How to Sew Your Personalized Advent Calendar Bags

Materials needed for the Advent calendar:

• Advent calendar fabric panel
• scissors
• matching sewing thread
• optional: pins
• electric iron
• satin ribbon, approx. 6 mm (0.23 inches) wide, about 7.5 meters (8.2 yards)
• chopstick or similar tool to shape the corners
• safety pin

For hanging the Advent calendar:

• thick cord, about 1 cm (0.4 inches) thick, 4-5 meters (4.4-5.4 yards) long
• optional: small clothespins

Instructions:

Wash the Advent calendar fabric panel according to the instructions.

Iron the Advent calendar fabric panel.

Cut the fabric panel into 25 pieces along the dashed black lines.

Take the first piece of fabric and lay it down with the “right” side facing the table.

Drehe das erste Stoffstück so um, dass die rechte – bedruckte Seite – unten liegt.

Fold the shorter sides along the colored markings twice and sew the folded fabric down.

Repeat all steps for the (short) left side.

Fold the fabric at the top edge along the narrow colored marking.

Fold the fabric along the next marking.

Sew along the bottom edge to create a tunnel.

Fold the fabric piece in half, right sides together.

Sew the fabric piece into a bag.

Start at the top right below the tunnel.

The tunnel must remain open!

Trim the bottom corners slightly.

Turn the bag right side out.

Use a chopstick to shape the corners. 

Cut a piece of satin ribbon about 30 cm (about 12 inches) long and thread it through the tunnel at the top of the bag using a safety pin.

Tie the ends of the satin ribbon together.

Repeat all steps for the remaining 23 Advent calendar bags;))

Sewing the small banner:

Fold the short sides of the banner twice along the narrow marking strips and sew them down. 

Repeat this process for the bottom side of the banner.

For the top side of the banner, fold the fabric first along the narrow marking and then along the wider marking.

Sew it down to create a tunnel.

DONE!!!

Well, now I am curious.

Have you ever sewn your own fabric bag Advent calendar?

If so, did you use a pre-printed fabric panel? Or did you measure each bag individually, look for fabrics that make a nice combination, etc.?

Tell me in the comments!

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I looking forward to hear from you!

Are you excited to sew Advent calendars for yourself and your loved ones?

Here you can find my Advent calendar fabric panels.