Quilling carry bag

                                           

  

                  Hi friends , hope you remember I had shown a small quilling handmade bag in my earlier articles. This is a bag which is more sturdy and can be used for daily shopping. A beautiful , attractive and Eco friendly handmade paper decorated with paper quilled flowers or designs for your special ones. This is a multipurpose bag made of handmade sheet ( kg cardboard ) decorated with quilling. It can also be used to present gift on special occasions. Paper bags are environment friendly and are good alternate for plastic bags.

Now I will show you how to make a paper bag using chart paper in  few steps. You can take a thin / thick chart paper. 

Materials required are :

• Chart paper  ( Any color  but let it be in contrast with the quilling design color )
• Fevicol
• Scissors
• Handle for the bag
• Punching machine
• Quilling strips
• Quilling needle / comb
• Washer

The step by step procedure is explained below.  

• Take a chart paper and cut it into size 55  X  40 cm. You can change the paper size as per your requirement.
• Fold it on both sides ( One side 17 cm and other side 12 cm ) as shown in Step 1 and Step 2..
• Paste the two overlapped sides together with fevicol. Please refer to Step 3.
• Allow it to dry.

              

• Fold the bottom of the bag for a length of around 2 inch ( Refer to Step 4 ). If you increase this , your bag size will be big. You can fold it according to the size of the bag you are making. 
• Unfold the last fold. Fold upwards to form a triangular shaped edge as shown.
• Fold the flap inwards and flatten it. ( Step 5 and Step 6 
• Paste the two flaps together using fevicol so that the base is firm.

       

               

• Fold both sides of the paper lengthwise as shown in Step 10.The thickness of the fold will determine the space inside the bag. 
• Make the fold according to the width of your bag.  

            

• Open the folds and along the creases make fold inwards on both the sides as shown:

• Using a punching machine, make two holes on both sides of the bag. Please refer to Step 12.

Please note : To make the bag more strong (bag with just holes on paper are likely to tear under load), I have used a washer ( Step 14 ) which you have to stick on all the punched holes or you can even rivet each hole. Please refer to the pictures below.

Once your bag is ready , you can decorate it using various designs or quilling comb flowers in your own way. As you can see , I have made some quilling flowers and decorated it on the handmade bag.

The complete handmade bag looks like this:

  Please share your comments on how this carry bag was useful to you.