5x7 & 6x10

Spring Shopping Bags

***Please Note - a sewing machine is required for this project***

Super-practical and attractive reusable shopping bags!  They fold up like a book and snap closed so they are perfect to carry around in your purse so you always have a bag available when you are out shopping.  They also have boxed corners so they are very roomy inside.

There are three different designs in the set (birds, leaves and flowers) and each one comes in two sizes for the 5x7 and 6x10 hoop with between 6,800 and 9,400 stitches and 7 or 8 color stops.  Once the cover is finished stitching, it is sewn onto the front of a piece of fabric.  Detailed instructions are included for sewing the shopping bag - it is a very easy style with french seams down the sides so it's very sturdy and no raw edges anywhere in the bag.

You can use vinyl or cork for the embroidered front and I tested cotton, RipStop nylon, Oly Fun and laminated fabric (outdoor tablecloth fabric).  

You can also used the instructions and measurements from this set to make a larger boxed-corner version of the original Market Totes.

Small version measurements and materials:

  • 14" tall, 4.5" deep, 10" wide at the boxed base (15" wide at the top); folded they measure about 4.5" tall, 3" wide and 1" deep
  • Fabric for the bag 16" wide x 36" long (cotton, RipStop nylon, Oly Fun, thin laminated fabric (such as outdoor tablecloth)
  • Fabric for the handles 4" wide x 16" long (two pieces)
  • Cork or Vinyl for the cover 7" x 9"
  • One snap set (kam, halo, pearl...) and one piece ribbon 7" long (3/4"-1" wide)
  • Small scrap of fusible interfacing or web (eg: heat-n-bond, steam-a-seam...) to stabilize the ribbon

Large version measurements and materials:

  • 18" tall, 5.5" deep, 14" wide at the boxed base (19" wide at the top); folded they measure about 5" tall, 4.5" wide and 1.5" deep
  • Fabric for the bag 21" wide x 44" long (cotton, RipStop nylon, Oly Fun, thin laminated fabric (such as outdoor tablecloth)
  • Fabric for the handles 4" wide x 16" long (two pieces)
  • Cork or Vinyl for the cover 8" x 12"
  • One snap set (kam, halo, pearl...) and one piece ribbon 7" long (3/4"-1" wide)
  • Small scrap of fusible interfacing or web (eg: heat-n-bond, steam-a-seam...) to stabilize the ribbon

Please note an embroidery machine and a sewing machine are both required to complete this project. Some of these designs use purchased licensed clipart.