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Whether you're a backyard pro who wants to save a few bucks past making your next set up of cornhole bags or y'all desire to create a personalized DIY gift for a cornhole role player, making cornhole bags is a unproblematic beginner's sewing project that can be customized to fit your platonic gameplay. Depending on how you play the game, there are a few different materials you lot can cull from to create a fix of bags that will work all-time for yous. In this step-past-pace tutorial, we'll give you the rundown on the best materials to utilise besides every bit a few methods y'all can apply to easily craft your perfect set of 6x6 inch cornhole numberless.

Things You Should Know

  • Make your own cornhole bags using duck textile canvas and dry corn or plastic pellets for the filling.
  • Cutting out 16 squares of duck cloth (2 for each pocketbook so you lot take 8 bags in total).
  • Stitch two squares of duck material together, then pour in the filling to brand a pocketbook. Repeat for all 8 numberless.

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    Measure out a 7x7 inch foursquare of 10 ounce duck cloth. [i] Use a ruler or measuring tool to measure out a piece of canvas that is 7 inches wide and 7 inches long. Make a mark at each of the seven-inch points then you will have a guideline for cutting the canvas. You lot tin can also draw lines connecting the marks so that y'all have a square pattern to cut along.

    • Duck fabric is a durable type of canvass that can withstand heavy wear, making it the ideal fabric for making cornhole bags. Yous can purchase duck material at your local fabric store or favorite online fabric retailer.
    • Don't substitute duck fabric for any other canvass or fabric material. If you need extra durable cloth, substitute 12 oz. duck cloth.

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    Cutting the duck cloth into a 7x7 inch square. Employ cloth pair of scissors or a rotary cutter to make abrupt cuts. Cut along a straight edge to make the cutting and so that y'all won't accept any jagged edges.[two]

    • If yous're using a rotary cutter, make your cuts on a cutting mat so you don't cause any damage to your work surface.

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    Repeat fifteen more than times so you have 16 squares total. A full set of cornhole numberless has 8 bags: 4 bags of one color/pattern, and 4 of another colour/pattern. You lot will need 2 different colors/patterns of duck material to create a full gear up.

    • Each bag is made upward of two 7x7 squares that are stitched together. Repeat this procedure 15 times. You should end upwardly with 16 squares; eight of one color/pattern and eight of your 2d color/pattern.[three] You lot will have a fleck of canvas left over.

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    Create a ½-inch seam assart. Lay two squares of the same color/design on height of each other and measure a ½ inch in from the edge of the fabric. Apply a directly edge and a marker pen to mark ½-inch guidelines along each border. Repeat this procedure on all four sides of the cloth and so that you have a square is drawn that is ½ inch in from your fabric edges. [4]

    • A seam assart is the distance between the material's edge and where you lot will sew.[v] Having a seam allowance prevents fraying and will create a more durable bean bag. These guidelines are where y'all will sew together the squares together to create a pocketbook.
    • If your canvas has two singled-out sides to it, lay the squares together with the colored/patterned sides facing each other. You'll flip the bag inside out after sewing it to reveal the patterned side.

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    Insert sewing pins along the guidelines. Marker the seam allowance guidelines with pins on iii sides of the foursquare. On the fourth side, begin to pivot the border as you did the other iii just go along an opening about two ½ inches broad so you tin can fill up the pocketbook before sewing it shut. This volition mean using fewer pins than yous did on the other three sides.[half-dozen]

    • Using pins to reinforce your guidelines will keep your canvass aligned as you sew together, which will prevent any gaps or inconsistencies.

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    Follow your seam allowance guidelines and sew the two pieces together. Yous can stitch by mitt or use a sewing machine, only be sure to utilize polyester thread or a like sewing thread that is but as thick and durable. Remember to leave a gap to fill your bag![7]

    • If yous are using a sewing machine, utilise two needles and two bobbins to create a double run up seam.[8]
    • If you are sewing by hand, you volition need a thicker needle for sewing on canvas. As you hand run up each seam, incorporate back stitches to add durability.[9]

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    Add a double-stitched seam for durability. Once yous take sewn a seam, go back and add a second seam in between the original and the edge of the fabric to create a double-stitched seam. A double-stitched seam will add enough strength to your bag so it won't tear as it hits the cornhole boards.[x]

    • If you lot're using a sewing machine, you should accept already created a double-stitched seam past using two bobbins and two needles.

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    Cut the excess fabric on each corner of the purse. Use your pair of scissors or rotary cutter to trim off the corners at a diagonal. This will preclude gapping and remove whatever fabric that may get in the way of throwing the bags.[11]

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    Use a scale to weigh out upwards to 16 oz of your preferred filling. Y'all tin utilise either dry corn feed or plastic pellets. [12] Most numberless weigh in at 16 oz. Different cornhole leagues play with bags weighing in anywhere from 15.five. to 16.25 oz.[thirteen]

    • Dry corn is a traditional filling for lawn cornhole that creates a "dusting" effect as the corn breaks down, which tin help your bags slide across the boards. Since corn is a natural material, information technology can decay over time and may mold or attract pests if not stored properly. You can purchase dry corn at most feed stores or from online retailers.[14]
    • Plastic pellets are a longer-lasting and more than durable filling choice than corn, but they tend to bounce off the boards and won't take the sliding capacity that corn-filled bags acquire.[15] You tin can buy plastic pellets at most craft stores or in the craft sections of big-box retailers.

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    Concord the edges of the purse apart and pour your filling into the pouch. If you lot're having trouble doing this, consider using a funnel tool to concord the pouch open up while yous cascade. Go out a couple of inches of space and then yous'll accept enough room to sew upwards the pocketbook.

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    Fold the opening of the handbag together. Curlicue the fabric down every bit you pinch the filling down to the bottom of the pocketbook. You want to pack the filling as much as possible so y'all tin can catch enough excess fabric to insert sewing pins.[16] .

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    Insert pins along the opening, using the seam as a guideline. Take caution not to become whatsoever filling between the pins and the border of the handbag.[17] .

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    Stitch the opening shut using the double-stitched seam method. Line up your seam with the part of the edge you lot sewed earlier.

    • Echo the sewing and filling methods until you accept a complete set of 8 bags; 4 of each color.

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Things Yous'll Need

  • ½ yard of 10 oz. duck cloth
  • ½ yard of ten oz. duck cloth (different colour/pattern)
  • viii lbs of filling (either dried corn feed or plastic pellets)
  • Polyester sewing thread
  • Material scissors or rotary cutter
  • Ruler
  • Straight edge (can also use the ruler for both functions)
  • Cutting mat (optional)
  • Marking pen
  • Sewing pins
  • Sewing needle or sewing machine
  • Digital calibration

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