Lining a Crochet Bag: Step-by-step

Last summer I crocheted a bag from macrame twine as part of the rehab for my broken wrist. It has been waiting for a lining. Summer School is done and it is quiet at home so I decided to finally line the bag before it is too late in the year to use it.

1. To draw the pattern, lay the bag on top of paper. (I used inexpensive tissue paper from the Dollar Store.)
   
2. Draw around the edge of the bag with a pencil. (I don't like to use Sharpie for this because it bleeds through onto my cutting board.)
   
3. Use a straight edge and a curved edge to smooth out the line on one half of the pattern.  Mark a grainline for pinning the lining.
   
4. Fold and pin the paper in half and cut around the smoothed lines.
5. Lay it on top of your bag and check the size. There are no seam allowances included at this point.
6. Pin and cut out heavy-duty fusible interfacing. (I used Pellon 809 Decor Bond.)
   
7. Lay pattern and interfacing onto a double layer of lining fabric, making sure the grainline is parallel to the selvage. (I used a batik from Fabric Traditions.)
   
8. I originally drew a 5/8" seam allowance around the entire pattern.  However, when I sewed it at those lines, the lining was too big on the sides and bottom. I kept the extra 5/8" at the top.
9. Cut out the lining and fuse to the wrong side of the lining fabric according to manufacturer's directions.
   
10. To make the pocket on the lining, cut a 6 1/2" x 5" rectangle of two layers of lining fabric.  Cut out a piece of the interfacing and fuse to one of the pocket pieces.
    
11. Pin the pocket pieces right side together and stitch with a 1/4" seam allowance, leaving a 3" opening on one side.
    
12. Trim the corners and turn the pocket right side out. Fold and pin the edges of the opening to the inside. Press.
13. Topstitch the upper edge of the pocket at 1/2" and 1/8".
    
14. Center the pocket on one  of the lining pieces and pin 2" from the upper edge. Topstitch the pocket 1/8" from the edge along the sides and bottom.
    
15. Pin the two lining pieces right sides together and stitch 5/8" from the edge.  Slide lining inside the bag to check the fit.
    
16. To reinforce the seam of the lining, zigzag 3/8" from the edge. Trim close to the zigzag. Press seam allowance to one side.
17.  Fold and pin the upper edge 1" toward the wrong side. Topstitch 1/2" around the top edge.
18. Slide lining inside bag with wrong sides together, matching the side seams with the side edges of the bag. (I placed the upper edge of the lining at the bottom of the last row of single crochet.}
19. Pinning was not easy because of the thickness of the bag, so I used spring-type clothespins to hold the lining in place.
    
20. Slip-stitch the lining to the bag.