One day my mom sent me an email with a tote bag pattern made out of Granny Squares. The woman's tote bag was made with round centers and square blocks. I really didn't like that bag's design, and because I have a fondness for square Granny Squares, I made up a bag of my own....
So this got me thinking. At Christmas time, I had my family's gifts in plastic bags on my side of the room. I had a really narrow walkway from the end of the bed to my pillow. So I started thinking that if I made more of these bags, then they could be used as gift holders for my family. Then during the year, as I find gifts for my family, I could wrap them up and put them in these bags. Then for the family's gifts, instead of stressing out that 1) I have nothing to give, 2) I don't want to have their gifts on my side of the room, I could then give the bags filled with gifts to the family members. The handles for these bags are situated just right that they "hang" on hangers in the closet. Cool idea huh?
I've just completed another bag....
This bag is a bit smaller then the first one, but its still a great size. Inside is a pillowcase that I'm using as a liner. I then cut a strip to line the handle. I have to adjust the pillow case to each bag as that no two bags are the same size. For instance, this bag is 15 1/2" wide. A standard pillowcase is a bit wider. So I just cut off the pillowcase to the size I need and re-sew a new seam. Then for the handle, I cut a 4" wide strip from the same pillowcase, machine sew the Granny Square handle to the pillowcase, then sew the extra length of the pillowcase handle to the pillowcase bag "liner" and crochet the Granny Square ends of the handle to the Granny Square bag.
The purpose of the liner is that if you were to put something small (a pencil for instance) in the bag without the liner, the pencil or small item could work its way through the openings in the Granny Square bag. Having a liner there, prevents this from happening. It also gives the bags some strength/ sturdiness.
So what do you think of this idea? I think its pretty neat and another great gift idea for my family.
Till later...
So this got me thinking. At Christmas time, I had my family's gifts in plastic bags on my side of the room. I had a really narrow walkway from the end of the bed to my pillow. So I started thinking that if I made more of these bags, then they could be used as gift holders for my family. Then during the year, as I find gifts for my family, I could wrap them up and put them in these bags. Then for the family's gifts, instead of stressing out that 1) I have nothing to give, 2) I don't want to have their gifts on my side of the room, I could then give the bags filled with gifts to the family members. The handles for these bags are situated just right that they "hang" on hangers in the closet. Cool idea huh?
I've just completed another bag....
This bag is a bit smaller then the first one, but its still a great size. Inside is a pillowcase that I'm using as a liner. I then cut a strip to line the handle. I have to adjust the pillow case to each bag as that no two bags are the same size. For instance, this bag is 15 1/2" wide. A standard pillowcase is a bit wider. So I just cut off the pillowcase to the size I need and re-sew a new seam. Then for the handle, I cut a 4" wide strip from the same pillowcase, machine sew the Granny Square handle to the pillowcase, then sew the extra length of the pillowcase handle to the pillowcase bag "liner" and crochet the Granny Square ends of the handle to the Granny Square bag.
The purpose of the liner is that if you were to put something small (a pencil for instance) in the bag without the liner, the pencil or small item could work its way through the openings in the Granny Square bag. Having a liner there, prevents this from happening. It also gives the bags some strength/ sturdiness.
So what do you think of this idea? I think its pretty neat and another great gift idea for my family.
Till later...
2 comments:
Neat bags. I like the idea. Each one is so different and I can see that they would be really useful. I like the idea of the liner to keep from loosing stuff. Good Job!
Thank you for sending me the idea. Even though I wasn't fond of that bag, I have certainly been interested in the ones I've been making.
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