraft-Tex

Kraft-Tex is a rugged paper that looks, feels and wears like leather, but cuts, sews and washes like fabric. It is supple and lightweight, yet strong enough to use for…
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…
Betsy La Honta Bag

Spotlight: Betsy La Honta, Product Developer

Betsy La Honta grew up in a home filled with creativity and the supplies to take time to play. She is now product developer for C&T Publishing and gets to…
Darby Road

Spotlight: Kristy and Shayla, Sassafras Lane Designs

Sassafras Lane Designs is a mother and daughter team, designing quilt and bag patterns. A perfect match as business partners, each brings a different set of skills to the table,…
Finished badge holder

How to Make a Custom ID Badge Holder

We were very excited to attend Create Whimsy's very first Quilt Market in Portland, OR! We knew there would be so much creative energy that we would want to share…
Finished small Kinchaku bag

How to Make Lotus-Style Kinchaku Bags

This is my first sewing project on a sewing machine! My sister helped me make these little bags for birthday gifts to my other sisters.

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