Fold your tea towel in half right sides together machine stitch down the long side and along the bottom.
Tea towel bag tutorial.
Quick and easy messenger bag tutorial.
Learn how to make a tote bag from just three tea towels or dish towels.
Sew your towel along the bottom edge rst with a 1 seam allowance.
Get the tutorial for my tea towel origami tote here this year i decided to continue the tea towel bag tradition but with a slightly different style.
Instead of measuring and sewing off triangles you can simply take the folded bottom edge and push it up between the front and back of the fabric creating a pleat.
If you re using towels with dimensions other than 18 x 28 you may need to adjust your seam allowance.
How often have you looked at your stash of lovely souvenir and pretty tea towels dish towels and thought i wish i could do something with these as they are too lovely to use simply to dry the dishes.
Fold your tea towel in half with right sides facing each other.
Tea towels are a great source of inexpensive fabric especially for small projects.
You should now have a long piece of fabric that is 18 x 54.
How to make a tea towel origami bag.
Pin along each edge making sure the folds line up at the bottom of your bag.
You should now have a long piece of fabric that is 18 x 54.
You ll make boxed corners.
You can have a new tea towel tote bag ready in a short amount of time.
Sew your towel along the bottom edge rst with a 1 seam allowance.
If you re using towels with dimensions other than 18 x 28 you may need to adjust your seam allowance.
Tote bag tutorial using tea towels.
Well we have a tutorial that will show you how to make a tote bag using just 3 tea towels or dish towels.
How to make a tea towel origami bag.
Fold the bag the right side out.
Start at the top of the bag 1 2 5cm from the top.
They re usually made from good quality cotton fabric they come in a variety of prints and colours and if you buy a set of them they all co ordinate.