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Box Bag Stacy Schlyer

MATERIALS:

• 1 Fat Quarter or ½ yd. fabric

for exterior

• 1 Fat Quarter or ½ yd. fabric

for lining

• ½ yd. fusible interfacing ***

• 12” zipper

• Thread

• Rotary Cutter & Mat and\or

scissors

• Quilting ruler or templates

measuring: o 12 x 16”

o 8 x 10 “

o 1 x 1 ¼”

• Tailors chalk or water

soluble fabric marker

• Optional:

• ¼” seam foot (optional)

• Zipper foot (optional)

*** The type of interfacing used will determine how your finished bag

appears. Lightweight interfacing will produce a soft bag that is easily

collapsed while a heavy weight interfacing (or even Timtex\Peltex) will

make a box bag that is firmer and holds it’s boxy shape.

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CUTTING:

1. From exterior fabric, lining fabric, and interfacing cut a 12 x 16”

rectangle.

2. From exterior fabric cut an 8 x 10” rectangle.

STEPS:

1. Fuse interfacing to wrong side of lining material. Set lining aside.

2. Fold 8 x 10” rectangle

in half lengthwise, wrong

sides together, and

press. Unfold and bring

raw edges of fabric to

meet fold line. Press.

Fold strip in ½ again

matching finished edges.

Top stitch close to both

finished, long edges. Set

strap aside.

3. Make a ‘fabric

sandwich’ – Place exterior

fabric right side up, lay

zipper wrong side up

along short end of fabric,

and lining on top of it all,

wrong side up. Pin layers

together.

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4. Sew layers together using a ¼” seam allowance.

5. Press layers open

with wrong sides

together and zipper

sandwiched in

between. Topstitch

fabric layers 1/8” away

from finished edge.

6. Repeat steps 3-5

with second, short

edge. You should now

have a fabric tube.

7. Fold bag in half, matching raw edges and centering zip.

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8. Using your ruler,

measure up 1 ¼” from

bottom edge and 1” from

folded edge. Using your

marking tool create a

square over corner. Use

scissors to remove square

shape. Repeat for

remaining 3 corners.

9. Unzip zipper halfway and turn bag inside out so that the lining material

is facing you. Sew short ends of bag together. Repeat for second side,

trimming away excess zipper.

10. Open up square cut

out and align raw edges

so that the seam and fold

are centered and

matched. Sew using a ¼”

seam allowance. Repeat

for second notch.

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11. Repeat step #10,

this time inserting the

strap through opening

before stitching.

12. Turn bag right side out, poke out corners, and press.