The cutest pumpkin shaped treat bag you can sew just in time to collect all the candy for Halloween.
A DIY tutorial to sew a pumpkin shaped treat bag. Sew this cute trick or treat bag made in the shape of a pumpkin.
Today I’m sharing how I made this soft sided pumpkin shaped treat bag. And this pumpkin holds a ton of candy!
Treat Bag
Batman needs a container to hold all his goodies from trick or treating. He’s four years old here so you can see the bag is plenty big for his size.
Pumpkin Shaped Bag
To make this soft sided treat bag I modified a tulip bag pattern. You can find the original pattern here. I made the body smaller (stouter) and the handles a bit shorter and also made the sewing process easier as I found the pattern instructions unnecessarily complicated.
The best part about this pattern is the bag essentially has a flat bottom without making mitered corners. It’s just the four seams coming together to create a nice base.
Bag Details
This style pattern makes a perfect bag that will stand alone. And that makes it even better to fill with candy!
My pumpkin bag measures about 5″ square with a handle height about 4.5″ after the modifications.
How To:
* Note – all seams are 1/4″, press as you go.
Cut Bag Pieces:
- 4 – outer body and lining
- 4 – lightweight fusible interfacing
- 2 – handles (10″ x 2.5″)
- 2 – heavy interfacing (10″ x 3/4″)
I used the ‘petite’ pattern from here and modified it even smaller for a mini version.
Step 1: Press handle fabric around interfacing folding in raw edges.
Step 2: Straight stitch down both sides of handle piece, 1/8″ from outer edge. Repeat for both handle pieces.
Step 3: Iron fusible interfacing to wrong side of outer body fabric. Repeat for all 4 pieces.
Step 4: Sew side seams of body pieces, 1 to 2 and 3 to 4.
Step 5: Sew remaining center seam.
(Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for lining pieces.)
Step 6: Turn main body right side out and pin the handles in place on both sides.
Step 7: Keep the lining wrong side out and stuff outer body inside the lining, matching up the seams. Pin around the top edge.
Step 8: Sew all around the top edge except one section leaving open about 4″. Be sure to double back at handle points for extra stability.
Step 9: Turn bag right side out by pulling through the opening left in top seam. Push the lining down into the bag, press the top edge then top stitch 1/8″ from the edge for a finished look.
Ready for trick or treating!
A quick, easy pattern with so many possibilities.
This is so cute!! Very well done!
Totally cute!! Esther
This is so cute and would make a great gift..
Ma che carino!!:)
Complimenti!!
Sabry!!
Very cute! I have been sewing too. Something less festive, though!!!
So cute!
What a great bag! My poor kids used plastic grocery bags.
That is adorable! It would be cute for Easter too.
And a very cute model as well!
Fantastic idea! You did a great job.The little one is so cute.
Hope to see you on my blog:)
How darling! I love the colors/fabric!!
Great project… thanks for sharing!
I love this idea! Thanks for giving and showing us the details. New follower and hope you follow me back. Thanks!
This sweet bag is darling…and it can hold a bunch of candy! What fun.
That's a really cute little bag. Perfect for collecting Halloween candy! Thanks for showing us how it's done!
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That's fantastic! Love it! Would you consider linking to my pumpkin craft challenge? This is just the kind of thing I'd love for my readers to see. 🙂
http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-craft-challenge-4-pumpkins.html
I thought the same thing as Lisa–this would be great for Easter too! I like how it kind of stands without any help. The spider accent is clever 🙂
Love your bag! What a cute idea. The fabric is one I've been looking for…do you know where you purchased it?
VERY cute treat bag! 🙂
Visiting from Midwestern Sewing Girl's Everything Halloween Linky Party today,
~Suzanne in NW Illinois
That is a really cute treat bag (and an adorable Batman in his flip flops.) Around here it is not uncommon to wear snow boots for trick or treating! Stopping by from the everything Halloween party at Midwestern {Sewing} Girl.
Oh my gosh, my kids would flip if their bags held that much candy!!! I love the design! And I have to laugh at your little Batman's rolled up pant legs…I have a little Boba Fett with extra long legs…;) Just how tall do these costume makers think our kids are??? Thanks so much for linking up, Jaime!!!!!
Oh my this is sooooooooo super cute!!
This is awesome. Thanks so much for sharing a tutorial!! I pinned this to my Fall board : )
Jaimee @ craft-interrupted.blogspot.com
These are the cutest bags! Thank you for sharing your ideas. I put a photo and a link to this post on my blog because I thought it was so cute. I loved going through your blog and seeing all the fun stuff. I enjoyed your writings, too. Gook luck with everything.
So cute! Have you made these as Easter Baskets yet?
These are wonderful, the link took me to a Chinese site that I couldn't read? Is there a way for me to get a copy of this pattern? Thanks!
Fabulous! Great tutorial.
Is the pattern still available? Pattern links route to Amazon home page.
Hi Ingrid, yes the pattern is available for purchase on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Anything-But-Boring-Tulip-Pattern/dp/B002NHCZ9C