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Bracelet Cuff Made From Fused Grocery Sacks
It may seem like a small thing, but grocery sacks annoy me.
I dislike the sound they make as they move around in the back of the car coming home from the grocery store.
I dislike they way they rip when I try to carry in groceries from the car.
I dislike that they don’t decompose like they should in the landfill.
I dislike seeing them littering our highways, byways, parks and waterways.
And I really dislike the harm they can do to wildlife… Ugh!
Simple Wallet Made From Fused Grocery Sacks
So it gives me great pride to share with you a technique I first saw on Quilting Arts TV. Alissa Burke did the demonstration showing how simple it is to fused a few layers of those sacks together with your iron. The resulting plastic sheet is cutable and sewable! You can make things with the fused plastic! No noise. No ripping. And in this form I don’t think it can harm the animals as easily.
Fused Grocery Sacks
Now Alissa painted the plastic. I like to cover it in fabric and load it with decorative stitches! You can use the resulting sandwich to make just about anything that needs a little body… Bags, bowls, jewelry, sewing kits… The list goes on!
My instructions include the how-to for fusing as well as for making a simple wallet, a bracelet cuff and a bookmark. Oh and there is decorative pet collar instructions too! Lots of possibilities with this technique and this stuff. Let me know what you come up with!
Fused Plastic PDF of Instructions for fusing the sacks and making the cuff, wallet, bookmark and pet collar.
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