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Totes AK&DStrohl 03-22-2008
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Posted by AK&DStrohl on March 23, 2008, 10:21 pm
>>> >
>> > I made 12 of them last year using the same directions
>> > that ... gave above.
>>


>> This is a case of "whatever works is right." If the bags
>> do the job for you, they're "correct."


I used a combination. I finally figured out another persons method.
I plotted them both out on graph paper then compared them to the fabric I
have on hand.
With the intent of conserving the most or wasting the least amount of
fabric, sometimes Beverlys' worked best sometimes the other womans'.
I located a place online where I found webbing for .15 a foot. So I'll be
making 22 bags for about $30. Hubby was laughing at my wanting to do this.
Then I gave him the price of just one bag it was $30. He's not laughing
now.

AK in PA



Posted by Pogonip on March 24, 2008, 12:13 am
AK&DStrohl wrote: Hubby was laughing at my wanting to do this.
> Then I gave him the price of just one bag it was $30. He's not laughing
> now.
>
> AK in PA
>
>

Haha! Isn't it fun to pull the rug out from under them like that?
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Posted by AK&DStrohl on March 27, 2008, 7:33 pm

> AK&DStrohl wrote: Hubby was laughing at my wanting to do this.
>> Then I gave him the price of just one bag it was $30. He's not laughing
>> now.
>>
>> AK in PA
>
> Haha! Isn't it fun to pull the rug out from under them like that?
> --
> Joanne


Absolutely!



Posted by Samantha Hill - take out TRASH on March 22, 2008, 11:50 pm
AK&DStrohl wrote:
> Has anyone made canvas totes/grocery bags?
> Did you follow someone elses' instructions?
> Determine your own size/dimensions?
> I don't know how to factor in the size for the folded bottom.

I cut apart a plastic grocery bag, cut the handles off the top to be
sewn on separately, made the handles a tad wider and left them so they
could be opened all the way up to distrubte the weight, and added a
2-inch pleat at the bottom, and they are great.

Posted by Chris Underwood on March 23, 2008, 12:37 am
> AK&DStrohl wrote:
>> Has anyone made canvas totes/grocery bags?


Joan Hawley (Lazy Girl Designs) has instructions with lots of photos on her
website for how to make a 1 yard, 1 hour tote.
http://www.lazygirldesigns.com/blog/?p=913

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