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NYDS TOTE
Styling Tips:
1. Try tie dye-ing the shirts before using them to make the bag!! Could be super funky!
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Step 1Gather materials and plug in your glue gun.
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Step 2Lay the tee flat on a good work surface. Draw the shape shown on the tee with a pencil. It should resemble a petal.
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Step 3Cut out the shape through both layers of the tee.
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Step 4Now you have 2 petals! A long way to go...
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Step 5Lay one petal on the tee and cut around it.
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Step 6Continue to develop a stack of petals. This stack is going to be huge! You might want to fold the tee shirt several times and cut the petals out several at a time. You'll need a very sharp scissor to get through more than a couple of layers.
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Step 7Keep all scraps!
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Step 8Cut as many petals as you possibly can out of the 2 XL tee shirts. Our stack looked like this...
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Step 9Line the tote with cardstock, cardboard or paper.
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Step 10Place a few petals down just to get a feel of how you want to glue them. Each new petal should go on top of and in the middle of the ones beneath it. There really is no rhyme or reason, it'll look great anyway you do it.
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Step 11Start on the bottom corner. Place a line of hot glue towards the bottom of the bag.
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Step 12Continue petaling...
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Step 13Now you can start to see what the tote will look like.
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Step 14Continue...
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Step 15Make sure to cover the side seams :)
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Step 16Continue gluing petals until you have almost reached to top of the tote.
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Step 17
To make sure it looks nice, place a line of glue at the cris cross on the handle of the tote. Lay the top of a petal on the line of glue, and smush the top of the petal in so it gathers around the tote handle.
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Step 18Now that the front of the bag is covered, fold down the handles, and pull out the rhinestone trim.
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Step 19Measure from seam to seam with the rhinestone trim and cut 3 identical pieces. Leave an extra inch of space on each just in case :)
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Step 20Glue them down starting at one seam. Make sure to hold the ends securely until they are dry. Place lines of glue on the tote where the trim will go. The trim can be ironed on as well, but we prefer hot glue for this project.
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Step 21Gluing...
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Step 22Cut off any extra trim at the end and save it!
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Step 23Repeat with the other rhinestone trim strips.
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Step 24Here is a photo of the front of the bag, all done! It's great because one XL tee by Hanes covers one side of the bag! That's why we got two tees...time to start on the back!
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Step 25We happened to spill coffee on our tote this morning, which makes this project even more perfect!! LOVE covering up stains :)
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Step 26You know the drill...
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Step 27Cover this side of the bag just like the front.
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Step 28Add the rhinestone trim...
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Step 29Finish it off!
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Step 30Pick out a flower or a pin to add some umpf! Not that it needs it... This step is optional**
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Step 31Pin the flower onto the handle of the tote.
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Step 32And finally.......ALL DONE!!!!!!
It all works so well together.
We spent about an hour just cutting out the petals and then another 2 gluing the petals and the trim onto the bag.
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