DIY shopping bags

Trendy bag designs – the easy way

Make a trip to the shops twice as much fun with these stylish fabric tote bags! Shopping can be enjoyable, but you can start having fun long before you go by decorating your own shopping bag. You don’t need to be an expert at designing to make beautiful, personalised creations like these – with edding textile markers, even novices can quickly get impressive results. Simply come up with an attractive motif (or copy one of ours) and away you go! edding textile markers and pens are ideal for all kinds of light-coloured fabrics such as cotton, silk and linen. There are two stroke widths and a range of 20 colours to choose from, including neon shades for a particularly vibrant effect. What’s more, they’re really practical for beginners and advanced crafters alike: with each of the edding textile sets – blues/greens, reds or assorted base colours – you have five perfectly colour-coordinated shades at your fingertips. When you’ve finished designing, heat-fix the motif with an iron and it will then be able to withstand wash cycles of up to 60°C.

Category: Special gifts
Products: Textile markers and pens
Materials: Textile
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

First, wash the bag to remove any finishing agents in the fabric and leave to dry. Our website has a variety of flower motifs for you to choose from, or you can make your own template in the size you want. Place the template inside the bag so the picture shows through, allowing you to lightly trace over it. The template also helps to prevent the ink bleeding through to the back of the bag.

Step 2

To dress up our bag with the ornamental onion pattern shown here we used the green edding 4600 textile pen (colour code 004). Use the pens and markers to trace your chosen motifs and colour them in. To make this blue striped bag, we recommend you use a ruler to ensure perfectly straight lines. We used the edding 4500 textile marker (colour code 003) for this idea. To heat-fix the design, iron the bag afterwards on the no-steam setting and your new designer accessory will then be able to withstand wash cycles of up to 60°C.