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Sewing project – Mesh bag

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March 21, 2010 By //  by Margarete Miller Leave a Comment

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I call it a shopping bag because it’s sturdy and you can put a lot of groceries in it, but I guess it could be any kind of bag. It’s made of mainly mesh material as a base and then cloth material is used for pockets and decoration. It took me a little more than 4 hours to make this last night. It’s nice but I really have to get the total work time down.

Finished bag

I can buy the mesh at my local sewing store (have I mentioned that the sewing store is 2 blocks away?) and I took a class on making a bag like this. I start with cutting the mesh. In class I made a very large bag for carrying my sewing machine so I knew I wanted to make my next bag smaller. This bag has a 6 x 12 inch base.

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It’s hard to see in the picture but I drew lines on the mesh, marking where is the center and then 3 inches above and below. From there I began sewing on the strip of material, one for the front and one for the back.

sewing on the material

I wanted pockets inside also so I added a piece of blue material.

inside pocket

My seems are not so great on the sides. We learned something called a “French seem” but I forgot how to do it correctly and it came out backwards. That means I will have to rip it out and fix it but I’m too lazy at the moment and may just leave it as is. It doesn’t look too bad, but it looks unfinished, to me anyway.

seems

Once I put on the webbing for the handles it looks pretty good. I definitely like how the pockets came out on front.

front pocket

My friend W gave me the material. It was a small piece but it worked beautifully for a small bag. And the material was a nice thick canvas. That, along with the fact that that there are lots of straight lines in the pattern, means that it was super easy to sew on.

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  1. Linda Skrocki

    March 21, 2010 at 9:59 am

    Beautiful! Let me know if/when you’ll entertain a custom order. 🙂

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    • margarete101

      March 21, 2010 at 6:10 pm

      No problem 🙂 If you find a nice material or pattern let me know. I could probably make something… .

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  2. Keisha

    March 21, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    So very well executed! I still have problems doing french seams but love how they look. Instead of ripping this one apart, try your hand at putting edge binding on this one, I’ve done it afterward on my artist portfolio I had to make for pattern drafting and I did a contrasting color so it looked like a design technique not an after thought.

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    • margarete101

      March 21, 2010 at 6:08 pm

      Thanks, K. I’m going to think about your suggestion. It’s a good idea.

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