Craft Corner

Large sack

Instructions

1 Trim the selvedge side of all fabrics so they are all the same width across. With right sides facing, pin the base fabric to the bottom of the body fabric. Sew fabrics together. Press seam down. With right sides facing, pin the top of the lining fabric to top of the body fabric. Sew together. Press seam open. 2 With right sides facing, fold fabrics across in half by bringing one of the long sides over to align with the other long side edge. Pin all outer edges, matching seams, top and base edges. Sew across the base end of the lining fabric leaving a 15cm opening in the middle for turning out. Sew the lining fabric side edges together and continue into the body fabric for 15cm. Leave a 3cm opening in seam then continue sewing fabrics together down the side and around the bottom of the base fabric.

3 Clip corners and turn sack right way out through the opening in the base of the lining. Press seam allowance in the opening under on the base, and top stitch opening closed. Push the lining inside the sack folding along the top seam of the lining and body, press sack flat.

4 To make the casing for the drawstring, measure down 15cm from the top edge of sack and mark this distance around the whole width of the sack. Sew along this marking through both the body and lining fabric. Sew another line of stitching 3cm down from this first line of stitching. The opening in the side seam should be at the side of this casing.

5 With the help of a safety pin, thread piping cord through the opening in the side seam of the casing and around the bag then back out the same opening.

Knot the two ends together at desired length. Trim any excess piping cord.