Greatest Hits! VBS 2015: Bags

As VBS approaches, these posts are becoming less frequent and more frenetic.  Yesterday, I sewed 50 or so cloth bags to haul around stampers, prayer journal, pictures, etc.  Sew extras!  Kids lose them!  Most of the bags are white so the children can decorate them with stickers, markers, crayons, and stampers.  Last year, the kids loved the bags and colored them camo.  So, like the modge-podge photo canvases, I think we need to add the cloth bags.  These are easy and cheap.  I shop Goodwill and thrift stores regularly for fabric: bolts, curtains, and sheets.  Sewing is fast!  It took about a half hour to cut the squares, two hours to sew the bags, and over three hours to run cotton yarn through the casing, the only time consuming step.  Make the casing wide so the safety pin can thread readily.  I will be honest.  When I have stacks to sew, I don't bother pinning the squares or ironing the casing.  I just fold the casing over and sew it up!  Never tried this?  Here's a very detailed video.  Note, my bags are about 6 x 8 inches in size.