In this video, I will show you how to make a false bottom for a bag. A false bottom is a fabric-covered, stiff item that you can put in the bottom of a bag. This is especially helpful in larger bags when you don’t want the bottom to bow down under the weight of the items placed inside. The false bottom is removeable, so you can take it out of the bag before washing it.
You can find corrugated plastic at your favorite craft store or online.
There are two videos to watch:
I think somehow the wrong video is loaded here. This video is about corrugated plastic that can be used for a false bottom. While this is good info, the video on how to actually make a false bottom is missing.
I have picked up misprints and scrap from the printer. They are happy for someone to use it otherwise those bits go into a landfill.
Which bag is pictured here. I love the fabric as well as the bag!
I’d love to know which bag this is also ! looks awesome. I usually use the plastic sort of trellis stuff to put a false bottom in a bag.
Hi Janet! This is the Stingray Bag, with the handles and straps modified from the original pattern: https://sewsweetness.com/products/stingray-bag
Hi Donna! This is the Stingray Bag, with the handles and straps modified from the original pattern: https://sewsweetness.com/products/stingray-bag
I’m with you Donna, Great Bag – Couldn’t find it in the patterns.
Hi Gini! This is the Stingray Bag, with the handles and straps modified from the original pattern: https://sewsweetness.com/products/stingray-bag
Yup, wondering what the bag is in the picture…….
Hi Sheri! This is the Stingray Bag, with the handles and straps modified from the original pattern: https://sewsweetness.com/products/stingray-bag
I agree the bag in the picture is great love to know what it is.
Hi Deana! This is the Stingray Bag, with the handles and straps modified from the original pattern: https://sewsweetness.com/products/stingray-bag
Yes…. Sara…. please tell us what this bag pattern is you used as a video cover pic? PLEASE??
Hi Vicki! This is the Stingray Bag, with the handles and straps modified from the original pattern: https://sewsweetness.com/products/stingray-bag
I believe the bag is the Stingray and I think it’s made with the rose garden cork.
Here is my tip.
II have found the sharp plastic corners can wear the fabric away so I slightly round off the plastic corners
I’ve just finished making a bag using up some left over panel pieces, so about 12″ across, but still sagged. I found a plastic milk container solved the problem as the 4 pint (imperial) one was 15″ around the widest part and gave me a strip just right width. I cut away any moulded parts, then poured some boiling water onto it and it flattened. I cut it to size, snipped the corners off to avoid any problems there and inserted it – then decided two might be better because of the weight of water bottles and other extras I sometimes throw in, so sewed 2 together and inserted them inside the lining! Can’t see why they couldn’t have been used for a false bottom though – can you?
I haven’t tried with any other plastic containers, so take care if you do. I did iron a moulded part (inside a heat-resistant sheet) for another project yesterday. It took some effort to undo the moulding and I realised I had the iron too hot for one of the attempts, as the plastic stretched too thin and I folded it back on itself), but it will do for a prototype, as I don’t generate enough empty containers to keep up with my ideas.
Do you know by which designer?
I make a false bottom for all my bags. I have also put a secret pocket on the bottom as well.
Hi Donna! This is the Stingray Bag (the tote bag size)
wow not seen this before and believe me I look through your site frequently !!
Great idea Monica!
Thank you for your reply that this is indeed the Stingray bag!
Looked at the pattern love to make it but photos don’t show the handles rivetted on outside of other ones? is the change easy to do ? I’m not brilliant at going off piste:)
I have been wanting to learn how to do this!