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Title: Urgent - simple draw string bag instructions required
Post by: sewingj on April 06, 2018, 13:41:41 PM: 8 year old grandson is coming for the weekend with DS - he hasn`t been here much - marriage breakdown - long story.

DS is worrying he won`t have enough to do and is talking about trailing off to Warwick Castle (very expensive and in my opinion unneccessary). I`m sure we will find enough to entertain him but I believe he had a go at sewing at school and enjoyed it so, if we do start running out of ideas, I thought we could make a bag . I`ve got lots of suitable fabric and ribbon/cord etc but can`t think how to do the top edge tidly so I can insert the cord.
Given time I`m sure I`d work it out - but I`m a bit stressed - and would quite like to give him the impression that his grandmother knows what she is doing
Help!
Title: Re: Urgent - simple draw string bag instructions required
Post by: Kwaaked on April 06, 2018, 14:34:09 PM: https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2013/06/easy-fat-quarter-drawstring-bag-tutorial.html

hope it helps.
Title: Re: Urgent - simple draw string bag instructions required
Post by: BrendaP on April 06, 2018, 16:22:48 PM: Quote from: Kwaaked on April 06, 2018, 14:34:09 PM
https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2013/06/easy-fat-quarter-drawstring-bag-tutorial.html

That looks simple enough and the size could be adjusted, but an 8 year old in UK is unlikely to understand inches. Convert to his language and use cm and mm.
Title: Re: Urgent - simple draw string bag instructions required
Post by: DementedFairy on April 06, 2018, 16:44:48 PM: Quote from: BrendaP on April 06, 2018, 16:22:48 PM
That looks simple enough and the size could be adjusted, but an 8 year old in UK is unlikely to understand inches. Convert to his language and use cm and mm.

metric and imperial measurements are part of the curriculum...and most rulers still have both on
Title: Re: Urgent - simple draw string bag instructions required
Post by: Kwaaked on April 06, 2018, 16:46:36 PM: Eh I didn't think when I posted it and just wanted to show how it could be done. I hadn't had enough coffee to explain it either, so I found the tutorial.
Title: Re: Urgent - simple draw string bag instructions required
Post by: Vezelay on April 06, 2018, 16:56:21 PM: I've made a few of these both lined and unlined including a simple one last week for my gym shoes. I'm not sure that the way that tutorial does the tie string/ribbon is the best - I've tried it and it won't pull smoothly. This Youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A82qJnhPN0) by Crafty Gemini will show you how to do it so it works well. You can always scale it up and convert to metric. It's the technique that's the crucial part.
Title: Re: Urgent - simple draw string bag instructions required
Post by: BrendaP on April 06, 2018, 19:23:54 PM: Quote from: DementedFairy on April 06, 2018, 16:44:48 PM
metric and imperial measurements are part of the curriculum...

Are they? Shows how behind the times I am!
Title: Re: Urgent - simple draw string bag instructions required
Post by: Ploshkin on April 06, 2018, 20:10:15 PM: Quote
metric and imperial measurements are part of the curriculum...and most rulers still have both on
I remember, when I was teaching, being asked for a ruler with filligretres on it.
Title: Re: Urgent - simple draw string bag instructions required
Post by: Acorn on April 06, 2018, 20:26:44 PM: I would pay good money for one of those.