Learn How To Sew A Lined Drawstring Bag

Have you ever wanted to sew a drawstring bag that fits in the palm of your hand, fits a few essential products but also has a silky smooth inner lining? Well, this drawstring bag tutorial will give you just that.

I wouldn’t say that sewing a drawstring bag is the quickest or easiest sewing project to try if you’re a beginner but if you follow my steps and instructions below, you can sew quite a few of these bags in a day.

And to give you a good idea of how my drawstring bag turned out, here’s a full-sized image:

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It’s cute, right?

You can use any patterned fabric for this tutorial but if you’d like a more bulky or weighted drawstring bag, consider adding a layer of fabric batting or fleece.

Without further ado, let’s jump straight to the pattern.

Table of Contents

Drawstring Bag Sewing Guide

Supplies

Sewing Machine
Needle & Thread
Sewing Clips or Pins
Safety Pin

Pattern

The pattern for this lined drawstring bag is as follows:

2x 40 cm patterned strips
1x Patterned Square (On fold) 24.5 cm x 21.5 cm – Cut 4 cm off from the bottom on both sides.
1x Lining (On fold) 24.5 cm x 21.5 cm – Cut out 4 cm x 3 cm from the bottom of the bag

Video Tutorial

If you’d like to see the full version of me sewing this bag, here’s the video below:

Instructions

Stitch The Patterned Piece

Grab the patterned fabric piece and turn it to the wrong side. Fold the fabric in half while making sure the bottom cut-outs match.

Next, sew according to the indicated black dotted line shown below.

Stitch 3 cm down from the top but leave a small area unstitched, and continue stitching to the end.

Repeat the previous step for the other side of the bag.

Stitch The Lining

Now grab the lining and stitch both sides. However, on one side, leave a small area open for turning the bag inside out!

Stitch The Cutouts

Take the patterned fabric piece, fold the bottom cutout together as shown below, and pin it. Then stitch a 1 cm seam.

Repeat this process for the other side of the patterned piece and the lining!

Join Patterned Fabric & Lining

Grab the patterned fabric piece and place the lining inside the bag with the seams matching on both ends. Then, pin or peg the seams in place.

Stitch all along that line to join both the patterned fabric and the lining as shown below:

Open The Bag Out

Pull the lining out from the bag and use the opening to pull the patterned piece through.

Stitch The Lining Opening

Fold in the opening of the lining and then do a small stitch to close it off. Take the lining of the drawstring bag and carefully place it inside the bag.