When Making Purses or Totes???
#61
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 62
I actually use a variety of items rescued from the trash, most of the time. There is 1 kind of cardboard box that has smaller 'corrugations' in it than the regular shipping boxes. I cut 2 pieces to the size I need and cover it with lining fabric. I've never had a purse bend and it seems to work fine. Also, I left a cutting mat in the car and it warped badly in our Texas heat, so I cut it into strips to use for purse bottoms. Sometimes I use that plastic canvas if there is a large enough piece left after the original use, and I've also used foam poster boards. All of them have worked for me.
#65
Robin,
It may not be the right thing to do, but I have actually used insulbright in the bottom of some of my purses. It gives support and it is washable. I haven't tried to wash any yet, but that is what I had on hand and that is what I used. Sue
It may not be the right thing to do, but I have actually used insulbright in the bottom of some of my purses. It gives support and it is washable. I haven't tried to wash any yet, but that is what I had on hand and that is what I used. Sue
#66
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Richmond, Va
Posts: 218
Originally Posted by sunni
What do you put at the bottom?
thanks
robin
thanks
robin
#67
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Arizona
Posts: 5,578
I have used plex-a-glass cut to size, covered leaving an opening to remove for washing. The last few I have made, I used PenTex with an additional heavy interfacing sewn into a sleeve that is attached to the bottom end seams...does not have to be removed to be washed and also does not slip around the bottom of bag. Tons of idea out here.
Judy in Phoenix
Judy in Phoenix
#69
Originally Posted by GGinMcKinney
What craft store carries the wood?
#70
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 880
Someone posted (maybe here?) they got their hands on an old cutting mat from a quilt shop. It was full of cuts and a bit warped so they were going to toss it. it worked really well in bag bottoms.
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