From Dress to Bag…Recycle, Reuse, just don’t THROW!!
22 Jul 2009 Leave a Comment
Being both a part time eco warrior and a crafter i inevitably hate waste and probably hoard far to much stuff in the hope that i will one day find a use for it, not only do i hoard my own ‘expired’ belongings, i find myself taking on others, i really must learn to say no when offered something, no matter how useful it may look! This is one ethos i shall slowly but surely implement onto my partner who has the same attitude to waste.
Anyways enough of that lets talk about the simple drawstring bag, which is relatively easy to knock up in an hour and perfect to give presents in, fill with lavender and rice for an alternative on the door stop, or a travel toiletries bag.
To make the outer part, i simpy cut up an old dress (lovely fabric but horrible shape) and made a rectangle 10inches x 24 inches and a square 6.5inches x 6.5 inches. I then cut the same from white lining material.
The longer side forms the bag whilst the square forms the base. I sewed this in a standard lined bag fashion and then doubles up the hem of the top to form a ‘passage’ for my cord (leaving about a 2-3 inch gap for the cord to come out). I will try to hunt out the tutorial i used and post this. I am looking forward to trying a minature one.
klf – take two….
17 May 2008 Leave a Comment
Originally uploaded by chrissylaw
ok so this time using the kristin pattern i extended the bottom for more depth and gave the patchwork a miss and found this really quick to make, it has no fastening as such but i am working on a ribbon and toggle idea. i took the mushrooms further and added beads and shells, will post a closer up photo of these shortly.
klf – first attempt….
17 May 2008 Leave a Comment
This was my first attempt at kristin la flamme gorgeous sweet sac pattern. The patchwork took a while as it was my first time however after a couple of goes i found it all a lot speedier.
Cute little bag
17 May 2008 Leave a Comment
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I found this wonderful tutorial for a lovely bag whilst browsing the purse project http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=32204.0
A very easy bag to make and can be knocked up using scraps left over, i chose some vintage buttons (god bless mum for keeping everything) and a cute little material mushroom (thanks to kristin la flamme) as i saw these on one of her sweet handbags, of which i have made a few, more to follow.
