Embroidered Shopping Bag

brighten up a boring shopping bag!

Posted by rose c.

About

I got this idea from a post from the Guardian website.

I made it for my boyfriend's Mum, now I want it or want to give it to my mum!

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You Will Need (4 things)

  • 1 Shopping Bag
  • 5 Button(s)
  • 4 Felt
  • Bead(s)

Steps (6 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Get a plain, jute shopping bag, mine is from Tesco, can sew over the ladybird design.
    Then design your pattern on a piece of paper, just a rough idea - can always create as you go along.

  2. 2

    To begin I cut out the leaf templates and sewed them on using a simple stitch.

  3. 3

    Next cut out the flowers, I simply made petals and sewed around them in various stitches.

  4. 4

    I used a combination of chain stitch, lazy daisy stitch, fern stitch and straight stitch.
    check out http://www.needlenthread.com for videos on sewing techniques.

  5. 5

    The next step is just to use your creativity and sew things like buttons and beads on.

  6. 6

    And then ta da you've created a lovely eco friendly shopping bag!