One of my contacts just sent me some promotional material in a really, really nice woven sack with a skull printed on it. The sack is an ideal size to be made into a bag, and I think it would look great as a small shoulder bag to wear on the beach with one of my 'rock chick' tops.
The problem is, I'm not in the slightest bit creative. The sack is quite a loose weave and I'm terrified if I sew straps on it they won't hold - the last thing I want is to spill my junk out everywhere on a day out.
Is anyone here good at making stuff? If so, do you have any tips please?
I think that it would be a wonderful way to make a nice, unique bag. Attaching straps would be fairly easy if you have a sewing machine and something to reinforce it with-and the reinforcing would be the key-very important. You could make an entire inner bag to stitch into it as the reinforcement, or could use strips that extend from underneath the handle, to the bottom of the bag.
Personally I would go with both.
The handles would be the issue-you need them to coordinate. Is it possible to cut the handles out of the sack?
Thanks rox! Myspace isn't loading for me at the moment, but I'll keep trying - I'd be interested to see some of your work.
Britjojo - the material is probably strong enough to make handles, if I can stop it from fraying. I'll look for some strong material to reinforce the back with and see if I can find any that compliments the back.
It will be a tight squeeze since the print covers a large area but it should be doable.
The handles you can also reinforce don't forget. If you turn and top stitch them, sewing them to the reinforcing fabric, you will overcome the risk of fraying and also make them stronger. It's easy enough to do, I am new to this and finding it not hard at all!
I'm totally talentless at crafts. I used to cross stitch, but it never came out quite as well as I hoped it would, and when it comes to other crafts, I'm useless. Even my knitting ends up un-even and messy.
I forgot it was a bank holiday tomorrow. I can't wait to go to the market and get the stuff in I need. (All I have at home is normal needles, and two colours of thread for basic emergency repairs).
I suck at cross stitch too. I give up on it way too easy-it just takes too long without seeing any real, useful results. My sewing has to be of benefit to me for me to keep up with it.
Handmade bags / purses?
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