Drawstring Backpack

Carrying a trendy bag is an established fashion and is a complementary accessory for your apparel and overall look. Whether it's a simple handmade bag or an embroidered piece, sporting a fancy bag makes a lot difference in your fashion statement. One of the coolest type of bags is a drawstring backpack that can be made easily at home. Such backpacks are quite handy and is the ideal pick for teens and young adults. Making a drawstring backpack is not at all an unattainable task if you follow the correct process for making it. A few good patterns along with the technique of making it home will be presented to you in the next content.

How to Make a Drawstring Backpack

This backpack can be made at home provided you have the materials ready at hand. Such backpacks are usually nor very large and the space is enough to accommodate a few books, gadgets and other daily use products. Cotton or synthetic fabric is mostly used for making backpacks at home. You can also utilize your pillow covers for this purpose. The steps are explained below.

• You will require the fabric or a pre made sac like bag, cording, D rings, thread needle (if sewing machine is not there) and decorative items.
• If you have a sewing machine then backpacks made from suede, cords and denim will be easier for you to stitch. Prefer cotton or any type of light fabric if you are sewing with your hand.
• Stitch the three sides of the fabric on your sewing machine to make a pouch like structure leaving one end of the pouch open. Make sure you sew from the wrong side of the fabric so that the right side gets a clean look.
• Fold the open mouth end and stitch it in the form of a circle to make the hollow casing to pass the fabric strap. Now make two hole like structures at both the corners of the lower portion of the backpack.
• Glue the D rings into it and pass the strap once again. You can pull the strap to close the mouth of the bag and wear it on your shoulders while carrying the backpack. This step completes the process of making a drawstring backpack.

Drawstring Backpack Patterns

Customizing your own backpack depends absolutely on your choice. The designs range from traditional to colorful modern patterns. The sizes are also versatile that can be a sack like structure, a round bag, square form or a mere shapeless casual pattern. The denim bags having leather finish are quite voguish. You can attach extra piece of fabric having customized patterns on your canvas drawstring backpack. They are usually sewed in with logos, monograms and different types of images. Bright colors like red, orange, green, yellow and fluorescent tones are used for making stylish backpacks that are highly adored by teens and college goers. These also are also designed by pasting images of flowers, cartoons, animal prints, by ironing the image over the fabric before sewing in. The traditional backpack designs are made from satin based fabric that have artwork based on folklore and regional cult. Such backpacks match up with ethnic wear and they are unique in themselves. Also make your own backpack with contemporary designs and decorate with ribbons, floral work and embellishments with various kinds of decorative pieces.

Create different types of designs by exploring your creative instinct and keep your fashion distinct from others. You can pull on a style by mix matching the sequined patterns of drawstring backpacks with a casual attire.