Fabric and wire bag closures

Make these simple wire fasteners from your left over fabric scraps, by scissor variations

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What you need:

Garden wire

Fabric

Glue

Scissors

Pinking shears (optional)

Cut a strip of fabric twice as wide as you want the finished fastener to be

Cut a length of wire slightly shorter than the fabric

Apply glue to the wrong side of the fabric, place wire inside, and fold over and seal

Try and make sure the wire is down the middle of the finished fastener

Once the glue has dried trim off any excess fabric or use pinking shears to make a prettier edge

Flag Bags

Add a cute little flag to your packaging to personalise it, original idea from sallyjshim

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What you need:

Cocktail stick

Pretty paper or card

Glue

Scissors

Cut out a piece of paper twice as long as you want your flag to be

Wrap it round the cocktail stick and fix in place with glue

Cut a triangle out of the end to make it look like a flag

Pierce it through your packaging to customise it

Paper lanterns

Add tea lights (electric one are much safer) to your bags to turn them into super cute and cheap lanterns

You could even cut a design or message out of the bag to personalise them

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