How to make your own fabric gift bags

Fabric gifts bags are a special way to wrap a present and these fabric bags are adorable and fairly easy to make.

DIY gift bag

What you’ll need:

Fabric
Elastic
Button
Needle and thread

Method:

1. Measure and cut material to shape times two.

2. Sew elastic loop on the end of one of the material cut outs.

3. Fold the material in half – length ways and sew two sides.

4. Fold up the bottom and sew.

5. Repeat with 2nd piece of material except leave the bottom open of the second one.

6. Place one bag inside of the other right sides together and sew the top seam.

7. Turn the right way through the bottom hole you have left open and sew the bottom up.

8. Fold inside back into the bag and sew on a button for the loop. Your bag is now ready to place a gift inside and give to someone special.

These are so cute! I will be making some for gifts this year.

Have you made gift bags before? Please add your comment below.

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30 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 30 May 2021
    9:35 am
Im very new to sewing so looking for easy things like this to start with.

- - mom81879 said
  - 28 Nov 2019
    10:12 am
What a great idea. I am going to try make some with our old, worn out clothes. Do you think it will work?

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Sep 2016
    9:02 pm
wow i think that this is such a good idea. i also like how this bag will be re-usable after the fact. Thanks Jessica for this idea

- - ella12 said
  - 24 Aug 2016
    4:31 pm
That is something different and looks really cool.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    11:17 am
I love this! Such a great idea!

- - linaianna said
  - 08 May 2016
    7:07 pm
Great idea thanks for sharing

- - rachelvk said
  - 21 Apr 2016
    9:00 pm
I love this craft project. I am not much of a DIY girl but I will definitely me making these.

- - shelley shelley said
  - 14 Apr 2016
    11:41 am
It’s perfect for my Xmas shortbread this year. Looks great/ thank you

- - rovermum said
  - 13 Apr 2016
    11:56 am
I’m not a crafty person but I love this idea. And it’s so simple, even I could manage it!

- - mom165744 said
  - 13 Apr 2016
    10:52 am
What a great idea!

- - beksmum said
  - 13 Apr 2016
    10:19 am
These are awesome, I have so much spare material lying around, these will be great for little party bags as well

- - mom134803 said
  - 13 Apr 2016
    3:14 am
Very nice !

- - june11 said
  - 11 Apr 2016
    9:45 pm
This is a wonderful idea. The person who receives no doubt will find a practical use for it. I made one like a “dilly” bag and put books in it for a school age child who then used it as a library book bag at school.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    12:03 pm
Thank you! Now to pull out my machine!

- - mom57665 said
  - 09 Apr 2016
    12:21 am
These would be really cute for my baby Shower