Quick and Easy Embroidered Felt Bags

I love using felt!  It's such a versatile material and these bags are so easy to put together.

• Simply take two sheets of non-patterned A4 felt.
• Cut one of the sheets in half vertically, then, take one of the halves and fold it over so the edges meet. 
• Stitch two of the opening edges together, a little way in from the edge, and turn the felt inside out, so the seams are now neatly on the inside.
• Repeat this with the remaining half of the material.
• Using the second sheet of A4 felt, cut two thick strips to serve as handles, and some flower shapes (I used a Sizzix die to do this). 
• Stitch each end of the handle strip to the open ends of the bags, and use the flower die cuts to cover up the stitching.

 

Your bags would look lovely just like this, but why not take them to the next level and add some embroidery.  Now, I'd love to say I'm good at stitching, but I'm really not, and this is where I find the many stitching templates available now so invaluable.

 

Illustrated above are the Bazzill Basics templates.  Simply place your chosen template design over your bag and mark out each hole with a felt tip pen.  Choose a coordinating coloured thread, and stitch where you have placed a mark.  I keep the original template in front of me as a guide.  When you've finished stitching, you can add blooms, buttons, beads etc to the design for some extra pizzaz.

I recently made a batch to give away as party bags at my daughter's birthday sleepover, and they went down a storm!  They're the perfect size for adding small items like tubs of bubbles and sweets.

I hope I have inspired you to try making these.  If you do, don't forget we'd love to see photos:)

Happy Creating!

Paulaxx

Comments

[GlitteryKatie]

VERY cute baggies PAula!!

[jo]

Love these Paula - may have to give them a go :)

[Sue-Bubbles]

I adore your little felt bags...something else to add to my to-do list!
Sue x