Binders and a light bulb moment
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I made a bow tucks tote for my son's fiance and I've been thinking ever since about what am I going to use for the hard bottom? I was at Joann's and they didn't have any matting board and I kept forgetting about it when I was out.
I was just thinking of it again since I only have until tomorrow night and I took a look in a cupboard and saw an old binder. Light Bulb!
Cut off the front and back and use them for the tote!
I work in an office and there are always old binders everywhere that people are trying to get rid of. No shortage of supply there.
I was just thinking of it again since I only have until tomorrow night and I took a look in a cupboard and saw an old binder. Light Bulb!
Cut off the front and back and use them for the tote!
I work in an office and there are always old binders everywhere that people are trying to get rid of. No shortage of supply there.
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It worked great. The tote is 13" long and the binder is only 11" so I cut it in half lenghwise, overlapped the two pieces so that it was 13", and used permanent fabric glue to sandwich them together. A piece of lining fabric made a sleeve for it and it's wrapped and ready to go.
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