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We all want to do our bit for the environment and a re-usable shopper bag is a great way to do it. There’s no reason why we can’t be fashionable and eco-friendly at the same time! So why not customise your own canvas tote? Combine sewing, iron-on and shrink plastic embellishments to decorate the bags in this project. The possibilities are endless and die-cutting takes all the hard work out of cutting the shapes and letters that you want to use in your designs.
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Affix the fusible interfacing to the fabrics. Place a piece of interfacing onto the back of each A4 sheet of felt with the glue side facing the fabric and iron over it until it is fixed to the felt.
Die-cut the motif. Cut a square of interfaced purple felt and place it over the largest shape on the heart Die. Place a cutting plate either side of the die and pass it through the die-cutting machine. Peel the interfacing off the felt to leave one side with a glue coating.
Create your sentiment. Use the alphabet die to cut the words, ‘I’, ‘This’ and ‘Bag’ from green, purple and blue felt. Peel the interfacing away from the felt so that each letter has a coating of glue on one side.
Affix the lettering. Place the words in a desired position on the front of the bag, leaving space for a heart motif. Once the letters are in place, cover with a pressing cloth and iron to secure.
Stitch on padded heart. Pin the pre-cut heart motif in the desired position, and hand stitch neatly to the bag, then leave a small gap to stuff the shape. Fill it with wadding and stitch the opening closed.
Add buttons for decoration. Stitch two small wooden buttons to the lower section of the bag handles for decoration and attach a fabric key chain to the handles to finish.
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