Pretty Petal Tote

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  Step 1

  Gather materials and plug in your glue gun.

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  Step 2

  Lay the tee flat on a good work surface. Draw the shape shown on the tee with a pencil. It should resemble a petal.

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  Step 3

  Cut out the shape through both layers of the tee.

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  Step 4

  Now you have 2 petals! A long way to go...

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  Step 5

  Lay one petal on the tee and cut around it.

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  Step 6

  Continue to develop a stack of petals. This stack is going to be huge! You might want to fold the tee shirt several times and cut the petals out several at a time. You'll need a very sharp scissor to get through more than a couple of layers.

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  Step 7

  Keep all scraps!

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  Step 8

  Cut as many petals as you possibly can out of the 2 XL tee shirts. Our stack looked like this...

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  Step 9

  Line the tote with cardstock, cardboard or paper.

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  Step 10

  Place a few petals down just to get a feel of how you want to glue them. Each new petal should go on top of and in the middle of the ones beneath it. There really is no rhyme or reason, it'll look great anyway you do it.

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  Step 11

  Start on the bottom corner. Place a line of hot glue towards the bottom of the bag.

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  Step 12

  Continue petaling...

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  Step 13

  Now you can start to see what the tote will look like.

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  Step 14

  Continue...

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  Step 15

  Make sure to cover the side seams :)

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  Step 16

  Continue gluing petals until you have almost reached to top of the tote.

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  To make sure it looks nice, place a line of glue at the cris cross on the handle of the tote. Lay the top of a petal on the line of glue, and smush the top of the petal in so it gathers around the tote handle.

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  Step 18

  Now that the front of the bag is covered, fold down the handles, and pull out the rhinestone trim.

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  Step 19

  Measure from seam to seam with the rhinestone trim and cut 3 identical pieces. Leave an extra inch of space on each just in case :)

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  Step 20

  Glue them down starting at one seam. Make sure to hold the ends securely until they are dry. Place lines of glue on the tote where the trim will go. The trim can be ironed on as well, but we prefer hot glue for this project.

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  Step 21

  Gluing...

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  Step 22

  Cut off any extra trim at the end and save it!

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  Step 23

  Repeat with the other rhinestone trim strips.

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  Step 24

  Here is a photo of the front of the bag, all done! It's great because one XL tee by Hanes covers one side of the bag! That's why we got two tees...time to start on the back!

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  Step 25

  We happened to spill coffee on our tote this morning, which makes this project even more perfect!! LOVE covering up stains :)

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  Step 26

  You know the drill...

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  Step 27

  Cover this side of the bag just like the front.

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  Step 28

  Add the rhinestone trim...

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  Step 29

  Finish it off!

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  Step 30

  Pick out a flower or a pin to add some umpf! Not that it needs it... This step is optional**

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  Step 31

  Pin the flower onto the handle of the tote.

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  Step 32

  And finally.......ALL DONE!!!!!!

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Mallory T. · Newland, North Carolina, US · 3 projects 9th December 2012

Could I do this with a colored t shirt that was a little thicker or would that affect the look of the petals?

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Lucy L. · 7 projects 12th September 2010

OMG!!! I LOVE IT! Need to go out and buy a Tote, Tees and Trim now lol..thanks for sharing the wonderful tote i cannot wait to make this!

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Melinda L. · West Palm Beach, Florida, US 30th April 2010

Fabulous!

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Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects 19th April 2010

woooow this is awesome and soooo beautiful, thanks for the tute and sharing, love it!;-D

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Blackbird · Amsterdam, North Holland, NL · 4 projects 18th April 2010

This bag is sooo cool

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Miho S. · 28 projects 17th April 2010

Very pretty.

It all works so well together.

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Jenna C. · New York, New York, US · 123 projects 12th April 2010

It took more than an hour...CO+K put that for some reason...
We spent about an hour just cutting out the petals and then another 2 gluing the petals and the trim onto the bag.

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Naomi T. · Mississauga, Ontario, CA 10th April 2010

Did this really only take an hour?

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CO + K User

April 10th, 2010

Very pretty.

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Helga D. · Budapest, Budapest, HU · 30 projects 10th April 2010

Amazing! I really love this project

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