How to sew a beach bag with your own hands? Patterns for proper sewing

With the onset of the beach season, many fashionistas have the question of purchasing a beach bag. Of course, you can always buy it, but a hand-made product will look much more interesting. The most inexperienced needlewomen can cope with this task. You will find step-by-step instructions on how to sew a beach bag with your own hands, patterns for work and useful tips for translating interesting ideas in this article.

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Method 1

Details for such an accessory can be immediately cut out on the desired fabric, drawing on it with chalk elements of the desired size. However, the most proven way is to use patterns on paper, because they are not only convenient, but also reusable.

Parts must have the following dimensions:

• Parts of the bag that are in front and behind are 36 * 40 cm.
• If there is only one part, then along with the fold, the dimensions will be 72 * 40, where 72 is the length and 40 is the width.
• The bottom looks like a rectangle 36 * 9 cm.
• Product handles - 100 * 2 cm - you can correct this parameter.

Important! When cutting parts, do not forget to leave seam allowances. They should be about 1-2 cm wide. Also, do not forget that all parts, except the handles, need to be cut out the same (lined fabric is no exception).

Bag base

In order to sew a beach bag with your own hands on a pattern, you must follow this procedure:

• Duplicate the front, back and bottom of the bag with a padding polyester. To do this, you need to pin the cut detail to a piece of padding polyester and sew them together.

Important! Do not forget that you need to cut off the synthetic allowances made on fabric. You do not need excessive thickness of the product.

• Sew the back and front sides of the product together.
• Iron the resulting seams.
• On the narrow side of the bottom rectangle, mark the middle, and then combine it with the side seam of the product. Do the same on the other side of the rectangular part.
• Stitch details, cut off excess padding.
• Iron the resulting seams.
• Turn out the product. You will get a bag that resembles a rectangle.
• Sew the same bag from the lining fabric.

Inside pockets

To make pockets, do the following:

• Cut pockets of the required size from the lining fabric.
• To process edges of future pockets that the fabric did not crumble.
• In beach bags, they often make one pocket with a zipper. If desired, emboss such a fastener on one of the prepared pockets.
• Choose the location of the pockets, sew on the details.

Important! At your discretion, you can sew a wide elastic band, which, in turn, will act as a holder for water, glasses or combs.

• Unscrew the inner “bag”, iron it.

Pens

To come to the end of sewing a beach bag with your own hands on a pattern, you need to make product handles. It is very easy to do:

1. Cut a strip of the desired length from the fabric.
2. Iron the inside allowance.
3. Chipped with safety pins.
4. Tack.
5. Close the allowances by sewing on them a rep ribbon for this purpose. Handles are made.

Final stage

So, the main parts are made, now you need to proceed to the final stitching of the future accessory. To do this, you must follow a simple algorithm:

• Insert the inside of the bag into the outside.
• Chip these two parts together.
• Sew them together.

Important! The edge is recommended to be stitched with a double line - so it will not bubble. Also, this seam will additionally fix the lining, which is also very important.

• Decorate the finished product to your liking.

The bag is ready!

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Method 2

A great option is to sew a doormat bag for the beach with your own hands. Such products are very convenient in their use, because it performs simultaneously two useful functions. Moreover, even the girl who first took the thread and the needle will cope with the manufacture of such an accessory.

The following materials will be required for work:

• Cotton fabric of the color you like.
• Water repellent fabric.
• Tapes, fabric applications for decorating the finished product.
• Foam rubber. It is better to immediately cut 4 pieces measuring 50 * 39 cm.

Now you can proceed to work:

1. Cut rectangles 160 * 55 cm from prepared fabrics.
2. Cut 8 segments from the braid, the thickness of which is 5 cm. They will play the role of ties for the sidewalls.
3. Sew these pieces along the long sides of the cotton rectangles.
4. Go to stitching two parts of the future mat. In this case, only three sides are sewn together. One should remain unbroken as the foam will be packed there.
5. Foam foam.
6. Stitch up an edge that remains open.
7. Fold the handles from the braid, sew them to the bag-rug. It is better to use the remaining cotton fabric for this.

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Method 3

But what about sewing a beach bag with your own hands on a pattern using old jeans? To sew such an accessory is not only simple, but also quite interesting. Moreover, garments and accessories made from such material are very stylish, which means that the hostess of a new thing will feel very confident.

For work you will need:

• Jeans.
• Lining fabric.
• Decorative elements that can decorate the finished work.

Now you need to carve out the listed details:

• Beach accessory will consist of two parts - front and back (their sizes are the same - 49 * 40).
• 90 * 9 - the size of the bottom of the product and its sides.
• 85 * 4 - bag handles.

Important! The length and number of handles can be changed at your discretion. You can make one long handle or two shorter. The ideal option is three handles, that is, two short and one long.

• Strip 3 * 60 is a part of a product to which lightning will be sewn.

It remains to sew a beach bag with your own hands on a pattern that is already ready. The operation algorithm is as follows:

1. Stitch the zipper to the upper parts, then sew them to the parts of the back and front.
2. Fold the cloth for the pens, iron it, and then sew it on to the front of the bag.
3. From the lining fabric, cut out the same details that were cut from the base fabric (jeans). Sew together the lining and the outside of the product.
4. Sew the remaining parts to the workpiece.
5. Decorate the finished product with prepared decorative elements. A pocket from old jeans can be sewn onto the outside of the handbag - it will definitely come in handy for future use of the beach bag.

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A beach bag is one of the most necessary things for a summer vacation on the beach. In order not to buy the finished product in the store, you can sew it yourself - it is much cheaper and more interesting. In addition, no one will have such a bag as yours. After reading this article, you learned how to make such an accessory correctly.