When I came across the funky army style flannelette at Big W I also found another cool blue and fancy black check patterned fabric. After a particularly stressful shopping trip I opened the cupboard where I normally stored my plastic bags and they all fell out onto the floor. I decided enough is enough!
Surely there is a better way I could store my plastic bags, right?
Luckily some other plastic bag frustrated person had already invented the good old plastic bag holder. I just remembered what my mum's plastic bag holder looked like and improvised.
This is how my plastic bag holder was born. I just trimmed the edges of the fabric down a little and sewed them together. Next step was to hem both ends of the bag holder with a hem wide enough to fit some elastic inside. I then guestimated how much elastic I would need for each end. Then once again using my trusty safety pin I threaded the elastic through and sewed it together.
The next step had me stumped for a little while. It took me a little while to decide on how I would make the handle. I decided to make a matching handle out of the fabric bits I had trimmed off. I worked out how wide and long I wanted the handle to be. I folded the fabric in half to get the right sized strip and cut it to size. After a quick sew and turning it the right way out I joined it to my bag holder and put it to use.
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