Bag lining closure
 

How do you sew closed the inside of a bag lining? I hate to hand sew and I am wondering if anyone else uses a machine to stitch closed the lining once you have pulled the right side of the bag through.
Any useful tips and techniques would be appreciated.

I hand sew the opening in the lining because I enjoy hand sewing. If you watch the Jenny Doan YouTube video, "Make Three Totes/Bags with One Charm Pack", you will see that she sews the lining opening on her sewing machine. Best wishes with machine sewing your lining. I know your bag will be beautiful

I never hand sew them! Usually the opening is at the bottom anyway. I just fold the edges in 1/4" and sew about 1/8" from the edge. I start my closure seam about 1/4" from the start of the opening and extend it the same past the end of the opening.

some times by hand sometimes by machine, you could also use a narrow strip of wonder under to fuse the hole closed if it's small enough.

This works for me! Who's going to see it anyway?

I machine sew. It never poses a problem either and it is more durable than anything I would hand sew, for sure, as I put a lot of 'stuff' in my bags.

I just fold the raw edges under and zigzag stitch it closed......I dont like hand work at all :p and no one is gonna see the inside of the bag or comment on it

I often use the overlocker to finish. Especially if it is not a 'fancy' bag, no one looks inside.

I never hand stitch mine shut, I turn the edges under and do a very close topstitch across the opening. It's in the bottom and no one will see it, but it doesn't actually look bad if they do.

wonder under works fine.