Hogwarts Book Bags

I decided early on that to debut my sewing machine skills, each child attending the party would get a Hogwarts Book Bag (A simple, black drawstring bag).  I found this REALLY EASY tutorial on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A82qJnhPN0 and got going. 

After a bit of practice, I can knock out 6 of these bags in about an hour and a half.  I decided to use yellow satin ribbon to break the amount of black that will be used.  I asked one of the friendly ladies at Spotlight for some 'tougher, slightly more rigid cotton' which was about $6 a metre.  Bags are cut out at 31cm x 41cm - so I get 3 bags to the metre with some leftovers for my material collection.

My 1 tip for success on this project - USE YOUR IRON!