inside: Use this fabric bread bag sewing tutorial and free template to create storage bags for your bread. Perfect for gifting or storage of bread, especially sourdough. Easy sewing template and tutorial for fabric bread bags.
Homemade sourdough doesn’t last too long around here, but with no more plastic bags here in Colorado my usual bread storage is no more. This fun and easy fabric bread bag can be made lined or unlined and and is super simple to sew.
Fabric Bread Bags for Sourdough
I’ve been baking sourdough bread for the past four years. During the pandemic I bought a started off Amazon and got baking. My brother had been making bread for about a year at that time, so I bugged him with all my questions and came up with a low maintenance schedule for my bread making. I only bake when I want to, don’t have to feed my starter very day, and still am able to bake delicious bread for my family.
I also love to gift sourdough! A few years ago I shared a fun drawstring bag for gifting bread and today I’m making fabric bread bags for gifting OR storage of your homemade bread.
Other fabric bag ideas:
Supplies for fabric bread bags
Let’s gather your supplies! You will need some organic cotton fabric, then template and a sewing machine! That’s it! So simple. Use the button below to get the free bag template and the links below to other products.
- Organic Cotton Fabric
- Serger {I used Airflow3000}
- Sewing Machine {I used Stellaire 2}
- the machines I used are dealer only machines, but I’ve linked to machines you can buy online that I also have used/own.
Use a sewing machine, serger or both for this project.
How to sew Fabric Bread Bags
Ok! Let’s get started. Print the template and tape the 4 pages together. Grab your fabric and cut out the fabric. If you are making an unlined version you will cut one left and one right of the template. To make a lined version cut TWO right and TWO left.
You can make square corners or the rounded corners, you can also adjust the size as needed. I made a smaller version so I could fit a smaller loaf and cut it out of a fat quarter of fabric.
We will first sew a lined version of the bag. I think this is my favorite for light cotton. For linen or other heavier fabrics you may want to try the unlined version. Those instructions will follow the lined version. I cut two lefts and two rights.
For the first step place one left and one right side tie piece with right sides of fabric together. You should have two sets as seen below.
Sew the sides and bottom of the bag. {you may have a curved bottom if you chose that option} I used my serger to sew these two bag seams, but you can also just use a sewing machine.
Turn one bag right side out and place the right sides together with one bag inside the other. Line up the ties and top edge of the bag and pin or clip together to hold in place.
Sew along the top edge of the bag and ties and leave a 3″ opening on one of the flat edges to turn the bag right side out. Use the hole you left to turn the bag right side out.
Tuck one side of the bag inside the other to create a lined bag. Fold the seam allowance of the open hole inside and pin or clip to hold in place.
Top-stitch the hole closed by stitching very close to the edge of the fabric. Close the hole, then continue to stitch all the way around the top of the bag to finish it.
Here is the finished version of the lined bag.
Let’s sew version two! On this unlined version I’m also rounding the bottom corners. I cut the rounded version of the template for this version and I cut only two of the bag pieces. Place the two pieces right sides together to make sure it lines up as seen below.
BEFORE sewing anything together, finish the top edge and the tie of each side of the top. Use a serger or a zig-zag to finish this raw edge.
Place the bag pieces right sides together and sew the sides/bottom together. Again, use a serger or zig-zag to sew the bag together. If you sued a serger make sure to finish the tails on both sides by pulling the ends through the seam or stitch the tail down with your sewing machine.
Now you have a bag you can put your bread in and tie it closed. You can make a lined or unlined version depending on your fabric and needs.
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