side seal 106 to an interior edge 124 of the short seal 120 therefore in the depicted embodiment the width of the short seal 120 is substantially greater than the distance from the edge 107 to the side seal 106 however as depicted in fig5 it is contemplated that in certain other embodiments the short seals 120 may not be immediately adjacent to the edges 107 and may extend inward from the side seals 106 rather than from the edges 107 looking now back to fig1 and 2 other features of the present invention are disclosed for example in addition to the short seals 120 some embodiments of the present invention are also provided with a plurality of air ventilation slits holes 122 to allow air built up in the hem to escape during use without such air ventilation slits holes 122 the hems could have a tendency to u201c bubble u201d as an additional advantage the air ventilation holes 122 also permit the non elastic polyethylene material to stretch and deform to a slightly greater degree as will be discussed below in more detail unlike prior art elastic drawstring bags some embodiments of the present invention contemplate an elastic drawstring bag 100 that includes central access cutouts 110 similar to those in conventional drawstrings bags the central access cutouts 110 make the bag more familiar to a consumer and the consumer can pull the elastic drawstrings 116 and 118 through the cutouts 110 to close.