I made a leather sailor's ditty bag - or at least my interpretation of one as I usually make them in 18oz cotton duck. The hardest part, I found, was stitching the circular bottom into the tubular bag. (I'll try and dig out pictures of the one I made). In the end I fudged it by folding the outside edge down, trimming in slits and stitching it in place. It kind of worked but looked not so good. Any ideas how to achieve a better way at this would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
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Hi,
You could maybe make another gusset and add the bottom to that. Similar to the bag down below but you'd use the technique on the bottom instead of on the sides.
You need one extra pattern for this. A strip with no extra seam allowance on one side (which would be lined up with the bottom of the bag) and extra seam allowance on the other side (5/10 mm). Connect the outer edges making the strip into a circle.
The round pattern (bottom) should also have an extra 5/10 mm seam allowance. You sew this circle to the strip first (seam allowance to seam allowance) and then place this gussett in the bottom. ps: make sure you skive the seam allowance, otherwise it pushes the bag out of shape.
I hope this makes sense, kind of difficult to explain!