Reusable Shopping Bag – Page 5

Read all about it: Buying knit fabrics online

February 23, 2012 by Anne Weaver

I love sewing on knit fabrics, but it can be difficult to find a local source for the stretchy t-shirt fabric you need. They’re much easier to find online, but you need to pay attention to knit types, weights and… Read more ...

Tutorial: Sailboat softie toy

September 10, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Irina from Sew and the City shares a tutorial for making a sailboat softie toy. Tags peeking out from one of the sails are intriguing for small hands. And, you can use one of the loops to attach the toy… Read more ...

Tutorial: Reusable snack bags from a repurposed shopping bag

August 16, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Amy from Peek A Boo Pattern Shop and Nap Time Crafters has been repurposing the wipe-clean material from a reusable shopping bag to make several projects, including a baby bib and a car garbage bag. Now she’s using the… Read more ...

Tutorial: Easy garbage bag for your car

August 11, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Amy from Nap Time Crafters shows how to make a garbage bag for your car. A single strap allows it to hang from the back of the front seat. The wipe-clean fabric (repurposed from a reusable shopping bag) is a… Read more ...

Tutorial: Wipe clean baby bib from a reusable shopping bag

August 8, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Amy fromPeek-a-Boo Pattern Shop and Nap Time Crafters shows how to make a wipe clean baby bib. A pocket at the bottom helps catch food that falls. The wipe clean surface comes courtesy of a reusable shopping bag. Brilliant!! … Read more ...

Video tutorial: Make a grocery cart seat cover

June 21, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Vanessa from Crafty Gemini shares a video tutorial on her blog showing how to make a grocery cart seat cover. It fits over and around the seat of a grocery cart to protect a baby or small child from grocery… Read more ...

Tutorial: 3D flower neckline for a t-shirt

June 11, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Donatella from Inspiration & Realisation shows how she added this 3D flower embellishment to the neck of a t-shirt. The design was inspired by the detail on a Yansi Fugel top she saw while out shopping. Fabulousness! Get the tutorial… Read more ...

From my studio last week: June 7, 2011

June 7, 2011 by Anne Weaver

So after last week’s test run of the bike shorts, I had planned to make piles and piles of bike shorts for my daughter. And I did get one made, and photo’d it along the way so I could write… Read more ...

Free pattern: Super cute turtle softies

June 5, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a free pattern and tutorial on her blog for making these super cute turtle softies, inspired by similar stuffed turtles she saw while shopping at Pottery Barn Kids. I love the mixy-matchy… Read more ...

Tutorial: Child’s shopping cart from a walking toy

March 8, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Beth from Lemon Cadet and Project: Project shows how to make what may very well be the cutest pretend shopping cart. Ever. She made it from a wooden walking toy that her child had outgrown. She kept the frame and… Read more ...

Winner of Sewn With Love by Fiona Bell

February 23, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Thank you for all of your comments entering the Sewn With Love giveaway! I enjoyed reading about all of the different garments that you remember from your childhood. One of my all-time favorite childhood garments was a verrrry 1980’s… Read more ...

Tutorial: Shopping cart seat cover

February 19, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Meg from The Bug Creator shows how to make a shopping cart seat cover. The fabric cover fits in and around the seat on a shopping cart to keep your toddler’s hands away from icky shopping cart germs. Get the … Read more ...

Cool idea: Make a toddler’s smock from a shopping bag

February 5, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Elvi from LoLovie shares her cool idea for making a toddler’s smock. She used a tutorial from Sew4Home for the smock, but instead of using laminated cotton she made hers out of a shopping bag. Brilliant! The bag has a… Read more ...

Cool idea: Money pouch with dividers

January 23, 2011 by Anne Weaver

Craft Apple shares a cool sewing idea on her blog. She retrofit a purchased zipper pouch with fabric dividers to keep track of the money that her kids invariably ask her to keep up with on their shopping trips. … Read more ...

Tutorial: Eco-chic shopping bag from a t-shirt

January 20, 2011 by Anne Weaver

EDITOR’S NOTE: Many thanks go out to the readers who pointed out the striking similarity between this bag and one made by the talented Pascale from //between the lines//. Craft Gossip linked out to Pascale’s bag last March (… Read more ...