If your fabric or blanket does not have a blanket stitch around it, you can easily stitch one on yourself with a needle and crochet thread as I did here for thesepretty tea towels. You can followthis tutorial for How To Do a Blanket Stitchor you can use a sewing machine. You can als...
Instead of punching holes, you stitch/sew the 2 strips to the rear panel. Be sure to run your sewing patterns tightly (the 1/4 inch open-cell foam that constitutes the bag’s padding should be compressed hard.) TIPS A– The hip belt pocket should still be usable for fairly flat, non...