The Bag Bag….

The night before last we finished all our TV series we were watching (LOST & Fringe mostly- WOW to the endings of both!!), which meant that last night I got the opportunity to do some more creative things! I had just been grocery shopping, and had left over plastic bags (yes, sometimes I use plastic bags- they’re handy for bins and such!). I don’t really have anywhere to put them, and had just been stuffing them in spare spaces in the kitchen! So I decided to do something about it!

The idea of the bag bag is simple enough- I didn’t use a pattern, and don’t have one for you either, you can just make it how you want. The basic idea though is to get a piece of material the length you want the bag bag to be (plus extra for turning over). Mine was 70-odd centimeters long, and 40-odd centimeters wide. I just folded it in half and ironed it all flat. Because I was using a scrappy piece of material, I ironed over where I wanted to sew the edges together.

Once that was sewn up I folded over the edges, and sewed around each.

Once they were folded over I just cut a little hole in it (this is all inside out by the way), so that I could tread through the straps I’d made. You could obviously use elastic, or ribbon, or a rope… anything really. I liked the idea of using something I could tie so that I could adjust it once I’d started using it.

Thread it through……

Now, this was my only little idea that I actually had myself (the rest has been basic, and the same as any other I’ve seen…). For the top, I used a longer cord, and instead of gathering it till it was the right size and then tying it off there, I just tied it at the end of the cords, so that I had a hanger!

Now it’s hangin’ in my pantry lookin’ all dandy! This was REALLY easy to make, so you should give it a try and then let me know how it went!

Tags: bag, cloth, fringe, howto, kitchen, lost, material, orange, plastic, Sewing, tutorial, useful

My Sewing Bag…

If you follow my tumblr then you would have seen a link to the tutorial for a cute little sewing bag! Well, I’ve made my own (of course, with a few modifications).

Now, after a while I got confused with the instructions, and had a wave of inspiration, so I sewed mine a little differently. I hand stitched the entire sides together at the ends, and sewed the bottom together as well, so I ended up with a few more pockets. Unfortunately my iPhone does the colours of the fabric no justice. Imagine them much more intense!

I also only used 6 pieces of material, not 8, but still managed to get an extra pocket… If you want more details on how to do that then let me know if the comments!

If you want to do this craft, then you can look at the tutorial here.

Tags: bag, fabric, instructions, material, pockets, Sewing, tutorial, vintage

How to make a Firetwirling Bag

I’ve recently found this super cute site called Living Creatively. I am totally inspired from it, and my tumblr is getting rather full! Apparently each month they have a competition, and this month I’m entering! I’ve made a bag for my firetwirling sticks, and you can download my first ever instruction sheet here!

Tags: bag, competition, firetwirl, firewtwirling, jeans, material, picture, Sewing, totebag