ShopSmart shopping bag
- Materials
- 1/2 yard of canvas
- 1 1/2 yards of 1-inch-wide webbing for handles
- Seam sealer (heat seal or use Fray Check)
- Sewing thread to match or complement the canvas color
- Embroidery thread (two coordinating colors)
- Embroidery stabilizer
Download the ShopSmart logo here (use the correct file for your machine, above right) and follow your sewing machine’s directions for downloading embroidery programs.
Directions
- Cut canvas 18 inches wide and 40 inches long; fold in half to determine front and back panels for the bag.
- Center the stabilizer on the back of the front panel and apply according to directions; this will keep the embroidery smooth. Then hoop the fabric and stabilizer according to your machine’s directions.
- Center logo in the hoop on the front panel; embroider it according to your machine’s directions. Trim jump threads on the logo front; trim the stabilizer close to the logo on the back.
- Fold fabric in half, right sides together; stitch side seams.
- Press seams open. Press top edge of bag a quarter inch to inside, fold over 11/2 inches more and stitch all the way around 1 3/8 inches from outer edge. This will finish the top edge of the bag.
- One at a time, pull out the bottom corners of the bag into a triangle. Measure down 2 inches from the top of the triangle and stitch a straight line 4 inches across to form the bottom, trim to a •-inch seam; finish with zigzag stitching.
- Cut webbing in half. Seal cut ends with heat seal. Pin handles 4 inches from each side seam (on the inside) and secure by stitching an X inside a box. Trim threads and go shopping!