Here is a my pretty up-cycled basket tutorial!
Below are the pictured instructions and text to follow as well,
if you don't understand something or have questions please let me know I will
do my best to answer all questions!
Ok so I have seen a lot of these up-cycled plastic bags, where you fuse the plastic bags together with wax paper and an iron, my tutorial starts after the actual fusing of the plastic bags so here is a tutorial for that here if you need it!
So lets add our own flair!!
1. I have fused my bags together and made sure that the edges are straight, ( I dont have an actual size because it could vary with your plastice bag fusing), but you do need:
-2 pieces that are the same size for the sides of the bag
- 1 piece for the bottom that is the same lenght as the two side pieces but
not as wide
2. measureing all sides to make sure the are even and matching up to one another
3.&4. I am adding lace to the sides
to give it some pretty flair and I am measuring the sides of the plastic bags
5. I am measuring my lace to fit the sides of my bag and then cutting to match
6. Lets Sew!
7. using my pins to mark put together the sides and the bottom
8. sew all sides together inside out
9. Flip bag out, and you have your self a cute little basket...add straps and you have a pretty little up-cycled bag!
I hope you enjoy all this tutorial I will be making more and I will update you on my newest upcycled bags!!
Have a great day,
<3 Shana
Check this out for more inspiraion
http://1goodthingblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/manic-mondays-fusing-plastic.html#.UJMZildSSVp
Turn the T-shirt inside out, then cut across the
shirt from armpit to armpit. You'll need only the bottom section.
Use the needle and thread to sew a simple stitch
across the shirt, about a half inch in from the cut edge, to seal what
will be the bottom of the bag.
Turn the shirt right side out. Snip the shirt's
hem almost all of the way through (do not cut any stitching) at the
midpoint between the two side seams. Attach a large safety pin to one
end of the clothesline cord. Feed the cord, safety pin first, through
the casing of the hem.
Follow the eyelet or grommet kit instructions to add eyelets to the bottom corners of the bag.
Thread the ends of the cord through the eyelet holes and double-knot them to secure.
