How to sew a folding shopping bag

How to sew a folding shopping bag

Recently I’ve got very into sewing, as anyone close to me will know! I have an amazing folding shopping bag from Sainsbury’s (a Refoldabag) that is very worn out and unfortunately no longer available, so I took it upon myself to make a copy myself. And when it proved popular on Instagram, I thought I’d make it again – this time with a photo tutorial so you can make one yourself. Here’s what the finished bag looks like open (just the right size for a couple of board games) and folded up: You will need A bundle of “fat quarters” in five different fabrics – I like these bundles of six from Hobbycraft 1m of medium-weight fusible interfacing 3m of 0.5inch (12mm) bias binding tape in a contrasting colour A 2cm button that...