After the success of my spotty grocery bag and with New South Wales finally phasing out single use plastic bags it was a good time to make The Englishman a cloth bag to keep in his work satchel so he always had a reusable bag handy.
This sloth fabric from Miss Matabi was always meant for him and it was another fabric salvaged from the fire so it seemed like time to use it up.
Super simple bag, I measured along length of the fabric and cut 2 x 4cm strips. Then folded the remainder of the fabric in half, stitched down one side, across the bottom and overlocked the top edge.
On the bottom corners I measured squares 5cm x 5cm, cut them out then folded the side seams together and sewed across the diagonal line.
The straps were created from the 4cm strips by folding them in along the long edge by about 4mm and topstitching down, I then folded them half and topstitched either side to create a flat strap with no raw edges showing.
Joined to the overlooked edge the whole opening was turned under by about 2cm and stitched in place.
Easy, fast, stash busting and resulting in a useful bag. Win!
