Tag: DIY
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DIY Idea: Chain Stitch Embroidery
I love the look vintage chain stitch machines create and wanted to reflect this in my hand chain stitch embroidered tote bags. My chain stitch designs consist of outlines or text created using the chain stitch for a more prominent stitch with raised texture. If you love to embroider feel free to create your own…
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New Product: Machine Embroidered Totes
I am now offering custom machine embroidered tote bags. Embroidery is a fun way to add customization to your totes along with texture and color. They are fully customizable to meet your individual requests. Proofs will be sent and updated until the design is exactly what you had envisioned. Choose your custom design or text,…
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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 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…
