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Nest and Egg Fabric Gift Bag DIY!

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Nest and Egg Fabric Gift Bag DIY

I hope you will enjoy this Nest and Egg Fabric Gift Bag DIY. I’m so excited to share with you this project, and even more excited to share with you this image!! This weeks crafty project is this cute burlap nest and egg bag. This post is for any crafters out there looking to make a cute and affordable gift this holiday season. I am going to show you how to make fabric gift bags that are perfect for holding tiny gifts or party favors! It’s easy, quick, and very budget friendly. The best part is these bags can be personalized with your favorite images and motifs. So if Nests and Eggs aren’t your thing, customize with whatever image you like. Let’s get started!

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Fabric Gift Bag with Nest and Egg Pinterest Graphic

 

You may recognize the image above, these Morris Nest and Egg images are highly sought after images and very difficult to get. I’ve been trying to acquire one of these, for the last couple of years and I finally was able to score a couple at a fairly reasonable price! Yipee!! This one dates to the 1870’s and is a Nightingale nest and egg. I’ve provided the image above in PDF format so that you can print it and frame it. Easy peasy!
Nest and Egg Morris Print

Click on the Nest and Egg Image above and then right click to save it to your computer

The image, that you see above, is the one that I used for this project. I saved it at about 5″ by 8″ to fit the bags that I had, but you may want to resize it, if your bags are a different size.
Plain Burlap Bags

Here’s the before pic, I used these plain bleached burlap or jute bags. You can purchase the burlap bags here if you like, or if you’re handy with a sewing machine, you could always make your own. The size that I used were the 6″ by 10″ bags. I Printed the Image directly onto my fabric, Click HERE for Technique, again using some canvas drop cloth fabric and my inkjet Printer, that prints with waterproof ink. (Unfortunately they do not appear to be making that printer any more, but these are gift bags so you don’t need to wash them,  so a regular inkjet printer should be fine for this project) After printing, I cut my fabric down to size, and pulled some threads around the edges to give it a rustic looking fringed effect. Lastly I just hot glued the fabric right to the front of the bag! Super easy and fun!!

Finished Nest and Egg Bags

I hope you enjoyed this Fabric Gift Bag DIY! I filled the bag with some fine French soaps. This would make a great hostess gift for Thanksgiving or cute for someone that just moved into a new home!!

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Comments

  1. inkiu says

    Interesting tecnique. Does the print resist washing? I usually use sublimation ink on paper and then transfer it onto the fabric.

    Btw, it doesn’t matter if the background of the image is transparent or white, since the printer doesn’t have white ink, it won’t show up anyway (unless it’s not completely white).

    I’ve been visiting your blog for a while and since this is the first time I leave a comment I’d like to tell you that I enjoy your uploads very much. I even have a “graphics fairy” folder where I saved more than 100 images that I liked. Keep up the good work! 🙂

  2. charles says

    hi karen tha’s beautiful strong desing just a great combination. the sofnnes and the edge xoxo

  3. Karen- The Graphics Fairy says

    Hi Inkiu,
    I wouldn’t suggest washing it, if your ink runs when wet on paper items, it will run when wet on the fabric items. Some printers, use inks that are water resistant, like certain Epsons, if you have one of those, then you might have better luck! Since this is a gift bag though, no need to wash it. There are some sprays that can be used for UV protection.
    Thanks for the tips on the transparency issue. I’m glad you have found so many images that you can use in your art!

  10. Tammy says

    Karen-
    I love this graphic and will use it this week in a few projects I’m working on. I love being able to print right onto the fabric…I use just plain ol’ freezor paper…just cut the fabaric to 8 x 11 and iron on the freezor paper- it goes thru just fine & a little cheaper than the label paper.
    Thanks for all the great graphics! I also have a folder full!
    Tammy 🙂
    http://junkwildnc.blogspot.com

  16. Tammy says

    These are gorgeous little bags, Karen. I love this image. Thank you for sharing it with us. I am excited about using it.
    Tammy

  17. Shabby Cottage Studio says

    this is beautiufl and can’t wait to find a use for it. You are so generous Karen and I have man yof your images also saved in a folder. I noticed the question you asked Tammy. I print on a lot of fabric… iron your fabric to the shiny side of the freezer paper and it acts like an adhesive, make sure you trim any trheads and it runs through a printer wonderfully.

  18. Veronica says

    I absolutely love this image!! It’s so cute with the little egg at the top! I must tell you that when I found your blog (ages ago), I added it to my Google home page and each morning I so look forward to seeing what gorgeous image you have for me to download and what inspiring crafts you have to share.
    Thank you so much!

  20. Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says

    This is a wonderful image, Karen! Another one I’ve saved. I need to get some supplies together and start doing these projects. I’d like to make some of them as Christmas gifts this year, but don’t want to wait and rush at the last minute.

  22. Maria McClure says

    beautiful graphic! thanks for your generous spirit!! For some reason, I can’t help but think Baby Shower for this image…

  23. Kerry says

    Hi Karen,
    The transparent PNG file does not seem to be available any more. Would love to get the image without the background colour.
    Thanks

  24. Karen Watson says

    Hi Kerry,
    I just tested it and it seems to be working fine for me. Maybe there was a glitch the day you tried it, try it again and I’ll cross my fingers that it works for you this time!

  25. Patrice says

    You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation
    but I find this matter to be actually something that I think I
    would never understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me.

    I am looking forward for your next post, I will try
    to get the hang of it!

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