One thing on my sewing list to do was that I decided to take out all the Christmas fabric that I had on hand and make some gift bags in a few styles and sizes. I still have a couple more to sew that I cut out and have more fabric to make more bags, but I will make those another time. I am glad I made these and was hoping to sell them at a craft show in November, but who knows whether that show will happen at all now? So maybe next year? I'll see what happens.
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| This is a simple drawstring bag. |
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| This is a small bag like the one below only smaller. I added a Kam snap to close it. I wasn't sure if I wanted to add snaps on the other bags like this, so I just tried it on this bag. |
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| I like these winter animals. |
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| Inside I added a foam core board to stiffen the bottom of the bag. I covered it with decorative paper. The board is removable. |
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| This is such a sweet little drawstring bag and I really like this fabric. |
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| I used strips of blues and greens that I sewed together to create the exterior fabric first and then made the bag from the sewn together pieces. |
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| This is the other side of the above bag. |
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| Here is a small and large bag in the same style. I love how dimensional the poinsettia looks on the large bag. |
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| One small and 2 large bags. |
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| Two small and one large bag. On the 2 small bags, I sewed together the scraps of all the leftover Christmas fabric I had used on the other bags I made in order to create these bags. I like the scrappy look to them. |
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| A tall and small bag. Again the bag on the right made from fabric scraps leftover. |
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| Two more scrappy small bags and a large bag. Some of these gift bags sold and the rest were Donated. |
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Goodness gracious, Daryl, you have a LOT of holiday themed fabric! I like the gold toned gift boxes the best, with the winter animals coming in a close second. (That's also a lot of bag sewing.) Do you think this time has allowed you to put a noticeable dent in your fabric stash or does it still seem like a mountain?
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great assortment of bags. I hope the sale goes as planned in November. You would do well. I want t make a few bags myself, at least a couple for every season. Eventually.
ReplyDeleteIt feels great to use up some fabric and not have any coming in!! I too wonder about the craft shows this fall. I doubt there will be any.
ReplyDeletewow you are so productive, what a wonderful variety of bags. i never thought about putting a really fun fabric on the bottom of a bag on the inside, that was brilliant. great color combinations and variety. as always you inspire me.
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