15 Must Know Bag Making Tips and Tricks

Here are 15 of my favorite bag-making tips and tricks!

I’ve made hundreds of bags and even branched out to create my own line of bag sewing patterns. Over the years, I’ve picked up quite a few tricks.

I recommend it if you are  top-stitching around the top edge of a bag. It helps the fabric to feed more evenly through the machine and gives you a better result overall.

Use a Walking Foot

Binding clips are another quilting supply that carries well over to bag making. When you are sewing bags, you often work with multiple layers of fabric.

Use Binding Clips

It is essential when you are constructing bags to reduce the bulk in the seam allowances. If you have a lot of bulk in your seam allowances, you will not get a smooth finish outside your bag.

Trim

I like cutting tiny V-shaped notches along the curve along the seam allowance. If you do this, be careful not to cut into the seam allowance.

Clip Curves

I always cut my corners at a 45-degree angle to the corner. I then use a 2 point turner, Hera tool or other “pointy” object to push the corner out to be friendly and crisp.

Clip and Push out Corners

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