Being Crafty with Plastic Bags


	Being Crafty with Plastic Bags
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8-31-2007 3:52 PM
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plastic, recycle, environment, crafts, knitting
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10-3-2007 11:09 AM
bostonblogger
how cool are those bags!
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We all know how bad plastic grocery bags are for the environment. Research suggests that 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><P>But what can a crafter do to help the cause? Round up the bags you do have laying around in the house or collect them from neighbors and friends to start reusing plastic bags for your next craft project. Here's a post rounding up some of the best projects we've seen around. Sew 'em up, cut them into strips for knitting or crochet -- the possibilities are endless!
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<STRONG>HOW-TO - Make Plastic Bag Yarn</STRONG>
Helle of Gooseflesh who makes amazing <A href="http://hellejorgensen.typepad.com/photos/artcraft/index.html">crochet sea creatures</A> has a tutorial up on how to make your own yarn from plastic bags. - <A href="http://hellejorgensen.typepad.com/gooseflesh/2007/02/plastic_bag_yar.html">Link.</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><STRONG>Plastic Grocery Bags into Knit 1950's Outfit</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.craftzine.com/img/99824EAB-75E0-4591-9D1F-4BDE0DB5C0CE" alt="Dress A" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><STRONG>Knit Plastic Tote Bag</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.craftzine.com/img/714862F5-2CEF-4116-8CD6-EE5EEC6AC48A" alt="Rrr2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html">Crocheting with Plastic Bags</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.craftzine.com/img/D8A9324C-42A7-4337-8F63-74537F229971" alt="Purse Bag" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><STRONG>Fusing Plastic Bag Tutorial</STRONG>
Amanda at Etsy Labs has a great tutorial showing you how to fuse plastic bags so you can refashion those plastic grocery bags into cooler looking totes!</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.craftzine.com/img/641D40F9-49F5-4379-95BF-F2906F948BF3" alt="Fusableplasticbag" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><STRONG>Fused Plastic Bag Tote with Octopus</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.craftzine.com/img/F1E58214-94CE-4826-A84B-BCCF564357E0" alt="Octbag1" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DC9D415B-8B32-4C50-8E9F-7D932C21C8A5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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