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Bread bag made from a tea towel
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Tea Towel Bread Bag

This is a simple sewing pattern to make a bread bag from a tea or dish towel
Active Time45 minutes
Yield: 1

Equipment

  • 1 Pair of scissors
  • 1 Sewing machine
  • 1 large safety pin

Materials

  • 1 Tea Towel approximately 18" x 25"
  • 1 Ribbon or sturdy string at least 34"

Instructions

  • Cut off the tag of your tea towel if there is one.
    What you will need to make a bread bag. Tea towel, scissors, ribbon.
  • Fold the towel in half longways. Wrong side facing out. (The folds of the hem are on the outside and the short sides are lined up together).
  • Pin one short side and the long side. Leave about 2" at the top of the long side for the fold of the casing.
    2" from the top of the bread bag
  • Using the straight stitch on the sewing machine, sew the bottom and edge of the fabric along the hem. Be sure to secure the stitches at the beginning. Stop at the 2" mark on the side edge and secure stitches.
  • It's easier to sew the ribbon casing if you take the extension table off your sewing machine for this part.
  • Fold the 2" of the top fabric in half (so you have a 1" casing above where you stopped sewing on the side).
  • Sew along bottom of fold, securing the ends of the stitches, to create your ribbon casing.
    Sewing the casing for the bread bag
  • Pull ribbon through the casing by attaching the safety pin to one end of the ribbon and then 'threading' it through the casing.
    Pulling the ribbon through the bread bag casing
  • Trim any long threads and turn out bag so it is right side and you're done!
    The finished bread bag

Notes

Tea and dish towels come in all different sizes. Consider the measurements here to be more of a guideline. Feel free to use whatever size tea towel will work for your breads. Be sure to get tea towels/napkins that are 100% cotton or linen.