Vintage Kitchen Towels Turned Messenger Bag

How to Make a Messenger Bag Out of Vintage Feedsack Kitchen Towels

Vintage Feed sack kitchen towels are the cutest material to turn into a fun and hip messenger bag. Everywhere I look I come across great messenger bags. They are such an easy shape and perfect for a first time sewer. Lately I have had great luck finding vintage feed sack kitchen towels on ebay as well, which led to this retro and modern messenger bag craft project!

To Make a Messenger Bag Out of Vintage Feed sack Kitchen Towels You Will Need:

3 Vintage feed sack kitchen towels

Sewing machine

Scissors

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If you cannot find vintage feed sack material that has already been made into kitchen towels, then you can cut your own fabric out to pieces that are about 18 inches wide and 30 inches long. You could also substitute new kitchen towels made in reproduction retro style!

So, the first thing you need to do it lay out the piece of vintage feed sack kitchen towel that you want to be the outside of your messenger bag face up on a flat surface.

Top this off with a second retro kitchen towel face down on the firs piece.

Pin these two together.

Now, use your sewing machine to sew the tow side and the top together. Leave some of the bottom open so you can turn your messenger bag right side out.

Now, while the material is still right side on the inside, fold the bottom up about 2/3s of the way.

Pin the two sides together.

Sew each side down, leaving the open flap.

Now, turn the whole messenger bag inside out.

You will want to iron down your material to create a crisp edge and smooth surface.

Now, hand sew that small part you left open on the messenger bag so you could turn it inside out.

Now, to make the handle you need to take the final vintage feed sack kitchen towel and cut it into a long strip that is about 6 inches wide.

If you need to make this handle longer than you kitchen towel is, cut two of these strips. Sew the short end together on one end to create one really long strap to the size you need.

Now, fold the whole long messenger bag strap over long wide, so you now have one strip about 3 inches wide.

Sew along the long side, not the folded side.

Turn this messenger bag handle inside out. Now, iron it flat.