Choose from color-coordinated fabric packs or use your own scraps to create a bag in your unique style. It’s fully reversible and as simple or intricate as you’d like! Perfect for carrying your latest knitting project or even as a lunch tote.
Inspired by the Japanese Komebukuro, this modern version pays homage to traditional patchwork pouches used to carry rice offerings to temples or gifts for loved ones, tied with a drawstring cord.
Difficulty level: Clear instructions makes this project completely accessible to a beginner.
Dimensions of finished pouch: 6" square x 7" tall (15.25 x 17.75 cm).
Recommended fabrics: medium weight linen or linen blend, quilting cotton or lightweight canvas. Requirements based on 44” wide fabric.
- ¼ yd [23 cm] Exterior fabric OR various scraps/remnants, enough to make up a 25” x 8” rectangle [63.5 cm x 20.3 cm]
- ¼ yd [23 cm] Lining fabric
- (6) 3” x 4" [7.6 cm to 10 cm] fabric pieces for drawstring tabs
- Additional fabric for appliqué pieces
- 2 yds [2 m] cotton drawstring, or ¼“ [7 mm] cotton twill tape
- ½ yd [46 cm] fusible woven interfacing OR use a layer of fabric OR heavier-weight fabric like canvas will provide extra body to the bag
Pattern: Modern Japanese Rice Pouch
Fabric packs: Drawstring Bag Supply Bundles
This Bainbridge colorway includes the fabric, drawstring, patches, and thread to get a look in the same palette.
This fabric pack in the Sausalito colorway gives you a look like this:
Another option is the Marfa colorway.
