http://tatteredgarden.blogspot.com/2...-tutorial.html

I posted this quite a while ago when I showed the pics of my bags but many have not seen it yet and are interested in making the bags..they are fun fast and easy

You can get the tape measures at the dollar stores

What cute bags. Thanks for the pattern

Thanks for the tutorial Sue Fish. The instructions are easy to follow, and I hope to make several for gifts. I love your bags and also your fun fabrics!

Thanks....a good tip I think....use a gallon size zip lock bag and cut it to use along with the fabric lining...makes it usable for snacks..easy to wipe out and nice also if using for cosmetics
I have made over 50 of them so far and all have loved them

Are you cyber-stalking me?!Lol. I spent an time last night and this morning looking for a tutorial for these bags. You have wonderful timing! Thanks

Hi! Just wondering, your instructions say to insert the tape measure to the right side. Do the numbers face the outside or the inside of the bag?? I actually made one and can't figure which way they work better.

i'm making one right now, the numbers face the outside of the bag, as your looking at it, i'm covering the whole piece of the tape with a couple layers of clear duct tape to make it stronger, i've read where the tape will break if you open and close it alot. what do you all think? am i right about the facing of the tape, i sure hope so.!!!!

LOL well I am glad it worked out that you found them!! Enjoy!

According to this tute the numbers DO face the outside of the bag so you're right. :D

Thanks for clarifying that. I wasn't sure which side was the right side.

How cute. My husband buys those tape measures every time he goes to $$ store. Going to borrow one and try this.

Cute!

Thanks Sue!

Just want to add a little note about which side of the ruler goes in and which side out. Believe it or not my girlfriend made hers and put the numbers on the inside and it didn't work. It turned out that she had a tape measure with the numbers on the outside of the concave - I saw it with my own eyes - had to - LOL - thought she just didn't understand. I wish I had taken a picture of her tape measure next to mine - one with numbers on one side and one with numbers on the opposide side of the convave. So maybe we better say to have the outside of the concave facing the outside of the purse and the hollow side of the concave facing the inside just in case someone else gets hold of a tape measure like she has.

These are wonderful. I think I'l make a bunch for friends

Thanks for the link

Gloria

I love the pattern thanks :D

I've recently made a couple of these & added fringe on the outside & also a handle- one handle of ribbon & the other cording. I love them!

Sooooo very cute.....thanks so much for the pattern!

Welcome..I hope some people will post pics of their bags when they make them

Thanks! That's a neat idea for a quick bag.

Here are pictures of the 2 I made. The Christmas one has a cord for the handle & the pink one has one of left over binding. Next I'm going to try making one larger

HOW CUTE!!

Electrical tape works well, because there is more flexibility.

The only electrical tape I'm familiar with is the black flexible kind that you wrap around wires. What kind is this?

Mimiknoxtaylor,
Yes, that is the tape I am referring to.

How would the flexible black electrial tape make the bag snap shut? That's what the tape measure does (you use the metal, retractable kind)

the electrial tape is used to cover the measuring tape. to keep it from cutting into the fabric, and i think to make it stronger too, but i use the clear duct tape , to me its less sticky to use.

I only cover the ends of the tape measure where it was cut.

I've never heard of cleaar duct tape, where do you find it?

Yes, I actually purchased the pattern earlier (drats!) it says that the numbers face the inside of the bag...the hollow side. So I think that would be the way PghPat said. But that doesn't make sense to me, the tute looks like the hollow part faces out....haven't made one yet, guess I need to so I can figure this out. :|

by mistake i put the tape in wrong and it didn't work right, so the numbers , in the concave, face you when the bag is done,

what i have is made by Scotch, and i think my husband either got it at Home Depot or Lowes, i swiped it from his repair stuff, oh, the tape measure , tape keeps going back into the holder, so now i guess i'll have to get hubby to take it apart, he already got it out once, the lock on it doesn't work good on some of the cheap tapes.!!!!!

Thanks! I sometimes go to Lowe's and Home Depot with my husband, there are all kinds of interesting things there, but he is not a looker...he gets what he is going after and then he's ready to go! Maybe I'll have to go alone sometimes!



what i have is made by Scotch, and i think my husband either got it at Home Depot or Lowes, i swiped it from his repair stuff, oh, the tape measure , tape keeps going back into the holder, so now i guess i'll have to get hubby to take it apart, he already got it out once, the lock on it doesn't work good on some of the cheap tapes.!!!!![/quote]

Curious how many made snap bags and how many did you make...I know I did well over 50 of them

Curious how many made snap bags and how many did you make...I know I did well over 50 of them

Hi I have not made one yet but cant quite grasp how the tape works. if you put the pieces of tape in with the numbers facing the outside then how do the keep the opening closed as the curves of the rulars are different next to each other so how do they cling together to keep the top closed.

My printed instructions :
Cut 2 pieces of metal measuring tape One inch shorter than the width of the finished bag. Round off the sharp corners & cover with tape (duct, electrical, even painters tape).(to keep it from poking through the fabric. -I've also used double the measuring tape for larger bags.
When you get ready to insert the measuring tape into the casing Make sure the numbers face the outside (pretty side) of the bag. If you don't put the tape in right you won't get the snap that closes the bag. Put a piece of the measuring tape in both ends of the bag.
Make sure the tape is 1/2" shorter than the bag on each end so that you don't sew over it when sewing the side.

hi if you put each piece of tape with the number facing the outside then they will be back to back and not work. Do you mean that the two pieces of tape should both face the same way.

I did it just the way the instructions said & I only have a small one here-gave the rest away. I can feel it through the fabric & YES the numbers (on the concave side or curved in side) both face outward. Mine works. The sides with no numbers wind up back to back.

My problem was that I managed to get a metal tape measure with numbers on both sides :shock: :roll: