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Project Bags as Gift Bags

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I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season and if you celebrate Christmas then I hope you had a very Merry Christmas. It is actually BEFORE Christmas right now and I am sitting in an airport waiting for my delayed flight and I thought” “what the heck, I will work on some future blog posts!”

If you’ve been following my blog you know I’ve been obsessed in the past with making project/drawstring bags (pattern by Sotak Handmade). Well I thought it would fun to make the small sized bags as gift bags for my family for Christmas.

I made a bag for each person based on their interests and what fabric I had on hand.

For example my brother and his family love the Marvel Avengers movies. They’ve seen all of them (they go as a family) and several of them have also read the comics. Surprisingly I had a little collection of Marvel Avengers fabric in my stash (not sure why but it was there) and here are the gift bags I made my brother, his wife and their son:

The lining of each bag is a different Marvel Avengers fabric.

Then for my sister’s family I made them gift bags based on their interests:

Here are all the gift bags together:

I just love these bags and I still have a whole box of project bags in various stages of assembly for when I am ready to return to making them to possible sell of my Etsy shop someday…

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24 thoughts on “Project Bags as Gift Bags”

  3. I don’t know what it is but these are so fun to make and turn out so cute! Love these for your family! Merry Christmas dear friend!

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  4. Hi Tierney, First, I’m new to your blog and am really interested in your sewing and your creativity! Thanks for sharing! Second, your quilts are amazing and I wonder how you budget your time to make them and do regular stuff, you know, sleep, eat, dust, pay bills, chat with neighbors. Time management is a skill I’m still hoping to master. Third, which relates to second, your bags seem a sensible way to ensure that everyone in my large family gets a Christmas present on Christmas. This year I have half a dozen quilts in various stages for my son and nieces (still hoping for nephews , too, one day) and it was embarrassing to give WIPs and promise completion dates. My one concern with bags is that I tend to load them with books so inevitably the handles break or tear. How do you balance the strength of the handle with the beauty of the bag? Thanks from a fan!

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  5. How do you say A-DOR-A-BLE!!!I cannot imagine a better heart-felt gift to receive as a gift. The older I get the more I appreciate a gift that someone took their precious time to make for me. We all know where your heart is ❤️

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  7. I hope you had a nice holiday and didn’t suffer any travel delays during your trip. Those drawstring gift bags are awesome, I must put them on my November calendar to make for next year!! I don’t want to make them too early cuz then I’ll forget about them!! LOL

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