Snap bags tape measure

A “Special Ingredient” Makes It Snap Open and Closed! This cute little bag has a special feature that’s not apparent at first glance. Pull the triangular tabs and it snaps open. A little pressure and it snaps shut. That makes this clever bag useful for so many things. Pieces of a metal measuring tape from …

Here's the post you {may} have been waiting for -- my "Snappy Bag" tutorial. I'm so excited to share this pattern and tutorial with you. In no time at all you can whip up one of these mini-pouches for someone you love! Last week I introduced my version of this little bag that has a carpenter's metal tape measure in the top casing that forms a "hinge" that snaps open and shut! These would be perfect little bags {filled with delectables} for someone you love on Valentine's Day. Please remember…

Have you ever seen those little bags that snap closed at the tops and you can squeeze them to open and then release and they snap closed again. Fun right and

Spread the loveNovember, 2018 update: I am sorry to report that the Deedle & Thread website isn’t operational any longer. Here is a link to another, similar bag using a tape measure. I apologize...

I'm going to give it a try anyway. So here goes: I layered and quilted a piece I wanted for the front and back, and a piece of batting. Th...

In today's post Christine Baker shows how to turn the sashiko panel and felted wool sampler made with WonderFil's Eleganza thread into two cute fabric snap bags.

The trick to these easy-sew snap bags is in your tool kit. Cindy Cloward shares how to make easy-sew pouches out of fabric and tape measures.

This summer I was invited to a "Favorite Things" party. I wasn't lucky enough to come home with a snappy bag, but the seed wa...

Here's a question for the ages -- what makes metal tape measures stay stiff? You know, that thin yellow strip coiled inside a snail-...

The Pleated Snappy Coin Purse by Sew Can She is a super cute DIY coin purse for little fashionistas. - Sewtorial