Here is the bag that I made!!! Its not perfect by any means, but it is very authentically hand made, home made, australian made, non-sweatshop labour made and I've used nearly all recycled materials - including the vintage ties. The exception is the cotton to sew it all together.. and the panel of material in the above photo, which I designed and printed myself!! And I forgot to photograph, before giving to my good friend karyn, was the patchwork on the bottom panel. Made up of little squares of the ties and brown cord.
This is on the other side panel
Little flower thingy...
Button clasp... yes recycled button...
Hard to see, but theres a little pocket inside...
This was a great project and I really enjoyed doing it. It was quite tricky and not at all easy, needed a lot of thought, and a little bit of un-picking here and there. I'm pretty sure Karyn liked it, loved the browns and was thrilled at the re-cycle factor.
The secret project, which was a picture of my niece Emmy. I used this pic of her
And turned her into a pretty fairy.
I then used it for her 1st birthday card and gave a copy to her mum.
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