Pinch bottom paper bag dieline

About this dieline

A pinch bottom paper bag is the plain takeaway bag without handles: paper off a roll, folded into a tube, glued along the back and closed by folding the bottom over. With side gussets it is also called a satchel bag, without them a flat bag. Sandwich shops, bakeries, pita and falafel stands hand food over in it.

Enter the width of the front, the gusset and the length, and download a print-ready PDF of the whole web: the front, both gussets, the two parts of the back, the glue strip, the thumb notch and the fold of the bottom. The readout shows the web width your printer needs.

What is the notch at the top for?

It is a thumb notch: the front is cut a little lower than the back, so the bag opens with one hand at the counter. The same cut leaves a tongue at the bottom of the next bag on the roll, and that tongue is glued onto the back to close the bottom.

Why is the back in two parts?

The paper wraps round and its two edges meet on the back, where they are glued. The two parts always add up to the front. Move the seam with Seam from edge so it stays clear of your artwork.

Pinch bottom paper bag sizes: satchel and flat bags for sandwiches and pastries →