Turn 5″ square fabrics into a Watermelon Treat Bag, easy to sew for gift bag ideas or birthday favour bag ideas. The DIY treat bag is reusable and washable.

Easy DIY Watermelon Drawstring Bag

This bag is a summer-themed sewing project. It uses three fabric colors to resemble a watermelon. The small drawstring bag is helpful for many purposes. Below are some ideas on using this bag other than for a treat holder.

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Replace the red or pink fabric with yellow for a yellow watermelon theme. Adjust the measurements for each fabric piece if you want to make a larger watermelon drawstring bag. The process would still be the same as making this small one.

Supply To Make Watermelon Treat Bag

The watermelon drawstring bag is an easy sewing project using charm pack fabric. The charm pack fabric is 5″ square, and only small rectangle strips are used for the green and white fabric. You can also use fabric scraps.

If the ribbon is unavailable, use the Ric Rac trim, bias tape, braided yarn, cord for making friendship bracelets.

• 2 pieces of 5″ square red fabrics
• 1 piece of 5″ square green fabric
• 1 piece of 5″ square white fabric
• 1 piece of 16″ long 0.25″ width ribbon
• Disappeared ink fabric marker. My favorite fabric marker is this dual-purpose marker.
• Pin or quilting clips
• Lighter
• Safety pin
• Ruler
• Thread
• Chopstick
• Scissors
• Pinking Shears
• Sewing machine
• Clothes iron

Watermelon Treat Bag Tutorial

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Use pinking shears to cut each fabric piece.
Cut the white fabric in half, then cut it again in half lengthwise so you will have four 1.25″ x 5″ rectangles.
Cut the green fabric into half to make two of 2.5″ x 5″ rectangle fabric.
To make one bag, you only need:
2 pieces of 5″ square red fabrics
2 pieces of 1.25″ x 5″ white fabrics
1 piece of 2.5″ x 5″ green fabric

Pin one long side of each white fabric to the green fabric, with the right side of both fabric colors facing each other.
Sew along both long white and green fabric edges with a 0.25″ seam allowance.
Press the fabric with an ironing machine and make the seam flat toward the green fabric.

Pin the red fabric on each white fabric with the right side of both fabric colors facing each other.
Sew along the long white fabric edge with a 0.25″ seam allowance.
Press the seam with an ironing machine and make the seam flat toward the red fabric.

Topstitch along the seam of the red and green fabrics.

Fold the fabric piece in half with the right side of the fabric inside.
Mark 1″ below the top edge corners.
Sew the pouch along both sides from the 1″ marked spot with a 0.25″ seam allowance.

Fold the seam on all sides of the top corners inward.
Press the folded seam with an ironing machine.
Fold the top edge of the pouch 0.5″ inward for the ribbon threading channel.
Press the threading channel with an ironing machine.

Sew the threading channel above the raw edge.
Turn the pouch right side out.
Press the pouch with an ironing machine.

Use a lighter to seal the raw edge of the ribbon.
Attach a safety pin to one end of the ribbon.
Thread the ribbon through the channel.

The watermelon treat bag is ready to use now.
Put the treat into the bag, pull the ribbon and make a bow knot.
The size of the treat bag is 4.5″ x 6″

There would be leftover green and white fabric. You can use the leftover fabrics to make another watermelon drawstring bag by adding two more red fabrics.

How To Use Watermelon Drawstring Treat Bag

Here are several ways to use this mini drawstring pouch:

Birthday Favor Bag
You can put candy bars, stickers, hair accessories, or small school supplies like erasers or craft glue in the favor bag or match the items with the birthday party theme. For a fun idea, use the watermelon treat bag as the favor bag when having a summer birthday party.

Cord Storage
If you are not using this cord-keeper, use this small drawstring bag to keep all cords. For a simple idea, put all the cords for each gadget in the bag for each family member. Write the name on each bag using a fabric marker or by stitching the name on the bag.

Travel Essential
Use the bag to keep small items for travelling, like a phone charger, jewelry, hair accessories, or hand sanitizer if you don’t use this sanitizer holder.

Jewelry Packaging
If you’re making handmade jewelry for the craft market or gifting, use this mini watermelon drawstring bag for customized jewelry packaging. I love it when I order something handmade, and the packaging is different from mass production. It is more personalized and stands out from the crowd.

Coin Pouch
Keep some change or coins in this bag. During camping trips, you usually need some coins for laundry, and the drawstring bag is helpful for this purpose. I always do this, so I know exactly where the coins are stored when I do laundry at the campsite. This watermelon craft is also fun for camping trips.

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More easy sewing projects for a summer theme.

• Pineapple Mug Rug
• Flower Shape Coaster
• Mermaid Tail Bag
• Sunglasses Pouch
• Library Tote Bag With Pocket

DIY Watermelon Treat Bag For Easy Summer Sewing Project