Day Forty One

Still making "fabric." I'm just making a bunch... I should probably actually find a bag pattern and figure out how much I actually need.

But knowing me I probably won't.

Day Thirty Nine

Just continuing designing my "fabric."

The finished bag will have plain black (from black garbage bags so I don't have to color a whole white garbage bag with Sharpie) mixed with different black and white patterns. I'm hoping that the fact that all the patterns are the same colors unify them and prevent the bag from becoming too busy. If it does end up busy, I'm ok with that too. I wish I could use an accent color in the patterns but I know if I do that then I'll get over matchy later and only wear it with outfits with that color in it. I want a bag that can go with anything, so I'm limiting myself to black and white.

Day Thirty Eight

I decided I want to make myself a bag like the ones I did at Christmas out of the plastic bags. So for today I just have the very beginnings of the project, which will take awhile. I have to create all the "fabric" first before I can sew anything.

I want my bag to be all black and white, mostly so it can be pretty versatile with outfits.

After coloring the design with Sharpie (or a similar product) you turn it inside out so the ink doesn't get messed up and ruin your iron, and then you layer more plastic behind it so that it ends up as decently strong material.