Quilt As You Go (QAYG) Tote with Pom Poms – easy sewing tutorial
Have you fallen in love with Quilt as You Go yet? It’s a fun technique for quilts, of course, but I’m having lots of fun using it for pouches and tote bags too.
Free Bag Patterns
SewCanShe is your one stop for free patterns for tote bags and purses. From bags you can sew in a day to beautiful quilted totes, check out the collection below. Even if you have never sewn a handbag or tote before, learn how with my easy step by step tutorials. This list even includes a travel bags, convertable backpack, a walker caddy, a fanny pack, an iPad case, and a garment bag!
Easy Peasy Lunch Bag Sewing Pattern – Free
At my daughter Chloe’s high school (can you believe my baby started high school???), the lunch lines are so long that she has been skipping lunch! She’s always starving by the time she gets home because she doesn’t want to carry a big lunch bag as well as her heavy backpack – poor girl!
Simple Drawstring Bag – Free Sewing Pattern and Tutorial
Need a gift bag, knitting or crochet bag, lunch bag… lingerie, shoe, make-up, scrap, button, or little bag for any other reason?
Sew up a delightful Drawstring Ditty Bag with my free tutorial!
Double Compartment Cross Body Bag – Free Sewing Pattern!
Sew a cross body bag with 2 main compartments, and a slim third compartment, plus a zipper pocket on the back!
This free sewing pattern is a lot easier than it looks – thanks to some fabric folding we’ll be doing to sew the parts together – I call it sewing origami!
DIY Felt Purse Organizer – free sewing pattern
Sew up a cute little bag to fit inside your purse – voila! Organized purse! This easy sewing projects has lots of pockets and uses easy to find and inexpensive felt so you can make one in every color.
2 Zip Fanny Pack – Free Sewing Pattern
Sew a beautiful 2 Zipper Hip Bag (a.k.a. fanny pack, sling bag, waist wallet) using your favorite fabric and the same easy sewing techniques that I used on our free Triple Zip Bag sewing pattern and Designer Zipper Bags Video course.
Adorable Canvas Tote Bag with Pockets – Free Sewing Pattern!
Sew an adorable canvas tote bag with two exterior pockets using economical cotton canvas and pretty quilting cotton for the straps. This bag is so easy to sew, and since the canvas is durable enough to carry anything on its own, you don’t need to add a lining.
How to Sew a Baguette Bag – free sewing pattern for a small purse!
Sew a small purse in the cutest shape everyone wants right now – a Baguette Bag! This purse may be small but you can still pack it with everything you need. It will hold your phone, wallet, sunglasses, pens, lipstick, and still have room for all those receipts we are handed. My readers asked me to write them a free sewing pattern for a baguette shaped purse – and here it is! With step by step photo instructions and downloadable templates, you will be able to sew this purse in an afternoon.
Strappy Bag with Pockets – Easy DIY Sewing Tutorial!
I’m so excited to share this new bag pattern with you! It’s been a while since my last tote bag sewing tutorial and I really need a new bag, lol.
Triple Zipper Bag – Free Sewing Pattern with a Tutorial!
Sew a beautiful clutch bag with 3 zippered compartments!
This sweet little bag has 3 zippers on the exterior, plus another zipper on a coin pocket inside.