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Fabric and Sewing Craft - Dish Towel Shopping Bag Dish towels come in so many wonderful designs. With them, you can easily sew your own sturdy and practical shopping bags. 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It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. More Spring Craft Themes: Spring and Easter Crafts for Kids Spring and Easter Sewing Crafts Spring and Easter Wood Crafts Spring and Easter General Crafts Spring and Easter Greeting Cards Spring and Easter Paper Crafts Valentine’s Day Crafts Easter Bunny Crafts Easter Chick Crafts For this project you will need: - 3 same size and same design   dish towels - sewing supplies and sewing   machine - quilter’s ruler         Selected Spring Fabric and Textile Crafts Felt Easter Bunny Felt Glasses Case Dish Towel Shopping Bag Instructions: Follow the step-by-step instructions and the pictures below. 1. Place the first two dish towels with right sides facing over each other. Cut a 5 cm square from both sides of what will be the bottom of the bag. Now sew the 2 side seams together and the bottom seam together with a 1 cm seam allowance. 2. This is one bottom corner. You will now match the side corner seam and the bottom corner seam together... 3. ...like this... 4. ... and sew across this edge. Turn the bag and you now ... 5. ...have a floor in the bag. 6. To create the handles, you will now need the third towel. Cut 4 strips around 10-12 cm wide down the length of the towel. With right sides facing, sew 2 strips together on the short edges. Do the same with the other 2 strips. Now you have 2 very long strips. Fold each one lengthwise in half and sew down the long edge. Turn. 7. These are your 2 handles. Decide now how long they should be and cut off the excess on the raw short edge. 8. Pin each handle end about 5 cm inside of the bag where you would like it to be and sew in place. ..........................................................................................................................................   Related Crafts and Projects: All Sewing Crafts Find here fun and creative sewing and fabric projects for spring, summer, fall and winter. You will find patchwork wall hangings to use up lots of those fabric scraps as well as lots of small projects that are completed within a couple of hours. Felt Crafts and Needle Felting Projects for All Seasons Creating with felt is an art and a tradition that has been existing for over a thousand years. Here you will find plenty of ideas of how versatile felt can be. How to Make a Pom Pom Pom poms are decorative for different craft and knitting projects How to Add Fusible Web to Fabric and Applique Fabric Motifs Fusible web is like dry glue for fabric. 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