I couldn't do a back pack series without one simple make from scratch project. This is a really simple draw-string bag idea. In fact it resembles the very first thing I remember sewing when I was 7, so there is no excuse!
You will need:
You will need:
- 1 metre medium weight rucksack fabric
- 1/2 metre heavy weight fabric for base and flap
- 3 m ribbon/cord for straps, drawstring, hanging loop and toggle loop
- 1 toggle
- 30 cm metre bias binding
- safety pin
- sewing machine and matching thread
- dressmaking pins
- dressmaking scissors
- dinner plate
- pen
How to do it:
- draw around a dinner plate for your base fabric, cut out.
- measure the circumference and cut a rectangle out of your rucksack fabric with the base circumference as the length (plus 1.5 cm seam allowance) and your chosen width (the height of the rucksack plus 7cm)
- fold your rucksack fabric width ways right sides together and pin up the side leaving 7 cm at the top. machine a running stitch stopping at the 10 cm gap.
- apply bias binding to the 7 cm length of fabric left unsewn.
- place the rucksack tube onto the circular base, right sides together and pin. Machine a running stitch around the base. turn the right way round.
- to create the drawstring channel, fold the top 7 cm of rucksack fabric down 1.5 cm and then in on itself 5.5 cm and pin along the edge. pin and machine a running stitch.
- tie one end of your drawstring cord to a safety pin and thread it through the channel. Once through, knot both ends and tie together.
- cut your rucksack flap, pin and machine it to the centre back of the rucksack.
- Sew a loop to the front underside of the flap and a toggle to the rucksack in the same place to secure the opening.
- machine sew your straps to the centre back underside of the flap and the other ends at the bottom outer corners of the rucksack base
- cut a 10cm length of cord and machine sew a hanging loop to the centre back underside of the flap.
Types of Stitch:
machine running stitch
Fabric and provider
all fabric, my own.
ribbon from Fabricland
0117 922 0500
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