Friday, July 11, 2008 - Sew Crafty Friday-Bag Keeper
Shereen at Waiting for Him hosts Sew Crafty Friday.
This grocery bag keeper is a simple project that I think any novice sewer could create. Mine is made with a piece of scrap fabric about 17” by 18”, 20” of elastic, 20” of matching ribbon, fusible web, and a fabric cutout. I used the left over picture from a bunny cut out project.
The first thing I did was to fuse the fabric cutout onto the web, cut it out along the pattern edges and then fused it to the center of the 17” by 18” piece of fabric. I then zigzag stitched all around the edges of the cutout with matching thread.
Next I folded down about 1/4'” on each 18” edge, pressed it, then folded another ¾” and pressed that. Then I stitched across forming the casing. I cut the elastic into 10” pieces and fed them through the casings, stitching them at each end to secure. Next I folded the fabric in half, right sides together, and stitched up the side seam. Finally I folded the ribbon in half and attached it to the inside of the top of the bag at the seam.
This is a super quick and easy project. I think it would be a great one to use for teaching young ones to sew and would be a practical gift.
I searched the web and found all kinds of variations to making a bag keeper.
Penn State 4H PDF-made from dish towel
Grocery Bag Dispenser Tutorial
There are some wonderful and fun ideas to make them from recycled items.
If you don’t like to sew, there are patterns for knitting and crocheting them.
Crochet:
Top 6 Patterns for Plastic Bag Holders
Knit:
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Friday, July 11, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 4sweetums
That is so cute.
Blessings,
Dawn
Friday, July 11, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by psalm127
Wow! Great Job!!! I will have to look into making some of those.
Friday, July 11, 2008 - neat
Posted by habermom94
I have a new sewing machine and well never was taught how to sew. I would love to learn but I have no idea where to start. LOL I would love to sign up for a sewing class at some point!
Friday, July 11, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Hi, mom2fur here (sortafrugal.blogspot.com)--I've made bag holders, but I never thought to start with a plain fabric and add an applique like that! I love it, it's just too adorable!
Friday, July 11, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
That is so cute! I never thought of making a bag holder but I certainly could use one. :-)
Terri
www.heartsinservice.blogspot.com
Friday, July 11, 2008 - I love these things!
Posted by ReviewsbyHeidi
I wish they'd make them about 5 feet long, though. We always have a major overabundance of grocery bags, so I end up filling a bag with more bags. My "bag of bags" as I call it is always stuffed full! LOL
Monday, July 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by lahbluebonnet
I used to sew these for myself and everyone else at Christmas. I used a pathwork pattern for the gifts. Good work.
Blessings,
Laurie
