Skill Level: Confident Beginner | Instructor: Lauren Simpson + Pat Cullen 

Skip out on the paper holiday bags this year and join us in the studio this December for a fun, festive sewing class to make a reusable fabric gift bag. Students will choose three coordinating prints to make an oversized holiday gift sack. These lined drawstring bags are eco-friendly, fast to make and are a great stash buster.  The pattern offers eight different sizes; students will making the large size in class (referred to as the 'laundry-sized' bag in pattern).  The finished dimensions of the large bag are 26" H x 11" W x 6" D.

Required Materials - to make the 'Laundry Size' bag:

• (1) Pattern: Lined Drawstring Bag by Jeni Baker
• (1) Project Kit: Drawstring Gift Sack

Alternatively, if you do not wish to purchase a Project Kit, you will need:

• (1) Pattern: Lined Drawstring Bag by Jeni Baker
• main fabric: 5/8 yd of quilting cotton
• accent fabric: (1) FQ or 1/4 yd of quilting cotton
• lining fabric: 1 yd of quilting cotton
• ties: 1/8 yd quilting cotton or 2-1/2 yds of 1/2" wide twill tape
• (1) spool of coordinating thread

Required Tools:

• fabric scissors or rotary cutter
  
• seam ripper
• pins and/or wonder clips
  
• chalk and/or frixion marker