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Hello, and welcome back to another episode[br]of Make Thrift Buy, the show where I...

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have a cold.[br]BUT also, you send me pictures of clothes

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that you've found on the internet, and I try[br]my best to recreate them!

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Today's challenge was suggested by the lovely[br]ada_oline, who wanted me to try out this silvery

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drawstring bag. I found this bag on a couple[br]of different sites, including some Etsy stores,

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Ebay... I basically found this bag everywhere.

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Drawstring bags are pretty simple.

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So, we'll get started!

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The special materials I needed for this project[br]were some silver fabric, an eyelet or grommet

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kit with tools, and approximately 74 inches[br]of rope.

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I started out by cutting out my bag material.[br]To do this, I folded my silver material in

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half, right-sides together, and on the wrong-side[br]of the fabric, I drew a rectangle that was

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13 by 17 inches.

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I then put some pins through[br]both pieces of fabric to hold them together,

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then cut out the rectangle, making sure to[br]cut through both pieces of fabric. By folding

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my material in half before cutting, I’ve[br]saved time by cutting out both pieces at once.

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Then, I leave the pins in the material, and[br]I sew around the edges of the bag like this.

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I make sure to leave 2 inches not sewn up[br]the top here, and I also don’t sew the top edge.

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I’m using an overlocker to sew - because[br]it’s fast and I’m lazy - but you can definitely

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also just use a normal straight stitch on[br]a sewing machine, or even hand-sew this with

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a needle and thread.

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When you’re done, your two rectangles should[br]be sewed together, right-sides together, like

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this. And I know you can’t see my stitches[br]here because I was using light-coloured thread,

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but they *are* there, and they look like this.

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Next, I folded down this top, unsewn edge,[br]by ONE inch, like this.

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And then I pinned this edge down all the way[br]around the top of the bag, so that I had this.

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And then I sewed all the way around the bag,[br]to create a kind of tube on both the front

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and back sides of the bag, like this.

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When you get to the side seam of your bag,[br]you should stop sewing, lift up your needle

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and cut the threads, and start again on the[br]other side of the seam, so that you get two

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tubes, one of the front and one on the back[br]of the bag.

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When I was done sewing, I turned my bag the[br]right way around! And, I also pushed out the

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corners of the bag using a ruler.

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Then, on the two bottom corners, I sewed over[br]the top of each corner like this. Just make

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sure that this corner is big enough for your[br]eyelet to fit inside.

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Okay, so now it’s time to set the eyelets![br]Now, this is the eyelet kit that I bought.

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DO NOT get this brand of eyelets – which[br]is called Sullivan’s – this kit was totally

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wrong and incomplete just and didn’t….[br]work. And also led me to ruin most of my eyelets

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while I was practicing, and, as you can see,[br]my table!

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Anyway, I got it to work because I found an[br]anvil and a tool that I could use in another

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button kit that I owned – Thanks, NEWEY[br]– so I inserted my eyelets by making a little

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hole in the middle of that corner triangle,[br]making the hole bigger using a pen, inserting

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this larger eyelet piece through the hole,[br]placing the anvil underneath, then placing

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the washer over the top, putting this tool[br]thingy in the middle, and then bashing the

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whole thing down with a hammer. Which gave[br]me this pretty eyelet in my fabric. Hooray!

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I repeated this on both the bottom corners[br]of the bag.

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Now it’s time to add the bag straps. So,[br]I cut myself about 74 inches of rope.

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Then, I threaded the rope as follows:

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First, through one of the eyelets, and I tied[br]a knot in the short end.

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Then, I inserted a safety pin into the other[br]end of the rope to help guide it, and I threaded

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the rope through the top tube.

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...and then I[br]pulled it through until the strap on the left

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was about the right length for a bag.

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Then I threaded the rope through the BACK[br]tube, and out the other end.

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And I pulled the excess rope all the way through.

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Then I threaded the rope, once again, through[br]this TOP tube. So, there are two layers of

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rope going through the top tube now. Because[br]of this, it can be a bit hard to get the rope

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in there, but keep persevering and you’ll[br]get it there eventually.

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I pulled this rope all the way through, and[br]then threaded it though the last eyelet...

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...and I tied a knot in the end, and snipped off[br]the excess rope.

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Then, I tried the bag on, found the rope to[br]be a little bit too long, so I cut it shorter

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at the ends and re-tied the knots until both[br]the straps were about the right length.

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And that’s it.

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So, how did I go?

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[music plays]

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So - I am *really* please with how this one[br]turned out! And my conclusion is a definite

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[scissors snipping sound effect]

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Yeah - you can really easily make this for[br]yourself, even if you're a beginning sewer

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- in fact, if you're new to sewing, I think[br]that this is a really good project to be one

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of your first projects, because you don't[br]have to sew too much, you're only ever sewing

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straight lines - in fact, considering how[br]easy this is to make, it's kind of outrageous

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the amount that I found for it online.[br]But, if you make this for yourself, and even

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if you buy all the materials new, you're not[br]going to be spending more than $10 or $15

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on this.[br]So that's it from me for today! I hope you're

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all having a really good day, and I'll see[br]you all for my next video.