If you have a couple old throw pillow cases that you dont need anymore, rather then throwing them away- why not make a personalized tote bag for yourself or your child. If most moms purses are like mine with snacks, water, milk containers, toys, books and lots more things flaoting around, you will greatly appreciate having a seperate bag that cost next to nothing, all you need is a sewing machine.
Here are the instructions:
Personalizing is optional. You can buy letters to sew on or iron on. I choose to hand sew the letters, here is what I did.
2. Layed letters in place and traced with a pencil.
3. Hand sewed back and forth from line to line until letter was full. Believe me it isn't perfect but no one will ever notice.
Making the tote bag:
1. Decide what size compartments you need for the things you take with you most of the time. (ie. water cup). Sew seperation lines.
2. There is a border going all the way around the pillow cases. Fold the top border down and iron on both. Sew just below the folds. Then, cut the extra material off and this material will make the handles.
3. Take the edges you just cut off, open them up and fold them the opposite way. Sew them closed.
4. Sew the handles to the tote bag by sewing them on the inside. It will look like this.
5. Place the outsides of both pillow cases (side with pockets) facing eachother as if you were making a blanket. Sew around the outside edges of the cases, sewing them together. Sew the two sides and the bottom (not the top of course) so that the bag is inside out.
6. Turn the tote outside in and your bag is ready to go.
7. Add your own touches. In an attempt to not lose the crayons I attached an old keychain ring to the bag to attach a pencil case (which had a clip on it) to carry crayons in. The case fits snugly into a pocket.
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