You don't need to use fat quarters. You can use solid yardage for the outside and the lining. When I use yardage I use the full WOF for the width size and cut it to length.
The most useful tool to making this bag is the Clover Clip and Glide Bodkin. The best bodkin I have ever used.
Tip: run the elastic through until the end of the elastic is at the beginning, stitch the end of the elastic to the beginning of the opening then pull it to the other end with the bodkin then stitch down.
If your lose the end of elastic you are pulling it's a hassle. That's why the Clover bodkin is a dream. It won't let go. If you use a big safety pin as a bodkin it will be frustrating.
My sew group says this bag has to be big because you have to crawl inside it to make it. LOL
Last edited by Onebyone; 05-22-2021 at 06:26 AM.