Welcome to our fabulous online sewing tutorial to create the BTHQ Beach bag. Designed in-house by our very own Studio Manager Sandra this bag has everything you could wish for on your summer holiday. Plenty of room for towels and beachwear, an internal bottle pocket (or two) and a zipper pocket for your valuables along with cleverly designed internal straps to give shape and structure and wonderfully strong but comfy handles to give your shoulders a rest on the walk to the beach.
The Pattern
This tutorial comes with 2 versions of the pattern. A print at home A4 PDF (stick it together version) or an A0 copy shop version (1 page) which we are happy to print for you for an additional £2.80. You can find out about our printing services here.
Download your choice of pattern below:
BTHQ Beach Bag A4 (stick together)
If you are choosing to stick your version together, here is a handy guide to help you join the pages in the right order.
Alternatively the A0 copy shop pattern has the sizes of all the pieces written on it. You can download a copy, take a look on your device and make your own templates if you want to save on ink and paper.
Materials Required
All materials are available from our shop and are linked below. If you add the required materials into your shopping basket and check out at the same time as the class we will prepare them and set them aside for you to collect at class.
1 metre (60 wide) or 1.5 metres (45 wide) of lightweight cotton canvas, duck or twill with a tight weave for your bag outer. (You can also use any 100% cotton quilting cotton but you will need to interface it completely with medium weight interfacing so please allow for an extra metre of this on your shopping list)
a) 1/2 metre of heavy weight interfacing for the handles if using cotton
or
b) 1/2 metre of medium weight interfacing if using canvas
1/2 metre of extra heavy iron on interfacing for the bag base.
1 metre of plain 100% cotton lining fabric in a contrasting colour to your outer.
1 x 18″ nylon dress zipper. (This is positioned on the outside of your bag so bear the colour in mind when choosing)
KAM Snaps and pliers (alternatives are a piece of velcro, (although not as strong) or hand sewn poppers or alternative snap closure)
Instructions
You can download your PDF instructions here: The BTHQ Beach Bag written instructions
WARNING – Mark notches with a pen or cut very small. The seam allowance for this project is 1/4″ so if you cut large notches you may end up with holes in your seams!!
The video forms 3 parts (due to it’s size). You can find them all below: