DIY Crochet Round Sling Bag

Hi guys, lately I have been working on this little sling bag and today I'm going to share the tutorial with you all. It is far more easy than you think it is. It is a beginner level and looks quiet trendy with those cute outfits. It is large enough to hold all of your cards and money, maybe a small card holder and your phone too.

Skills required:

Crocheting
Stitching

Materials needed:

1. T-shirt Yarn (You can basically use any yarn but then the number of stitches and the rounds in it will vary)
2. Faux leather or Rexene.
3. Tapestry needle and thread.
4. Magnet buttons.
5. Chain String.
6. Gluegun.

7. Scissor.
8. Crochet hook.

Method:

1. The T-Shirt Yarn.

First of all we need to make two flat circles using half double crochet stitch. If your are new to crochet or don't know hoe to, follow my beginners guide to crocheting here or you can visit my YouTube channel to learn the basic stitches.

I used a t-shirt yarn to make these circles and since it was quiet bulky my circles were made in a very short span of time. If you don't have a t-shirt yarn available around you, you can always recycle those old t-shirts into something useful. Watch needle pointers make yarn out of t-shirts.

2. Pattern For Circles:

Follow this pattern to make the circles.

Round 1. Chain 4. Join, Make a magic ring.
Round 2. Chain 2, make a 6 half double crochet stitches in the magic ring. (6 stitches)
Round 3. Chain 2, In each of the 6 stitches make 2 half double crochet stitches. (12 stitches)
Round 4. Chain 2, 2 stitches in first stitch, 1 in next. Repeat for whole round. (18 stitches)
Round 5. Chain 2, 2 stitches in first stitch, 1 in next, then in next again 1. Repeat for whole round. (24 stitches)
Round 6. Chain 2, 2 stitches in first stitch, 1 stitch in next three stitches each. Repeat for entire round. (30 Stitches)
Round 7. Chain 2, 2 stitches in first stitch, 1 in next four stitches each. repeat for entire round. (36 stitches)

You can increase or decrease the size of circles by adding or removing rounds accordingly, if the circle you made seem smaller for a bag add few more rounds. In each round (to keep the circle flat and nice) make an increment of 6 stitches.

The size of the circles also depend upon the size of hook used, I used a large wooden hook with the diameter of 6 mm. I made this hook myself, tell me in the comment section below if you want to learn my trick of making a crochet hook yourself.

3. Joining the Circles.

Take a tapestry needle and a matching thread and begin hand sewing the two circles together.
Why hand sewing? because it is too thick to come under the sewing machine.

Leave a gap of some 6 - 7 inches from one side. On the ends of this gap add small leather loops to hold the string. Refer to picture below.

On the inside of this gap, attach two buttons as a closure of the bag.

Our circle bag is done, now over to leather flap and tassels.

4. Making the tassels.

Making a tassel is very simple, check out my blog post about how to make a leather tassel yourself.

5. Making the leather flap.

Fortunately I had a matching blue lining for the flap. Okay. Cut the leather in a U shape. Width 6 -7 inches, height 9 inches.

About same size, cut the fabric lining.

You will also need three small strips of leather, two are used in tassels and 1 to hold them.

Fold the leather as in picture and make two small cuts in it as in picture.  Roll the little strip of leather and fix it using the glue gun.

Put both the tassels in it and insert its ends in the cuts made in the flap.

Secure with a cute cross like stitch.

With the right sides of fabrics facing each other, stitch the two. Leave a gap of few inches from one side and turn it inside out.

Now Stitch the border of flap once again to give it a finished look.

6. Attaching the flap with the circles.

With the help of tapestry needle and a thread, stitch the straight end of the flap to the back of the circle. You can also add a magnetic button or Velcro strip to keep it more at one place.

7. Take a steel chain and put in loops of the bag, Put your things in and enjoy.

My sister helped me with photographing this little DIY wonder and we took so many cute pictures of it.  

I hope you found this tutorial useful and insightful. Make your bags too and share with us.

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Bye.

Note: This pattern is original pattern by Hobbiesinn. Please do not claim this pattern as yours. If you wish to share it, you may link to this pattern but please do not copy on your site. You can use it for personal use but DO NOT sell the pattern/pictures or distribute it.

You can however, sell the products of this design but do credit the design to me  @hobbiesinn. Permission is NOT granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind.  Thank you for being respectful and for your understanding!

5 Minute Sewing Projects for Fun

This post is a compilation. This is my first ever compilation. I could have done them myself but hey why should I redo the tutorials when my fellow bloggers have made beautiful tutorials already. Each of these projects make me want to start right over with my sewing machine and pretty fabrics.

This post comprises of 5 minute sewing crafts that one can easily do. They come in handy from nifty storage ideas or Diy home decor.

Lets begin then!

1. 5 Minute Pillows.

Make these adorable pillows for yourself. Tutorial by ramblingrenovators

2. 5 Minute fabric flowers.

You can use them to decorate any bag or boxex. Maybe use one of them as Hijab pins.
Tutorial by crazylittleprojects

3. 5 Minute gift card holder.

Make this easy gift card holder so you can give your loved ones what they want but give a little DIY gift with it to make it feel just a little more special. Tutorial by so-sew-easy

4. 5 Minute easy Apron

There is so much you can do with those 1 yard pieces of fabrics and a Diy apron is one of them.

Check this tutorial by Hobbiesinn.

5. 5 Minute Kimono.

who doesn't want to be fashionable and that too if it comes at low price. Check this refashion from a scarf to a kimono by keepupwithusjones

6. 5 Minute laptop Sleeve.

sewsomestuff gives us some pretty tutorial for our laptops.

7. 5 Minute Bows.

