How to Sew a Carrot Candy Bag; Perfect for Beginner Seamstresses

Feb 2, 2021
3 min read

Updated: Feb 10

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This carrot candy bag is absolutely adorable. Rarely have I seen anything so cute. The candy bags are the perfect size for adding to an Easter basket or to gift on their own. I love how I can personalize these with different designs from designer, to classic, to rustic. Finally, one of my favorite things is that these candy bags are a wonderful use of your fabric scraps and remnants.

Purple basket with a braided handle, filled with colorful candy eggs, a fabric carrot, and purple paper shreds on a wooden and fur backdrop.

Supplies:

Sewing Machine
Iron
Scissors
Rotary tool
Fabric – two 5 inch squares and two 5 inch x 7 inch rectangles (2 for the greens, 2 for the carrot)
Orange Fabric Ideas
Green Fabric Ideas
Ribbon or Cording
Cutting Mat

Hands holding green and orange patterned paper on a cutting board; scissors and pins on dark wooden surface.

Begin by cutting your fabric. Cut two 5 inch squares for the greenery leaf topping. Cut two 5 x 5 inch squares for the carrots.

Hands cut orange patterned paper with a paper trimmer on a dark wood table. A green sheet and yellow scissors are nearby.

Do an additional diagonal cut on the carrot to make the point. Do this by folding the square in half and then drop 1 inch down and cut at an angle to the far side of the diagonal. I like to stop about 1/8 inch before the other corner so it isn't pointed. Do not cut the side with the fold, cut the edge.

Hands folding an orange patterned paper near a paper cutter. Yellow scissors and green paper on a wooden table.

This cut should create your carrot shape when you unfold it. Iron all your pieces.

Hands folding green fabric on blue towel, with an iron and scissors nearby. Fabric has a textured pattern. Bright workspace.

Take the green fabric and create a 3/8 inch fold on opposing sides.

Hands holding green fabric near a sewing machine on a dark wooden table. Scissors and fabric pieces nearby. Sewing in progress.

First iron it and then stitch a 1/8 inch seam from the folded edge.

Hands pinning green fabric near a Singer Futura sewing machine, on a dark wooden table with scissors and more fabric nearby.

Fold the green squares in half with wrong sides together (The seams will be on the sides.) and prepare to sew. Create a 1 1/8 inch seam allowance. This will create the top portion of the casing.

Hands folding green and pink patterned fabric on a dark wooden table. Scissors and pins are nearby, suggesting a sewing project.

Lay the carrot pieces with the wrong sides up. Lay the green tops with the folded edge pointed towards the bottom and all of the unsewn edges together. Make sure the green carrot top is centered well.

Hands sewing green and pink fabric pieces pinned together on a dark wooden table. Yellow scissors nearby; focused, crafting mood.

Sew each top to the carrots at the rough edges with a 1/8 inch seam allowance.

Hands ironing red patterned and green fabric on blue cloth. Wooden surface background.

Iron the seams down towards the right side of the orange carrot section and fold over the green so that the seam is on the edge.

Hands ironing red and green fabric on a blue towel. Yellow scissors and pins on wood surface suggest a sewing project.

Stitch a 1/4 inch seam to encase the rough edge.

Hands holding and pinning green and orange fabric on a dark wood surface, with scissors to the side.

Press the seam down towards the carrot.

Hands folding an orange patterned and green fabric on a blue towel; scissors and pins on a wooden table. Crafting scene.

Topstitch a 1/8 inch seam along the top of your orange fabric. The topstitch is a cute detail that I love but it also holds the fabric down so the edge does not pop up.

Now, we just need to lay our carrots/tops with the right side of the fabric together and then sew the “V” of our carrot. I begin right at the edge near the greenery. You need to sew it as close to the green as possible without actually sewing the green.

Hands guide red and green fabric into a sewing machine. Pins hold fabric in place. Sewing is happening on a dark wooden table.

Then, just sew straight down that side and turn at the “V” section and sew back up the other side. Then, turn it right side out.

Hands folding an orange and green fabric, set against a wooden table. The fabric has a swirling pattern, evoking a crafty mood.

The last step is feeding your ribbon or cording through your channels to create your drawstrings.

We need to cut two lengths of ribbon that are a little more than double the width of your bag. Approximately 12 inches is what I did.

Hands tying string on a colorful fabric bag with swirls on a dark wooden table, surrounded by a wooden needle and pins.

Then, using a safety pin feed the ribbon through one of your channels then down the other side and tie it off. The other ribbon is the same but it begins and ends on the opposite side as the first one.