Tea Towel Bag Tutorial

Tea towels are a great source of inexpensive fabric especially for small projects.

Tea towel bag tutorial. Tote bag tutorial using tea towels. Fold your tea towel in half with right sides facing each other. How to make a tea towel origami bag. Get the tutorial for my tea towel origami tote here this year i decided to continue the tea towel bag tradition but with a slightly different style.

Last summer i used a couple of target tea towels to make an origami tote. Sew your towel along the bottom edge rst with a 1 seam allowance. You can have a new tea towel tote bag ready in a short amount of time. Start at the top of the bag 1 2 5cm from the top.

Quick and easy messenger bag tutorial. How often have you looked at your stash of lovely souvenir and pretty tea towels dish towels and thought i wish i could do something with these as they are too lovely to use simply to dry the dishes. They re usually made from good quality cotton fabric they come in a variety of prints and colours and if you buy a set of them they all co ordinate. You should now have a long piece of fabric that is 18 x 54.

If you re using towels with dimensions other than 18 x 28 you may need to adjust your seam allowance. Instead of measuring and sewing off triangles you can simply take the folded bottom edge and push it up between the front and back of the fabric creating a pleat. This is super easy and perfect for a beginner. Well we have a tutorial that will show you how to make a tote bag using just 3 tea towels or dish towels.

You ll make boxed corners. You should now have a long piece of fabric that is 18 x 54. Slouchy and lightweight and made from a bright happy print it was the perfect summer bag. Sew your towel along the bottom edge rst with a 1 seam allowance.

How to make a tea towel origami bag. Pin along each edge making sure the folds line up at the bottom of your bag. If you re using towels with dimensions other than 18 x 28 you may need to adjust your seam allowance.