Reusable bags are not only great for the environment, but they are also a great way to become more comfortable with sewing because they are mostly straight line sewing (until you get to the fancy purses) and they are forgiving--if your seams aren't perfect, it really doesn't matter. The bag will still hold stuff! Also, you don't have to use fancy fabric--I mean you can--but you don't have to. I use scrap pieces from other projects, old jeans, pillowcases, old sheets, etc. I've also made panels for bags on which I had practiced free motion quilting. My free motion quilting is atrocious, but it works fine for the side of a bag!
So get started!
I had promised some links to free bag patterns on Wednesday, but I didn't get to it...Sorry! Here are some links and ideas:
Joann's Fabric has 356 free "bag" patterns--all kinds of bags--all kinds of skill (sewing, paper, crochet, knitting, etc.):
http://www.joann.com/search/_bag?page=1&psize=48&isPrj=1
I made a bag from this linked pattern at Joann's website, and it was easy...
http://www.joann.com/market-bag-coupon-holder/xprd530170/
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| Photo courtesy of Joann's Fabric website |
Craftgawker.com also has tons of free purse/bag patterns:
http://craftgawker.com/post/category/bags-purses/
Go for it!
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