Fabric Gift, Party Or Loot Bags

Great alternative to disposable plastic loot bags.

Posted by Susan T.

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These were a first attempt at making party (loot) bags for my daughters Birthday. I'm a sewing beginner so they're probably not technically right but they work :-) This is all pretty basic, but I could have used with instructions myself so I hope they help someone else. I used a cheap polycotton material and 1 inch wide ribbon.

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You Will Need (2 things)

  • 6 m 1 inch wide, makes 15 bags Satin Ribbon
  • 2 m polycotton 112cm wide, makes 15 bags Cotton Fabric

Steps (8 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Cut two pieces of fabric to a little more than the size you need the finished bag to be. Out of laziness I cut the fabric as one long strip to fold in half so I didn't need to sew the bottom edge. This strip is about 60cm x 23cm and the finished bag is about 26cm x 20cm.

  2. 2

    Iron the top edges of the pieces over to the inside to make a hem. I turned over by 1cm then by another 2cm or so and pressed.

  3. 3

    Stitch a piece of ribbon onto the right side of one of the pieces, quite near the top. I used 40cm of ribbon but you would need a longer piece if you wanted to tie a proper bow. I stitched it in two places with a gap in between to form a loop to have a space to hang a name tag from.

  4. 4

    Stitch the hems you ironed in down.

  5. 5

    Stitch the edges, right sides together. Mine aren't neat at all but it doesn't show in the finished item.

  6. 6

    I made a gusseted bag by stitching the corners. Pinch a corner across the base of the bag to make it 3D. It's hard to explain, I hope the pictures make sense.

  7. 7

    Stitch the corner. I stitched it 4cm in from the corner which makes quite a wide base bag.

  8. 8

    ta dah! All done.