What Is a Dowel Bag? | 3 Types of Dowel Bags

When you use dowels in your bag, you can call them a dowel bag. Many designers are designing handbags and tote bags with dowel bars and sticks.

Nowadays, dowel bags are getting popular. You can often notice the cylinder-style handles on bags and you can call them dowel bags. 

Guide to Dowel Bag and Types

Though, generally, a dowel is for making any joint stronger. However, nowadays, dowel bags are getting popular because of their exclusive look on the bags. The dowel bars on the bag handles also give extra convenience to the users.

The dowel bars are easy to grip and handle and it also does not give pressure on the fingers. As a result, the users are more comfortable with dowel bags. Many bag manufacturing companies are adding an extra category for dowel bags. There are many types of dowel bags, which are given below- 

1. Tote Dowel Bag

The tote bag is quite popular for its eco-friendliness. Because this bag does not have polythene or plastic that can harm the environment. It is completely biodegradable. Wooden dowel bars are used now in tote bags as a pair of handles.

As the dowels are wood, it is biodegradable and does not harm the environment. Dowels have given a new fashion sense to tote bags.

2. Margot dowel bag

Margot dowel bags are mainly small handbags made with leather and dowel bars. The entire bag has leather materials and the handle is a wooden dowel for carrying. 

3. Hair on hiding Dowel Tote Bag

Sometimes, the dowels bar is open and you can notice the wooden bars peeking out. The woods can get discolored over time with exposure to sun and water.

Therefore, if you want a dowel leather bag, a haircalf dowel can be an option for you. Because in this category you will not find the dowel bars as they are under the leather. This type of bag gives you a complete design without showing the dowels.

Sewing a Large Project Tote Bag with Wooden Dowel Handles

You can make dowel handles with any kind of tote bag you want. At first, you would need some wooden dowel bars and some fabric tabs. Then you would have to make those tabs sewn into the bags you want to carry.

• Sew the tabs securely and make the whole as the diameter of the dowel bars. So that the dowel will feed through 
• You would need four of those in total and they are from two pieces of material, which are 5 inches wide by 8 inches long. 
• Then you have to secure the position to right side spacing and then use 3/8 of an inch and stitch down both alongside. 
• Then. trim that right side out and press that flap and then you are going to top stitch down both long edges to finish that.
• After that, create the channel which the dowel will feed into.
• Lastly, there you have the tabs now, you just have to sew inside your bags, and you can easily make dowel tote bags at home like this.

Conclusion 

You can either buy any stylish dowel bags or you can make them in your home DIY. Any option you choose will give exclusive fashionable handbags or other sorts of bags.