Turn the bag tube wrong side out.
Match the division marks to each other, right sides together.
Pin the ends into the bag tube as shown below.
Important NOTE!
there will be some ease in this. If you are not an experianced seamstress it will make it easier to ease in, if you run a basting stitch at 1/2 inch away from the raw edges of the tube to help ease it into place.
If it seems to be alot of extra fabric
you may have cut your end pieces a bit too small.
This can be partially remedied by moving the edge of the circle pieces way from the edge of the tube pieces a small amount. So when you sew you would actually be taking more like a half inch seam allowance on the tube part, and a quarter inch seam allowance on the circle part.
The tube part is not supposed to "gather" into place, just gently ease.
Match the division marks to each other, right sides together.
Pin the ends into the bag tube as shown below.
Important NOTE!
there will be some ease in this. If you are not an experianced seamstress it will make it easier to ease in, if you run a basting stitch at 1/2 inch away from the raw edges of the tube to help ease it into place.
If it seems to be alot of extra fabric
you may have cut your end pieces a bit too small.
This can be partially remedied by moving the edge of the circle pieces way from the edge of the tube pieces a small amount. So when you sew you would actually be taking more like a half inch seam allowance on the tube part, and a quarter inch seam allowance on the circle part.
The tube part is not supposed to "gather" into place, just gently ease.
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NOTE #2
On the original, there is a piece of twill tape set into this seam. You would need to place it 1/4 inch away from the raw edge of the fabric to make it show up correctly. I did not dye enough twill tape initially, so my bag does not show this tape. |
Very important note!
When sewing make sure that the "tube" part of the bag
is next to the feeddogs of the sewing machine.
That way it will help ease it into place!
Please feel free to add as many pins as you think you need to keep this in place. This is the trickiest part of constructing this bag.
Once you have sewn the seam, check for tucks
and then repeat for the other end of the bag.
Make sure to overcast the edges you have just sewn to keep your bag from shedding threads or coming apart.
Alternatively you may wish to bind the edges.
When sewing make sure that the "tube" part of the bag
is next to the feeddogs of the sewing machine.
That way it will help ease it into place!
Please feel free to add as many pins as you think you need to keep this in place. This is the trickiest part of constructing this bag.
Once you have sewn the seam, check for tucks
and then repeat for the other end of the bag.
Make sure to overcast the edges you have just sewn to keep your bag from shedding threads or coming apart.
Alternatively you may wish to bind the edges.