Sew a quick toiletry bag: Rae bag

Sew a quick toiletry bag: Tasche Rae is a stylish toiletry bag for men, women, and children. The set of 3 is also perfect for beginners!

What makes Tasche Rae special?

Fancy a stylish new little bag? Then you've found your new favorite sewing project: Tasche Rae (pronounced: Ray) is a real all-rounder!

The backbone made of an endless zipper^* is not only an eye-catcher: It also gives the bag good stability.

The wide opening ensures that you can find everything at a glance. The wide base grounds the bag as a stable foundation and gives it a firm stand.

The bag is unisex and can be wonderfully sewn as a cosmetic or toiletry bag for men and women.

The pattern is also great for a bag set, e.g. with thematically matching fabrics.

In the instructions, I show you two ways to sew the bag: with bias tape finishing and top-stitched.

If you sew the bag top-stitched, you only need approx. 20 cm of bias tape.

This is what the top-stitched version looks like:

This is what the bias tape finished version looks like:

I also show you in the instructions how to sew the bag from fabric with the grainline.

This is everything included

The eBook contains the pattern in 3 sizes: 14.5 cm, 20.5 cm and 27.5 cm edge length.

• beginner-friendly, illustrated sewing instructions with 2 sewing options
• Pattern in 3 sizes in DIN A4 to print yourself

Finished bag size & required materials

These fabrics are suitable for Tasche Rae

You can use a pre-quilted bag fabric^* as the lining fabric. Then you don't need to reinforce the fabrics.

All non-stretch fabrics are suitable, such as:

• Cotton woven fabric^* (e.g. Chambray fabrics^* or Kokka fabrics^*)
• Linen fabrics^*
• Corduroy fabrics^*
• Denim fabrics^*
• Canvas^*
• Decorative fabrics^*
• Tyvek^*
• SnapPap^*
• Faux leather^*
• Felt^*
• Bag fabrics^*

You don't know Tyvek yet? Then you should definitely read my blog post about the cool paper fabric!

If you, like me, love Kokka fabrics, I highly recommend checking out Etsy^*. There is a huge selection of the most delicious and rarest Japanese fabrics there!

If you have never sewn with Kokka fabrics before: Give it a try! They are incredibly easy to work with and look great. :)

Size 1

• Finished size: 6.5 x 6.5 x 14.5 cm
• 20 cm outer fabric, reinforced with H630 interfacing
• 20 cm lining fabric, reinforced with H250 interfacing
• Zipper length: 27 cm
• Bias tape required for top-stitching: 15 cm
• Bias tape required for bias tape binding: 80 cm

Size 2

• Finished size: 8 x 8 x 20.5 cm
• 20 cm outer fabric, reinforced with H630 interfacing
• 20 cm lining fabric, reinforced with H250 interfacing
• Zipper length: 36 cm
• Bias tape required for top-stitching: 20 cm
• Bias tape required for bias tape binding: 100 cm

Size 3

• Finished size: 11 x 11 x 28 cm
• 30 cm outer fabric, reinforced with H630 interfacing
• 30 cm lining fabric, reinforced with H250 interfacing
• Zipper length: 46 cm
• Bias tape required for top-stitching: 26 cm
• Bias tape required for bias tape binding: 1.25 m

What other materials do I need?

• Zipper^*
• Sewing thread (also happy to use a contrast color for top-stitching!)
• Rotary cutter
• Fabric scissors
• Pinking shears^*
• Patchwork ruler
• Sewing machine
• Pins
• Fabric clips (I use my Magic Clips^*, because they stay firmly in place!)
• Wondertape^*
• Iron
• Needle & thread

Can beginners also sew the quick toiletry bag?

These instructions are especially for sewing beginners. With little effort and a few tricks, you too can make a perfect toiletry bag as a beginner (or returner). In the instructions, I give you valuable tips and explain why I do it this way.

Happy simple sewing,

your Sabine