Halloween Trick Or Treat Bag

Designed and Created by:

Melissa Kandiko

Monkey Bum Crafts

Tutorial for personal use only, do not sell items made with this presentation without written permission.

Supply List

• Two different fabrics (one for the inside and one for the outside) - 1 yard of each made at least two bags!

• Matching thread

• Pins

• Sewing Machine

Note: I used a knit cotton outer and a minky inner

Cut Your Fabric

Measure the dimensions you want the bag to be and add about an inch for seams

See Next Page for Pieces you Need

Pieces to Cut

• Two Outer pieces (13x15 for this one - 11 yo)

• Two inner pieces (13x15 for this one - 11 yo)

• One flap piece outer (10x15 for this one - 11 yo)

• One flap piece inner (10x15 for this one - 11 yo)

• Inner and outer strap (measure where you want the strap to sit and cut accordingly for length, width is about two inches)

Pin Pieces Together

Pin Right Sides Together - Top flap and back of bag

Pin Right Sides together - front of bag outer and inner

Sew these pinned seems

Bag Back and Top Flap

Inside

• Pin right sides together inner back and flap

• Sew pinned seam

Strap

Pin strap right sides together

Sew two sides (not ends)

Trim edges

After turning it right side out - stich down the middle to prevent shifting

Your ready to construct

You’ve put together the pieces but now you need to sew them together. Keep reading :)

Now is when it gets tricky!

Sew the bag together

Sew the top of the flap outer to the inner top flap

Sew strap to the body back of bag outer - inner side down

Note: I sewed outer side down and it was backwards

I used a zig zag stich for the strap

Sew the bottom of the bag together - outers only

All right sides together

Make sure your strap is on the inside of your bag at this point!

You now have your bag sewn with it being end to end sewn as one big tube sort of, get ready to sew up the sides.

Sewing the sides

Sew up the sides, there should only be two layers of fabric for each of these edges

Leave open at the straps for turning

Yes, it does kind of look like you spent a lot of time with no way to make it

work…but…

Carefully and patiently pull your bag right side out through the strap hole

It should look like there are three separate sections here

Outer body

Flap

Inner Body

Sew up the openings at the straps, I used a zig zag stich for this for added

reinforcement

Your done, I fully realize that this could be incomplete and if you have any questions I can do my very best to answer them, just shoot me a PM or ask in the post. This is the first tutorial I’ve ever done :)