A daily dose of vicarious crafting
Well, I didn’t get enough of these recycled bags the first time around so I decided it was worthy of another post. After another google flurry I came across this incredible how to video from Make:
Bre Pettis of Weekend Projects teamed up with Anda of Etsy to not only explain how to fuse old discarded plastic bags, but sew them up into a sweet messenger bag using a pattern designed by Federico of Eeio. The video is short and sweet but covers the entire process. Make sure to grab the pdf for all the details along with the plans for the bag.
I can’t tell you how stoked I am about this project. I was just discussing with my friend Rhea the other day about how I wanted to make my own messenger bag as opposed to dropping close to a buck fifty for a Chrome bag. Although I totally covet those bags, I have really been wanting to make my own, that would perfectly hold a load of groceries, and my library books when I’m out running errands. Maybe this podcast will be enough motivation to actually complete one!
I started this blog after I realized that I spend way more time looking at crafty things than making crafty things, a practice I’ve dubbed crafterbation. I wanted create an outlet to share all the great crafty things I find that I would love to make, if only I had the time and the motivation to actually complete them. When the mood strikes and I do actually make something, you can read about that here as well.
Cavale
May 6th, 2008 at 1:40 am
It’s not recycling if you use a trash bag.
Rae
May 6th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Cavale you are totally right, great point!
My focus of this post was on how they showed how to make the fused plastic, and making a durable reusable bag, not really on recycling. I think it would also be great using some scrapped vinyl signs, like the original designer of the pattern had done…
rhea
May 7th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
make me one! ;)
Crafterella
May 16th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
I am actually working on this project right now and am fortunate enought to know someone who works at a thrift store where most people bring their donations in black trash bags and she has been saving them for me. They have only been used to hold clean clothing and most of them are thrown out, so it can be recycling and I can use them even if they have been stretched or they have holes in them!