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It’s in your hands
With the DIY chalk bag you do two good things: you make yourself a unique gift and use materials that would otherwise have to be disposed of. You can sew your own individual Chalk Bag from the pre-cut fabric pieces. Not just a recycled Chalk Bag, a recycled unicum!
With a little luck you can even win a package of sustainable Climb Green products worth 250 € with your selfmade DIY chalk bag! You can find all information HERE >
Homemade is best!
Limit your ecological footprint... and give yourself a unique present: The fleece-lined DIY chalk bag with drawstring to design yourself.
The set contains everything you need for sewing; including four patches of different colours made from leftovers from our production.
SEWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR DIY CHALK BAG
- sewing machine
- sewing thread
- scissors
- cutting chalk / marking pencil
1. 1x webbing Parrot (120 cm)
2. 1x cord (60 cm)
3. 2x belt loops (10 cm)
4. 1x brush holder (5 cm)
5. 1x belt loop (5 cm)
6. 1x belt buckle
7. 1x cord stopper
packing size: 46 cm x 22 cm
finished size: 43 cm x 20 cm
1. Cut off the paper label on the red line as shown in the illustration.
2. Remove contents from bag.
3. Turn the packaging bag over and cut off the sides at 1.0 cm each.
Mark up!
Individualize upper fabric
Cut the enclosed patches into shape and glue or sew to the outer fabric. There are no limits to your imagination.
Close the lateral edges of the outer fabric
Fold the outer fabric in half and place the brush holder with the closed side facing inwards against the marking.
The closed side is at the bottom.
ATTENTION!
Do not sew up where the mark for the gap of the cord is.
Sew the opening well at the top and at the bottom.
Close the right and left sides of the outer fabric.
Seam allowance: Quilting foot width (0.5 cm - 0.7 cm
TIP: Set stitch length to 3-4
Right side points inwards.
Place corners on top of each other and sew at 2.5 cm (measured from corner point).
Fold the inner fleece in half.
Closed side facing down.
ATTENTION!
Leave a gap for the cord.
Sew the opening at the top and bottom.
Close the right and left sides of the fleece fabric.
Seam allowance: Quilting foot width (0.5 cm - 0.7 cm).
Sew the corners of the inner bag in the same way as the outer bag.
Place the outer and inner bags on top of each other and sew together in the same seam on the corners.
Seam allowance: Sew in the same seam.
ATTENTION!
The openings for the cord of the inner and outer bag must be on the same side.
Cut off protruding corners at approx. 0.5 cm.
Turn over outer and inner bag
The printed side of the outer fabric faces outwards.
The "nicer" side of the fleece fabric faces inwards.
Fold the elastic fabric in the middle. Now close the open side with a seam allowance of 1.0 cm.
ATTENTION!
Leave the opening for the cord open.
Turn over elastic fabric.
Make sure that the markings are on the inside.
Fold the elastic fabric again to create a "round tunnel".
Insert the elastic fabric into the fleece bag with the open side facing upwards.
The opening for the cord must point outwards.
Fold the cord cord in half and thread it with the closed side through the outer bag, the fleece bag and the elastic fabric.
Insert the cord into the elastic fabric in a circle.
Thread the cord stopper into the cord and knot the cord.
Now close the open side of the elastic fabric circularly. Make sure that you do not fix the cord.
Seam allowance: Quilt foot width (0,5 cm - 0,7 cm
Tip: In order to be able to process the elastic fabric better, you can loosen the thread tension a little.
Turn the edge of the outer fabric over 1.5 cm and topstitch closely to the upper edge of the outer fabric.
Fold the outer bag down for better handling.
Sew outer bag and fleece bag together right side on right side.
Seam allowance: Quilt foot width (0.5 cm - 0.7 cm)
Slide the seam where the inner fleece and elastic were joined under the folded edge of the outer fabric.
Fold the edge of the outer fabric inwards and connect the elastic with the outer fabric.
Seam allowance: Sew on the existing seam of the outer fabric.
Attach the belt loops to the back of the chalkbag at a distance of approx. 7.0 cm.
Seam allowance: Sew as close as possible to the end of the belt loop.
Sew belt strap
Thread the webbing (rope piece) into the receiver piece of the buckle and lay it double. Then topstitch both firmly.
Thread the other end of the webbing into the slider of the buckle. Fold over the end of the webbing and sew.
Now fold the elastic band in half and topstitch. Now thread it over both ends of the webbing.
Thread the webbing into belt loops.
Do not feel like reading? Then take a look at Anne's "step by step" sewing instructions:
That's how the lottery works:
1. buy the DIY chalk bag online or at one of our dealers.
2. sew together the chalk bag (with the help of the (video) instructions).
3. take a picture of the result and post it on Facebook or Instagram with the Hastags #diychalkbag #climbgreen
4. win sustainable Climb Green climbing products worth 250,- € with a little luck
Now we wish you a lot of fun sewing the chalk bag and a lot of success in the competition.
We keep our fingers crossed!
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