Bows come handy in almost all cute sewing projects. Use them in decorating bags, pillows, dresses, hair accessories, anything. Check out this super easy tutorial by Hobbiesinn.

8. 5 Minute Key Hangers.

Messing with those keys? try making these cute Key fabs all by yourself in just 5 minutes. 

Tutorial by cloverandviolet

9. 5 Minute Ribbon bookmarks.

Are you a bookholic? Make these super easy and cute bookmarks for yourself from ribbons.

Tutorial by: sparklesofsunshine

10. 5 Minute Sun-glass case.

Your sunglasses are one of those things that you need to take care of and how else could you do it but by making a pretty sun-glass case and that too in 5 minutes.

Tutorial by crazylittleprojects

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How I Converted My Old Abhaya/maxi dress into a Skirt.

Salam my lovelies. Weekend is finally here and I'm all set for a new post despite being busy with sorting out my life. My schedule is so filled that it is close to being exploded. Regardless I was lucky enough to find half an hour or so to turn this old (but in good condition) Abhaya into a gorgeous skirt that I can totally wear to outdoors too.

Reqirements

It is super easy to follow and obvious! No expertise required, just the Abhaya, scissor, elastic, needle and thread and couple of beads maybe.

Steps.

• Spread out the Abhaya on a flat surface. It should be probably ironed. Make sure there are no bumps and creases here and there.

• Take your measurements. You can use a measuring tape or some other bottom wear that you deem fit for the measurement.

• Mark it and cut it using your scissor.

• To make a belt, fold at least 1 cm from the top side of the skirt. Iron it. Now fold again to about 1 inch and stitch all along, leaving a little space to put in the elastic through it.

• After putting the elastic through it close that little opening too.

• Affix beads on the front side of the skirt in a pattern that you love with the help of a fabric glue or needle and thread. 

• Match it with your favorite top. 

I hope you enjoyed reading this post.

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Throw Pillow with Ribbon Piping and Tassel Corners.

Here we are back on another weekend with a sweet and simple stitching tutorial.
Our today's craft is a throw pillow. I have too many of them and I always find a place for new ones. No one can say NO to one more cute pillow. can you?

In this tutorial I'm showing you how to attach a ribbon piping on the edges of the pillow and make your own new pillow in under 30 minutes.

Let's begin.

Material:

• Fabric of you choice.
• Scissor.
• Silk thread.
• Ribbon/lace.
• Sewing Machine.
• Tapestry needle and a thread.
• Poly fill/Cotton stuffing.

Steps:

• Cut the two pieces fabric of the (same) measurement of your choice. I had the dimensions of 15 X 20 "
• Put them one over another with wrong sides facing outwards and right sides facing each other.
• Take a ribbon/lace and fold it in half.

• Put the lace between the two pieces of fabric and sew along all the edges of the pillow.

• Alternately you can first sew the ribbon to one of the fabric pieces and than attach another piece over it.

• Leave a nice gap for the filling to in.

• Turn the pillow inside out. 

• When you have stuffed the pillow take a tapestry needle and a thread and sew the gap.

• Make some pretty little tassels and sew them at each corner. You can further add beads to decorate it further.

To know how to make a tassel click here!

• How does your pillow look like? Mine looks awesome. 

How To Make a Palazzo from an old Duppatta/Saree

Anyone can do this. This is no rocket science. So, have you paid the boutiques and tailors to make you a palazzo and waited many days before you could have them? Have you bought a fancy palazzo from the market or online only to find that it is way too big for you? Worry no more! Today i'm going to tell you a recipe to make a palazzo all by yourself and that too in 30 minutes only.  You don't need to be a tailor master for this. Anyone who knows how to use a scissor and a sewing machine can do this. Yes.

Note: Even if you don't have a sewing machine or don't know how to use it. You can use tapestry needle and a thread to sew by hand. It will take a little longer to finish though. :)

Materials:

Old dupatta or saree.
Scissor.
Sewing Machine/ Tapestry needle and thread.
A palazzo for measurement.

Steps.

1. Fold the dupatta into half. Fold it again so that you will have 4 layers of fabric. One end will have two open edges of dupatta and one folded end. The other end will have one single folded end only.

Place the measurement on the dupatta. Put the back of palazzo from the open sides of the dupatta. Mark and use scissor to cut as shown in the picture.

I have cut it close to the line because i want my palazzo to be a bit tighter than the measurement. If you want to make it of the same width cut 1 inch from the marked line.

If you are using a saree, cut out 2 meters or 200 centimeters from it before making a palazzo.

2. Now open the cut out fabric and stitch the ends as marked in picture below.

Sew along the dotted lines.

3. Bring the stitches in the center. Can you see the shape of palazzo coming? We will now stitch the legs thus formed. Refer to picture.

I have marked the picture to guide you to sew the legs.

4. I'm not hemming it from the bottom as the dupatta had the lacy border already made and I preferred to keep that but I still had to do the belt of the palazzo.

In this picture you can see that i have already stitched the palazzo and its almost made.

5. To make a belt fold the top of the palazzo to about 1 cm and sew all along.

Now fold it again to almost 1.5 to 2 inches and sew at the edge leaving a small gap of 2-3 inches for the elastic to go through.

6. Measure the elastic around your waist and pull through the belt of your palazzo. Join. Sew the gap in the belt you kept for the elastic to go through.

Sew the left out gap after inserting and joining the elastic.















7. Iron the creases of your palazzo.

And you are done.









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I have made three of these and you can see how perfect they look. I have styled them differently and wore them on different occasions. Do tell me what you think about this tutorial. It's a very handy and easy to follow. If you have some spare fabric or duppatta or an old saree lying around go and turn it into a flirty palazzo. Just 30 minutes of your time. Nothing else.