HOW TO MAKE A FULLY LINED DRAWSTRING BAG WITH BOXED BOTTOM - Easy to Follow Tutorial

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hi in this video i'm going to show you
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how to make your own drawstring bag
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a fully lined one that pulls nice and
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tight you can make it with long handles
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to carry it around you can make a great
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big one you can make a tiny one
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it's entirely up to you so i'm christine
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of christinescrafts.com
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and this channel is dedicating to
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crafting on a budget
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so let's get started you're going to
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need your fabric for your bag and your
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fabric for your lining
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and out of your main fabric you're going
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to cut two pieces they're going to be
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seven inches wide
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by nine inches tall if you want to make
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one identical to mine
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obviously you can change those
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measurements to whatever you like
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and then you're going to cut out two
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pieces of lining exactly the same size
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so whatever size you go for
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you want two pieces of main fabric and
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two pieces of lining
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you're also going to need something for
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your drawstring
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so you could use rope string
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ribbon perhaps the fabric that you've
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already got
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and that's what i'm going to do i'm
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going to make mine out of the lining
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fabric so it all coordinates
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so the first thing to do is to take your
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main fabric pieces
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and then you're going to place them the
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same way and you're going to place them
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right sides facing and you're going to
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pin
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or clip around three sides we're just
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going to leave the top open
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so you line them up and work your way
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all the way around
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and just leave the top open it doesn't
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matter if you prefer to clip them or pin
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them
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and then that's ready to sew along those
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three sides
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then you need to take your two lining
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pieces and place them one on top of the
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other with their right sides facing
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and we're going to do something similar
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so you want to pin
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or clip right down one of the long sides
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and then when it comes on to the bottom
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you want to make sure you're going to
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leave a
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large gap in the bottom because we're
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going to use it later to turn our back
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the right way out
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oh we've been joined by the cat emily
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we'll just ignore her so i'm using some
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large clips
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so that i can mark that hole in the
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bottom to make sure that i don't
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accidentally sew it
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so i'm going to sew down both sides i'm
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going to turn the corner and sew a
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little bit of the bottom
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but leave a fair sized hole to turn
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everything through
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later so you're going to sew
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and leave that gap at the bottom
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so you're going to end up with what look
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like two bags
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so take your main fabric over to the
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machine
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start at one top edge do a little bit of
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reverse
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and remember we need to do that on all
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our seams to keep them nice so that they
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don't come unraveled
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work your way down one side
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make sure you stay the same distance
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from the edge of your fabric all the way
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down
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all the way around and repeat the same
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distance on the
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lining so that everything sits nicely
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when your bag is complete
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when you get to the bottom make sure
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your needle is in
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lift your foot and turn through 90
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degrees
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put the foot down and off you go and
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then just work your way along to the
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other corner
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turn in the same way and work your way
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up to the top and then just finish off
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with a little bit of reverse
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and that's the back piece sewn you're
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then going to take
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your lining pieces that you clipped or
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pinned together
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and this time we're going to make sure
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we look where we've marked
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and we start sewing there and now we're
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going to sew along to the corner
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and up the side again reversing at the
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beginning and the end
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it doesn't matter if you start at the
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top and work your way down to that hole
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or start at the hole and work your way
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up to the top of the bag so
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long as you do remember to leave that
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hole
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otherwise you're going to get a bit
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further on and you're not going to be
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able to turn your back the right way out
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once you've got the lining done
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you've got both pieces you're then going
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to have a decision to make
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if you just want to keep your bag as it
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is and you're not going to make any boxy
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corners at the bottom so it stands up
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snip your corners and then move on to
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sewing your lining to your back
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if you want to make boxy corners so it
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stands up like i've done
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you don't need to snip these corners and
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you'll see why in a moment
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because what we're going to do is make
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a box corner and we're going to do it on
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both the lining
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and the main piece
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so make sure to avoid bulk that you
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press your seams
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open and then you're going to open the
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bag at the bottom
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so that you can line the seam along the
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bottom
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with the seam up the side and press them
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together
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and then you're going to pin across
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and you're going to sew across there to
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form the box at the bottom of your bag
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so you'll sew along now you need to
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repeat that for
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all four bottom corners and it's
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important you get them the same size
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so i suggest once you've pinned one and
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you think it's the sort of width you
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would like
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measure how far down from the corner
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point
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you've done your line
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and then measure it for the other three
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it's the only way to make sure your
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lining will sit nicely inside your bag
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pin it clip it and repeat for
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the lining you want all four of them
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done
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and ready before you start sewing
