This is a new pattern idea I found on the
internet. I take three
placemats and sew them together to make a tote bag. One placemat is front, second is back add handles and the third placemat is the base. It just so happens I have loads of
placemats that I have woven that are just not "right"--too big, too small, too narrow, the edges curl or something I just did not like about them. The two finished bags at the top of the photograph were made from two
placemats and the
bottom was made from various stash fabric, the blue base to the left is waterproof. Very fun. Now I have loads of tote bags...no just two but plan to make more. The third one I am working on I will add pockets to from the napkins I had made to match the placemats. Oh yes there was a fourth placemat that is now a lunch bag. So glad to make something usable from those unusable placemats.
This is a new pattern idea I found on the internet. I take three placemats and sew them together to make a tote bag. One placemat is front, second is back add handles and the third placemat is the base. It just so happens I have loads of placemats that I have woven that are just not "right"--too big, too small, too narrow, the edges curl or something I just did not like about them. The two finished bags at the top of the photograph were made from two placemats and the bottom was made from various stash fabric, the blue base to the left is waterproof. Very fun. Now I have loads of tote bags...no just two but plan to make more. The third one I am working on I will add pockets to from the napkins I had made to match the placemats. Oh yes there was a fourth placemat that is now a lunch bag. So glad to make something usable from those unusable placemats.
