Category: DIY
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DIY Idea: Couching Stitch Totes
Use the couching stitch with yarn to add texture and design to your tote bag. Order your tote bag blanks here, dive into your yarn stash, and start creating your beautifully, handmade tote bag using the couching stitch. Happy Making!
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DIY Idea: Yarn Embroidered Totes
A fun way to add texture to your embroidery is by using yarn as your embroidery thread. Not only does this create a beautiful texture, but when done on a tote bag, it creates a durable design worth showing off! Add fusible interfacing to the inside of your bag to protect and secure your stitches.…
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DIY Idea: Hand Painted Totes
My dyed and undyed tote bags make the perfect canvases for your hand painted designs. Use fabric/screen printing ink at the right consistency (mix with water if necessary) and paint directly onto the canvas totes. Heat set with an iron when the ink is dry. If you are layering the ink, I would recommend a…
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DIY Idea: Punch Needle x Drawstring Bags
If you love to create punch needle embroidery pieces, adding them to my drawstring bags is a great way to make usable art. You can even store your punch needle supplies in the drawstring bag when you’re done. All you have to do is create your punch needle piece, use a fabric glue to prevent…
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DIY Idea: Add Snaps to Totes
If you would like your bag to close – a snap closure is a great, fashionable addition to the top of your tote. You can find the snaps you like by searching for “snaps for fabric.” You can find the one’s in the photo here – they do require an additional tool to attach them.
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DIY Idea: Patches
I am currently obsessed with patches – I think they are so fun and a great way to personalize a tote bag! My photo is an example using a patch I found at Michael’s. If you search for patches online you’re bound to find one that reflects your personality! Then, you can add it to…
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DIY: Felt Appliqué Tote
This tutorial combines our tote bag blanks with felt appliqué. Instructions: Cut out your flowers from felt. Using fabric glue, glue your felt pieces in place on the tote – place glue in center of felt so you don’t have to stitch through the fabric glue. Once glue is dry, place your tote in an…
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DIY Idea: Faux Leather Tote
Using a fabric maker, I made random dashes and dots every 1/2″ down. Once I got to the bottom 1/3rd of the bag I mixed a brown fabric ink to create a faux leather look. I used my medium tote bag, but you could do this on any of my tote bag blanks. Take this…
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DIY Idea: Adding Embroidery to Totes
If you love to embroider, this DIY Idea is for you! Adding embroidery to tote bags is super easy with double sided iron on adhesive. After I embroidered my camera I used the double sided adhesive to attach it to a piece of mustard felt. I then attached the felt to my extra small tote…
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DIY Idea: Couched Initial Tote
Using thick macrame string and embroidery floss you can use the couching stitch to create your own initial tote on my tote bag blanks. To protect your stitches on the inside of your bag use double sided iron on adhesive and adhere a piece of fabric or felt over your stitches to keep them from…
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