• This page will point you to the design and layout templates for all of our products. Please be sure you have read the Art Guidelines page at this web site before beginning design and layout. In addition to following the template for each size carefully, also please follow the general instructions below:
  
   

• Template notes and instructions
• Find the bag size being designed for, in the format you want - Freehand or Illustrator.
• It is not an error that the template height of the bag is shorter than the bag's listed height dimension. The height must be designed shorter for flexographic plate making and printing. It will print the full height.
• The top and bottom bleed areas are always .25".
• The left bleed area is always .375".
• The right bleed area is always .125".
• If the design does not bleed, disregard the bleed areas.
• Design elements in a panel that should not be cut off at the top, or folded into the bottom, should be cut back at least .25" from the cut off and/or fold line.
• Design elements that print to a side to side fold line must be extended at least .0625" beyond fold line, except at left gusset fold, .375". Design elements that should not appear in an adjacent panel must be cut back from the fold line at least .0625".
• Design elements should not end exactly on fold lines or top cutoff - they should bleed or be cut back as indicated above.
• These instructions, the template drawings and the Art Guidelines should allow any artist to start a new shopping bag right away.
   

Section 2 - Downloadable Illustrator format

Click on the bag size needed to download the Illustrator template file needed. These are downloaded in a binary .hqx format. You need Stuffit or a similar program to decode the file. The template can then be opened in Freehand. The templates were originally created in a 5.x version and are compatible with all subsequent Mac and PC versions.

Twisted Paper Handle Shopping Bags
5.5 x 3.25 x 8.375
5.5 x 3.25 x 13
8 x 4.75 x 10.25
10 x 5 x 13
13 x 6 x 16
13 x 7 x 13
13 x 7 x 17
14.5 x 9 x 16.25
16 x 6 x 12
16 x 6 x 16
16 x 6 x 19
18 x 7 x 18

Flat Folded Paper Handle Sacks
12 x 7 x 12
12 x 7 x 15.75