Bag Instructions

I have been asked for instructions on making the little bag that I posted in the earlier Blog so here goes.


I have scanned a bag with the fold lines drawn in and posted it below:

I used an A4 sheet of heavy paper for this bag. Light weight paper will not do, neither will card.

Draw the lines lightly in pencil on to your chosen sheet and score along these lines.

Fold along the score lines and glue the 1cm fold to the inside of the 3cm fold on the opposite side of the bag. This will form a tube. Let it dry. The time that it takes to dry will vary with the type of glue that you use.

Now fold the top of the bag over towards the inside of the tube. There is no real need to glue this.

Holes can be punched to thread the handles through. I used a single round hole punch. I marked the place for the holes first. Punch both the front and the back at the same time so that the holes are level.

Fold the lines along the base of the bag as if you were making up a parcel. Glue together. To provide extra strength you can glue a piece of lightweight card to the inside of the base of the bag.

Let me know if you can follow these instructions and, if not, I can amend them