General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/what did I learn today!chat with friends old/new, 3 by Bettypauze

Bettypauze wrote:
almost there Liz..

now comes time to sew the opening ..straight stitch across the entire bag top

I bought large buttons when at Joann's, rather than sew it on I used embroidery floss as I used the floss to ancher top to bottom

didn't have cording this morning or time to show you how I anchored it so took a bag out that I had finished so you could see how to finish it.

used 1 1/2 yards of light cording and a toggle for drawstring

really push the corners into themselves so they are nice and crispt

with a darning needle and floss I pushed the needle from the inside corner, through outside corner then back in through same corner, cut and tied..did this to the remaining corner peaks..use co-ordinating color of floss, not noticeable but saves you having the inside bag coming out from the outer bag..then along the middle seam I tie in a few places..nice and secure