Comments on: Old project

By: treyci

treyci — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:08:17 +0000

ha ha.. we say “tar-jay” too! but only because we have a target and going there to shop for stuff like designer look-a-like knock off handbags is pretty silly.. so we say tar-jay to sound sophisticated.. ha ha ha. and since i live literally like 3 miles from a tar-jay – if you want more bags… lmk. i’ll save them for you.

By: Caitlin Jane

Caitlin Jane — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:46:49 +0000

Nope, we have seen the same tutorial.

I actually lied, I DO have a stash of bags, but I’ve been saving them to make fused plastic tote bags with. I even bought an iron specifically for that task, but haven’t gotten around to it. And they’re mostly Target bags-I love the white and red-which we don’t have in Canadialand, so they’re special here. People see a Target bag and say “Oooh, Tar-jay!” in jealous tones.

By: treyci

treyci — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:03:16 +0000

i have a plarn stash…. i’ve never heard of it called ‘plarn’ before… my sis started using it to make knitted laundry baskets… i crochet a few… they are awesome. seriously. i have some bags to cut up and use…

how do you do your connecting? the tutorial i have takes the bags, lays them out flat, folds them up into a roll, cut into like strips that open up into rings, and then you knot the rings together in a fancy pants sort of manner… just curious if there is another way or easier way you’ve stumbled upon?

By: Caitlin Jane

Caitlin Jane — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:06:26 +0000

WOW, that plarn business is brilliant, for sure. We don’t have ANY plastic bags to speak of here-we use boxes normally at the grocery store, or tote bags.

I did try to crochet using VHS tape before, that was interesting. I think cassette tapes would be better…

By: Caitlin Jane

Caitlin Jane — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:55:34 +0000

Sounds intriguing, I will check that plarn out, thanks Heather!

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:41:41 +0000

Hi. Never posted here before but wanted to tell you about a new thing I saw on youtube.

Plarn.

Useing plastic bags to make yarn. You might have heard of it but if not check it out.

By: treyci

treyci — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:06:04 +0000

you could do it as a rag quilt. you sew the batting and such in the middle of two squares (top fabric, bottom fabric) and then sew them with the raw edges up on the top, so when you wash it, it’ll ruffle up and such. i think they are neat. here’s an example of one:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14099987

just a thought. i’m interested to see how it turns out. i hate sewing with jersey materials of any kind. i can quilt like a mofo with quilter’s cottons and flannels but jerseys just confound me.. lol. i can never get the tension right on my sewing machine.

By: Caitlin Jane

Caitlin Jane — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:54:39 +0000

We both started making rag rugs-he finished his, sort of. We wound up throwing out a TON of rags. Which is kind of hard, but it’s better than throwing out triple that in grotty t shirts.

By: Aurora

Aurora — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:52:08 +0000

Haha, I guess if I was more observant, I whould have seen all of the cut shirts to the side of the blanket.

I’d just feel bad about all of that extra cloth. I’m sure you could come up with something to do with it, but I’m not very crafty. It does look really great, though.

By: Caitlin Jane

Caitlin Jane — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:31:35 +0000

We cut them. We made a template that approximated the average size of the screen print (and there were 3 different sizes, the wide ones I put across the top and bottom) and chalked it onto the shirts, then cut them. We had 2 pair of scissors, one was good, one was crap and it was a lot of work, especially because it just sat for 2 years and might have turned into an extremely wasteful waste of time.

If kids weren’t so messy and stain attracting, I’d want to do this with baby stuff, to make a commemorative blankie.