Lined draw string helmet bag

Fiber & Textile Completed Projects
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Hello everyone!

I thought I’d share this fun project I completed yesterday for a friend and his wife. I made 2 draw string lined ski helmet bags. There’s a mouthful…

I made them following a short yet effective tutorial on youtube called ‘EASY Lined Drawstring Bag - Simple DIY’ by Whitney Sews. Before commiting myself to the actual bags I thought I’d make a small sized one in order to get the feel of the fabrics and the sewing involved.

One of the bags has a yellow webbing loop so they can see whose bag’s whose. Yes, they have different helmets.

Thanks for watching and happy crafting!
CraftyJedi

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You did an amazing job!
Our friends will be happy with their new ski-helmet bags.
(For those who didn’t know yet: Marc - aka CraftyJedi - is my husband.)

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Shoestrings! Great idea for drawstrings. I’ll have to check the dollar store for sets of those.
Your bags turned out lovely. I hope your friends have a safe and fun time.

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Such nice bags! The idea of putting the yellow loop on one of them was genius, too.

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Thanks! The shoe strings were more like ‘is this draw string business going to work’ but yes, they work just fine.

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Thanks! I’m proud of them, ahum… I planned on giving them both a different color loop but what the h*ck, one’s enough to keep them apart right?

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Nicely done! I love functional and pretty projects. I agree that using shoe strings for ties is such a great idea! I’ll pick up a few at the Dollar Tree to keep in my stash!

I know your friends will be appreciative of these lovely helmet bags!

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This is such a great idea! Our helmets can get dirty and scratched in the attic during the off season. I got a new helmet for Xmas and I really want to take care of it better. I’ll be stealing your idea though I doubt mine will turn out quite so professional looking! Excellent work!

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Thank you AIMR. I only used the laces in the smaller bag though. I decided to use nylon string for the actual helmet bags.

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Thanks a bunch! Yours will be great. Go and take care of that new bucket…

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Yes, the smaller bags…I presume the larger bags need something more substantial! I need to make a few bags for my shoes when I travel…the shoelaces should be fine for those!

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Shoes, shoe laces… in keep with the theme ;-D

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Adding the yellow tag was a clever way to keep them the same, yet easily able to differentiate them.

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Great bags and thoughtful gifts!

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Great idea to make the little tag for identification and a little extra pizzazz! I love black and white with pops of color and these are no exception. The b/w really makes the lining pop. Great project!

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Thanks Gozer, the color combo is perfect.

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Thanks! Great minds think alike Kwality ;-D I had both fabrics, from another bag project I did years ago, lying around doing nothing. The colors complement each other perfectly.

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Shoelaces! Genius! That may have to be my drawstring go-to in the future. And I love the tab idea. Very clever. I love that it doesn’t scream, “THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT!!!”

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Heyy Bunny,
thanks for the compliment ;-D

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Hello everyone, here are some action pics of one of the bags in ‘Les Saisies’, France.
Ow, and the yellow Millennium Falcon thingie is something I whipped up with the Cricut.
Have a great weekend!
CJ

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