Sew a Possibles Bag

The possibles bag holds small items that are necessary during the hiking/walking parts of Trek. Things such as lip balm, personal necessities, and a water bottle go in the bag. The strap is worn over the shoulder and across the chest. A flap is incorporated into the design to prevent items from falling out when the bag is placed in the cart or on the ground. A trekker can attach a button and buttonhole or velcro type materiel to keep the flap even more secure.

Our Stake has a very large group of trekkers about 500 and I purchased plenty of denim pants legs which are sewn on three sides from a seller on Ebay.

Finished bags on bale of 200 pant legs.

Presewn denim pant legs.

Draw a chalk line up 13" from one end of bag.
This 13" tall portion of the pant leg is the body of the bag.
The rest of the rectangle is the flap.

Cut on the chalk line across the leg through only one layer of denim.
This is the opening into the bag. No need to finsh this opening.

Turn the bag inside out to hide the seams.

Cut  51" length(about 1 1/3 yard) of 1" wide cotton webbing.
This is the strap for the bag.
I purchased the cotton webbing from a seller
on Ebay.

Shape the corners by forcing the fabric completely out
of the four corners. I use a chop stick.

Press the bag open and then fold the flap over and press again.

Attach the cotton webbing to the back of the bag.
The strap is located 1" below the slit you cut on the other side
of the bag.

Stitch through all layers of denim avoiding catching the
flag in the stitching. I use my needle down function and
pivot at the corners of the webbing finishing with a diagonal
stitching line across the square of stitching.

Using the denim pant legs purchased in bulk saved a lot of money when compared to purchasing cotton twill, denim or even lighter weight cottons by the yard (even with sales and coupons); plus, nearly all of the sewing was completed before I even received the denim pant legs.