No-Sew Fabric Gift Bags
This is a unique, personal, inexpensive way to wrap your gifts. These bags are a great way to dress up any gift. It can be used from anything as simple as a small bag of candy to an expensive gift. Even after your gift is gone the bag can still be used for something else.
What you will need:
Fabric
Ribbon
Scissors
Instructions:
First you will need to decide how big you want you gift bag. You will want to make the bag about twice that size. You can use just about any fabric you have stashed away or go to your local fabric store, sometimes there are some great finds in the clearance and remnants section.
Fold your fabric in half, right sides facing together. I used the end of the fabric that doesn’t unravel for the top of my bag to avoid needing to hem it. You could also use a pair of pinking shears to cut the top edge of your bag. I put a 8 1/2” x 11” folder on my fabric and cut the fabric with about 3 inches on each side of the folder.
Starting along one side of your fabric you will cut slits about every 3/4”. I would suggest making the slits about 2 1/2-3 inches long. When you come to the edge of the fabric you will cut out a square. Continue to make slits on three sides of your fabric. Do not slit the side you will be using for the top of your bag.
Tie a double knot with one slit from the bottom piece of fabric and one slit from the top piece of fabric. Continue all the way around the fabric.
Turn the bag right side out. Tie a bow around the bag with the ribbon.
Variations:
- For a bag with the knots showing put the wrong sides of the fabric together in step 1. Follow the rest of the instructions, skipping step 4.
- For a reversible bag cut all four layers of fabric at once. Follow steps 1-3. For step 4 leave one bag wrong side out. Place that bag inside the right side bag.
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interesting concept - I think that I’ll try it out!
DEFINITELY bookmarking this one! I can never find little boxes to put earrings that I make in—- now I don’t need little boxes!
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