Last week when we were at the coupon conference, Melea told us how she just sticks the coupons that she is going to use in her pocket and then unloads her pockets at the register. But sometimes she doesn’t quite get them all out, and by the time she finds the forgotten coupons it’s not worth driving back to the store and unpacking her baby again to go back in and deal with it. I had seen a few things floating about the internet, but I didn’t really like any of them, I didn’t think they were very practical or useful for me. So I came up with me own version, and here I am sharing it with you! We are also considering selling these… what do you think? Would you buy one?
1- You need a piece of patterned fabric 6 in. x 17 ½ in. and a piece of see-though fabric that is 6 in x 5 in.(You could use plastic if you want, but I was afraid it would rip to easy after sewing it) If you don’t have scrap fabric laying around, and you need to go to the store to yours most places won’t let you buy a piece of fabric that little, I would say buy about a foot of fabric for the patterned and if they will let you buy about 8 in of the see-though stuff. This will be good for 2 reasons 1) you will have extra in case you mess up, and 2) the nice lady that cuts your fabric will probably not cut it straight, but you will be able to fix it at home!
2- I put the Velcro on next, I used Velcro dots, for a set of 18 it was $2.50 at Walmart. But really the shape of the Velcro so does not matter. On the top and bottom sew the Velcro on to the face up side. You’re going to want to make sure that they will line up straight before you sew them down, mine had sticky on the back so I was able to place them and make sure it was right before I sewed, but a pin will work just as well.
3- Fold the top over about a ½ in (just bigger than the size of your Velcro) and sew it down. Then fold the bottom up accordion style so the Velcro ends up on top. Now fold the bottom up about 4 ½ in. and sew it in place.
4- Take your see though fabric and cut the side that you want to be the top straight, fold it over a couple times and sew it, this will finish off the edge. Then add a piece of ribbon to it. I forgot to take a picture of this, but you can see it in the next picture.
5- Then take your see though fabric and place it in top of the other fabric, cut around the edges so that they all match up (you may even want to leave a little extra to be trimmed off after you sew it down, the edges of this fabric fray VERY easily.) and then sew around the 3 edges, get as close to the side as you can.
6- Now measure and cut some ribbons that will the edges of your bag. I cut mine about an inch longer than I needed. Iron them so that you have a nice seam down the middle.
7- Take the ribbon and pin it down around the edges to that it wraps around the back (this is going to hide all the unfinished sides). And… you guessed it… sew it down. You will want to go slow that you make sure your ribbon doesn’t slide off and you miss sewing it to the fabric! I only put ribbon around 3 sides, because when it’s hanging on your shopping cart you won’t see the top. When you are done cut off the extra ribbon and put some clear nail polish on it so it doesn’t fray (there is probably a better way to finish off the edge of ribbon… but I am unaware of it).
8- You’re DONE! Fold the top over and admire that you just made! Now when you are at the store you have some place easy to store your coupons and you won’t miss any cause you see if there is anything left in the bag!
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