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take each one and turn to the machine
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and again you're just going to do a
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little reverse at the beginning a little
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reverse at the end
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and just sew along where you've pinned
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it if you clipped it and marked it with
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for example an
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erasable pen that's fine but just go
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along your line
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and repeat for all four
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and you'll be able to see soon why you
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wouldn't bother clipping the corners
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because once we've got all of these
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complete
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we're going to trim up the excess
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you don't need to worry about cutting
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off the
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the corner and therefore ending up with
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your threads undone
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because you've just sewn over them with
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the seam that you've just made
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so once you've got all four done that
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makes a lot of bulk in those corners
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so cut it down to about the same seam
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allowance as you left on your side seams
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and your bottom seam
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if you've pressed all your seams open it
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just helps reduce the bulk in your bag
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if you haven't that's
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up to you you don't have to but it can
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just make it sit a bit better
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so now we've got a bag and we've got a
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lining
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we need to attach the two together you
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can see one of them the bag is complete
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and the lining still has a hole in the
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bottom
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so because of that you're going to take
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the main back piece and turn it the
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right way out
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then you're going to place it inside the
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lining
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and as you turn it out you'll see how
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you've got those nice boxy corners
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place it inside the lining
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and take a little bit of time to push it
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down all the way and make sure it's
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sitting how you want it to and that it
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has worked how you were expecting
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and then you're going to line the tops
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up so make sure you line up the side
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seams
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and pinroll clip them in place
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and then you're going to do the same all
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the way around the top
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i didn't find that i needed too many
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clips it depends on the size of your bag
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but just make sure it's lined up and
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everything's sitting smoothly
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because you're going to sew around the
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top of this and sew your lining
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into your bag we do it this way to get a
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really nice finish
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so once you've clipped it pinned it and
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you're happy with it
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you need to take it over to the machine
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and sew the two together
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you might find it's useful if you're
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doing a small bag to take any extra bits
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off your machine so that you can wrap it
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round
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the base of the machine which is what
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i've done here
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and then you just need to line up with
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the edge
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with your zipper foot and work your way
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all the way around
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keep going until you get back to where
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you started
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and just sew over the stitches you
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started with and do a little reverse so
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nothing comes undone
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and now you're ready to turn it out so
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through that hole you're left in the
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lining you're going to pull
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the whole bag and the lining
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and you'll see we've now got that hole
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we need to sew up
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you can slip stitch it closed so it's
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invisible
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or you can just run a little bit of
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machine stitching along it which is what
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i did
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and now it's time to put your lining
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inside your bag so just push it down
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inside the bag
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make sure you're happy with it get it
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all lined up
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and then you need to get a nice edge on
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the top of your bag
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so you need to just work it with your
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fingers and get it so that the seam that
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you've just sewn is right
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at the top there's no lining showing on
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the outside and none of the
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outside shown on the lining and just
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keep working your way around
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doing that and either pinning it or
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clipping it
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and then you're going to do a little row
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of top stitching
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all the way around the top of the bag
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it's just going to hold it all nicely in
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place and give you a nice finished
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edge so just line it up as close as you
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like i tend to do it quite close about a
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quarter of an inch some people go really
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close but i find that hard to be
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accurate
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again just work your way around and a
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little bit of reverse at the end
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so you've now got a bag and we're just
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going to have to worry about a
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drawstring
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if you're using rope or something
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similar that's fine
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if you want to make your own drawstring
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using fabric that matches
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you'll see here i've got short pieces
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because i used a fat quarter so i'm just
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going to sew them together
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you just want some nice long lengths of
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fabric
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and what you're going to do with each
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one is fold it in half
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lengthways and press it
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and work your way all the way along the
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length until you've got it all folded in
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half
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then open it back up and from one side
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you're going to
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fold the edge to the center that you've
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clearly got marked where you pressed it
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and do that all the way along that side
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once you get to the end you're going to
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do exactly the same thing with the other
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side
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you're basically splitting it into
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quarters
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and once you've done that you need to
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fold it
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in from either side and then fold it
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along the middle
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and either pin or clip it in place
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and repeat that all the way along the
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length
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and once you're happy it's held and
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you're going to be able to sew it
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confidently you're going to run
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a row of stitching all the way along
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that edge that you've just pinned
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if you want to you could also run
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another row stitching along the other
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side just to make it symmetrical
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i didn't but you could and then you're
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going to have a nice long drawstring
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that you can use
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in your bag so now you need to make a
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casing for your drawstring
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something for it to run through so it's
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worth measuring your drawstring how
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wide it is if you're using a rope just
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measure it a ribbon
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measure it so i've made mine it's about
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a quarter of an inch
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wide so i'm going to make sure my casing
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is wide enough for that
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and a little bit extra
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so the first thing i'm going to do is
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measure an inch and a half down from the
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top
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so that inch and a half is what's going
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to stick out at the top of the bag and
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make a pretty edge
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you can use whatever size you like but
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an inch and a half looks quite good on
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this size
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bag and then you need to measure down
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how wide you want your casing
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now make sure it's plenty wide enough
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for your drawstring
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so for example i'm doing mine for
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quarter of an inch
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i'm doing it a good well not half an
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inch less than that
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so yeah probably
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3 8 something like that just make
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sure it's going to fit nicely
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and mark it all the way around if you're
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not confident use an air erasable pen
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and actually mark it if you feel
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confident you can just mark it with pins
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check that your drawstring is going to
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fit and then you're ready to sew and
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you're going to sew
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all the way around on both of those
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seams that you've marked
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don't worry about the fact it's all
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enclosed we'll deal with that shortly
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so as before when you were top stitching
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just set off and sew all the way around
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and then
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a little bit of reverse at the end and
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do it along
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both of the seams that you marked and
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that's going to form your little casing
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that your drawstring can go in
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once you've got them both in place we
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need to work out how we're going to get
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the drawstrings
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in there so you're going to go to your
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side seams and only in between those two
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rows of stitches
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you're going to unpick the side seam
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just between those two rows of stitches
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you can just get a little seam ripper in
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there
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or a pin or needle or even a tiny pair
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of scissors
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and you're just going to undo those few
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stitches and it's just going to make a
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nice little hole
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that we can get our drawstrings into
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the ended little threads just clip them
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off
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so do the same at the side seam on the
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other side
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and now we're ready to simply put our
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draw strings in
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so take your first drawstring and i
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recommend putting a safety pin in one
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end
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it's so much easier to thread it through
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and then place it through one hole one
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of the side seams
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and work it in and you're just going to
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work steadily work it
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all the way around and now you're going
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to realize that
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if you left a nice wide casing it'll go
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through very easily
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if your casing is a little bit tight you
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might have trouble getting it through
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just keep working all the way around as
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you get to the other side seam you might
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have a bit of trouble getting past it
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just persevere you will do
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and then bring that drawstring right out
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again
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so you've got the two sides back out of
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the same hole
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okay and then what we need to do is take
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our safety pin off
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put it on the other drawstring and
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repeat the process for the other
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drawstring
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once we've got them both in we'll make
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our drawstrings the length we want them
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and that really is a personal choice the
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longest it's long enough to go all the
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way through and come out when the bag's
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wide open
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any extra length is up to you
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so take your second drawstring feed it
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through the other hole
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in the side seam and then all the way
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around
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and back out now remember you've already
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got a drawstring in there so it might be
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a little bit tricky
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just persevere and get it back out of
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the hole you went in through
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and then there you go you've got all
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your drawstrings through
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and out so now you just need to decide
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how long you want them
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and make sure they're both the same
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length so you want your bag down
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smooth you don't want it gathered up at
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all
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and then you want to measure how much
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you've got sticking out either side
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and make sure they're the same
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so i think i'm going to go for six
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inches either side of mine because i
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want them nice and long
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as i say if you just want a short
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drawstring handle
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cut it quite close to the bag
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i'm just adjusting it and then i'm going
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to cut mine at six
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and then it's up to you you can knot
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your drawstrings together
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to form a loop or you can sew them
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i'm gonna overlap mine and
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sew a little rectangle on there so that
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it sews it nice and tight
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and i will then feed that inside the
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casing
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i'll do that for them both but if you
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want to you could just knot your two
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ends together
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and your bag is complete
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so if you did sew them what i recommend
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you do then
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is just pull your drawstring until that
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goes inside
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if you have a little bit of resistance
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as it goes through the hole just give it
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a little wiggle and help it in
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and then your handles will just look
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great because they haven't got that
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stitching on them
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and that's it you've completed your
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drawstring bag
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it's fully lined and very pretty so well
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done
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thank you for watching and i hope you've
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