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Water Resistant Tote Bag

Water Resistant Pool Tote Tutorial from Rae Gun Ramblings

Supplies 

  • 1/2 Yard Outside Fabric
  • 1/2 Yard Water Resistant Nylon
  • 4 Yards rope or cording
  • Rick Rack 0ptional
  • Applique fabric a scrap or fat quarter
  • Heat bond
  • Eyelet grommet kit

Instructions

  • Cut bag pieces 32 inches by 12 inches (one out of outside fabric one out of lining fabric).
  • Make Iron-on I did this with my trusty technique of heat bond and then I just ran it through my cricut cutting machine. But you can also use wonder under.
  • Iron letters down. And top stitch. I just chose to do a straight stitch but the backpack directions give you good tips on zig zagging for a more traditional applique look.
  • Next position the nylon on the wrong side of the bag fabric serge or zig zag around all four edges to prevent it from unraveling.
  • Fold in half. Mark where you want the casing to be. I picked 3 inches from the top so when it’s folded it would be a 1.5 inch opening. Then sew from the fold to that mark.
  • Right side out the bag. Tuck the finished edges of the top under fold and sew down the casing. If you want to add some rick rack like I did you can do that now.
  • Then cut 2X 2 yard pieces of rope. Mine were meltable so I flamed the ends until they melted together so they wouldn’t unravel.
  • Sew a line across the bottom corners. This is where you’ll put the eyelets. Using an eyelet set (found on the notions isle at JoAnn) follow instructions and set the eyelets.
  • String your rope through the casings at the top of the bag so that it makes a U in both directions.
  • Next feed them through the eyelets, knot and you’ve got a finished bag.

Notes

I pretty much followed the instructions but before I started sewing the side seams of the back together I sewed a piece of water resistant nylon (also found at JoAnn) to the wrong side of my bag fabric. Check out the original project here, but really quickly this is what I did.
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