How to Make a Duffel Bag that's Better than Santa's

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November/December 1978
by Joan Hyme White 
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THE VARIATIONS ARE ENDLESS

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Now that you've been all the way through the basic bag you can, of course, tailor the pattern to your needs, wants and desires. Make it bigger. Make it smaller. Put more or fewer carrying straps on it, and make those straps longer or shorter. Add pockets. Take pockets off. Make the bag's ends triangular or rectangular instead of round. Put on fancier welting, or forget the welting altogether. Invent! And enjoy!

A ZIPPER ALTERNATIVE

You can equip your duffel bags with ordinary (already cut to length and clipped together at one end) zippers, of course, but they're not as easy to work with as the "off the roll" closures specified in this article.

In the case of the main zipper which closes the bag shown here, for instance, you would have to modify the attachment procedure as follows:

SACK STITCHING, STEP TWO: Keep the finished zipper closed while you sew one of its sides to one of the 21" edges of the fabric rectangle.

SACK STITCHING, STEP THREE: Allow the fastener to remain closed as you attach the bag's main carrying strap to the rectangle of fabric.

SACK STITCHING, STEP FOUR: Then, before turning the bag inside out, open the zipper all the way down and sew its other side to the opposite 21" edge of material.

A FURTHER NOTE: Be extra cautious when stitching the ends onto the duffel bag if you've used a "ready-made" zipper. If you accidentally sew over either the closure's teeth or the slider, your zipper may jam.

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