So I have been rather busy lately helping my oldest to plan and execute her project/competition that she is taking part in. The theme for this is making a bridal gown out of what would normally be considered waste or junk materials. We really had to think about how we could take plastic bags and create something hopefully stunning with it. We came across a tutorial on how to take plastic shopping bags and weave them into material. So this is the plan we have started with...
We started with some heavy duty plastic shopping bags. These we cut up in a special way so that we ended up with one long piece of plastic string or yarn.
Then we took this heavy duty yarn and put it onto our weaving frame...
Then we took some left over lavender coloured bags hanging around the cupboards and cut them in a similiar manner. These we are using to make the bulk of the material with...
Here s what the lavendar bags look like once we started weaving them onto the other strips...
Will post an update soon.... :)
We started with some heavy duty plastic shopping bags. These we cut up in a special way so that we ended up with one long piece of plastic string or yarn.
Then we took this heavy duty yarn and put it onto our weaving frame...
Then we took some left over lavender coloured bags hanging around the cupboards and cut them in a similiar manner. These we are using to make the bulk of the material with...
Here s what the lavendar bags look like once we started weaving them onto the other strips...
Will post an update soon.... :)
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