WOVEN PURSES WITH PLASTIC BAGS - RECYCLING
Good night, steemians friends! I hope you are all very well!
As I mentioned in my presentation, I like handicrafts and this time I want to share with you one of the tasks I have done recycling plastic bags. I hope you like it and that those who know or want to weave it, put it into practice.
Woven bag with plastic bags, inner fabric lining and nylon thread cord with colored beads.
The process to make this beautiful bag is simple, we just need encouragement and to awaken our creativity.
Materials:
Plastic bags of various colors
Fabric for the lining
Cord and colored beads (optional)
The first thing to do is to select the bags, cut them and make the rolls to start weaving the motifs that will form the bag, as shown in the following pictures.
Once we have our rolls, we begin the work. Here is the instruction sheet for making the stitches used for the weaving, the pattern for making the motifs, the chases and the contours of the bag.
The first thing I did was to weave the motifs that make up the covers (16 motifs for each cover) and then join them together as I show you below.
Once the pieces are woven, we glue the contour strip to one of the lids and then to the other to form the bag, as shown in the following pictures.
Once this is done, we proceed to glue the two (2) cups to the bag, as I show you below:
After gluing the sticks and any other details we want to add, we make the fabric lining according to the measurements of the bag taking into account height, width and depth. The lining can be lined with cell phone pockets and keys.
At first, I had left the bag as shown in the previous image. But then it occurred to me to put a strip of string and colored beads on it to give it a flirty touch and so the bag stays closed if we have a lot of things inside.
Finished bag
This is one of several tasks that I have done with plastic bags, once woven the material is very resistant. The big bag I use for the beach (main photo), I knitted it twelve years ago and it has remained the same. I always wash it by hand and put it to dry without squeezing.
That's all for today, folks, I'll be sharing another one of my duties with you soon. I hope you liked it, if so leave me your vote, share it, leave your opinion below in the comment box and follow me so you don't miss my latest publications.
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