Reply To: Lightweight fabrics that may be too flimsy

[beattie]

Thanks for those suggestions for showing photos Ivybags. (And welcome home again! 😀 )

Hetty, another tip for using very thick fabrics occurs to me. You may find it easier to make the body of the bag the alternative way out, i.e. join the side seams with right sides together first time you sew them together, trim some excess fabric if necessary to neaten and reduce the bulk of the seam, then turn the bag right side out and sew the side seams again. This avoids having to turn the bag the other way out when you’ve sewn the side seams for the second time. It’s really difficult to make “tidy” corners with lots of layers of very thick stuff that doesn’t like to bend!

I’ve found that a lot of people like to have a bag made of thin fabric as it fits easily into pocket or handbag. I’ve never used interfacing to stiffen tops or handles of bags, but the morsbags design is very flexible and if that is what you prefer, that’s just fine.