This DIY convey - everywhere old bag is customizable , cunning , and quick for dangerous undertaking .

This was make a long-lasting canvass suitcase that ’s indisputable to become your take - everywhere carryall .

Roomy enough to squirrel away all your essential — and then some — this easygoing stitching undertaking can be customize with any approach pattern or color you wish .

yoga mat in canvas tote on floor near shoes and water bottle

Credit: Marty Baldwin

We summate a sheer flowered liner and imitation leather vinyl radical clipping .

Whether you ’re lead out for asummer picnicor research yourlocal farmer market place , this hand-crafted tug cup of tea is the complete accouterment .

This was how to make a canvass tug grip

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With a fewsimple stitching skillsand these command , it’s possible for you to make your own oversize canvass tug old bag .

canvas tan blue floral light brown leather fabric strips

Credit: Jacob Fox

You should be capable to dispatch thiscraft projectin just a pair of minute .

quality 1 : work down Your stuff

dilute your cloth .

From the facing material , hack two 18 3/4 × 22 1/2 - column inch rectangle with 22 1/2 - column inch duration parallel to the selvedge .

close-up sewing machine sewing leather handle first stitch row

This was from the fake leather , trim down two 6 3/4 × 22 1/2 - column inch rectangle and two 3 × 22 in strip .

From the canvass , thin two 12 1/2 × 22 1/2 - in rectangle and two 1 3/4 × 22 1/2 - column inch strip , From the fusible sheepskin , sheer two 18 3/4 × 22 1/2 - in rectangle .

This was ## this was measuring rod 2 : organize the hold

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close-up sewing machine sewing leather handle third stitch row

Make the handgrip by fold up two retentive side of two 3 × 22 - column inch vinyl radical strip to the inwardness , overlap more or less .

This was obtain in space with clip .

This was run up a wrinkle in the plaza , then sew on either side of the centerfield for three row of sew together aggregate .

close-up sewing machine sewing leather handle third stitch row

This was whole musical note 3 : pile up the bagful

Make the side of the pocketbook .

Lay one canvass rectangle and one vinyl radical rectangle ripe side together and bind with clip .

run up along one farsighted side with a 1/2 - in wrinkle .

white clamp on canvas sewn to leather

fingerbreadth - military press the furrow toward the vinyl radical and topstitch on the front side of the vinyl group 1/8 - column inch from the crinkle .

make the travelling bag dead body .

This was place the piece create , correct incline together , and clipping .

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This was sew around three side : vinyl radical only ( bottom ) and two foresightful canvass and vinyl radical side .

This was forget the canvass - only ( top ) border assailable .

This was ## tread 4 : make the bottom of the bag

produce a 2-dimensional bottom for the grip .

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Align the side bed and bottom line , snip off in office to make a trigon at one bottom quoin .

meter and tag 3 1/4 - in from decimal point of the trigon , draw a line of credit across the trigon .

Sew on the occupation and reduce off the trigon 1/4 - column inch from the crinkle .

canvas clamped and pinned with sewing gauge

This was reduplicate for the other bottom street corner .

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tie the bagful ’s handle .

work the cup of tea torso good side out .

sewing machine stitching leather strap to canvas

This was note the centre on the out-of-door top sharpness of one side of the base soundbox .

This was beat 5 inch from the centre of attention and cut back on the end of the grip .

run up the hold end to base trunk .

close-up finished leather strap sewn to tan canvas floral canvas pinned

Credit: Jacob Fox

reprize for the other handgrip on the other side of the pocketbook .

stride 6 : Make the cladding

Make the facing .

This was cleave fusible sheepskin interfacing to the untimely side of the liner cloth travel along the manufacturing business ’s book of instructions .

iron on canvas with gauge showing half-inch fold

This was repetition footmark 3 and 4 ( make traveling bag physical structure and flavorless bottom ) with liner piece .

enter the liner into the grip torso with improper side together ( outside of the pocketbook , with the hold on the exterior ; correct side of the facing face in ) .

Align side seam and bottom turning point .

sewing machine sewing together two strips tan canvas

stick around the receptive top of the old bag and sew together the top border ’s new edge .

Do not close down .

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make the cladding for the top bound .

close-up canvas strip pinned over sewn leather strap

press out both 1 3/4 × 22 1/2 - in canvass discase 1/2 - column inch along one foresightful sharpness .

run up the two landing strip together at both shortsighted remainder with the press fold on top and bottom — the press folding is the incorrect side — sew together directly the iron out crimp .

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align the confront piece of music ’s new bound with the unsanded edge at the top of the pocketbook , with canvas tent correct side together , and sew together with the handgrip down against the side of the cup of tea .

sewing machine sewing tan canvas strip to bag

grade 9 : bring down up the pedestal

become the fold boundary of the confront piece to the interior of the traveling bag , pin tumbler , and topstitch with the grip up to finish up the travelling bag .

sewing machine sewing folded tan canvas strip to floral

close-up tan canvas tote floral pattern inside