DIY! Make a purse or bag out of garbage bags/ grocery bags!

[florencelovme]

lmao! Epic Sewing Fail! :D

Its easy to confuse the straps and sew them that way - Good thing that you fixed it! :)

[heartben]

@florencelovme - thanks for the comments, twas an epic sewing fail indeed. however for a guy who doesnt use a purse i think i did pretty good! haha. does the wax interact with the plastic... kinda. it will put a little bit of wax on the plastic but its not bad. wax paper is probably in the kitchen/cooking section whever you live. people have been using wax paper for an ironing barrier for years ( to melt crayons in between, or to put leaves between the wax paper -etc!

[florencelovme]

@heartben Thanx alot and its a nice change to see a guy doing girly DIY stuff! Keep Rockin that sewing machine! :)

[florencelovme]

Doesnt the wax interact with the plastic? o.O

[florencelovme]

where do you buy wax paper from? Im skeptical about using the iron with a nylon material. I think I'll burn everything if I do this lol!

[TriciaCrafts]

Looks fun, I'll have to give this a shot, seems pretty time consuming though.

[100percentKenyanGal]

Awesome vid......I love tote bags so i will definately try this out....even for smaller bags too!! Where can i find wax paper......oh and i don't have a sewing machine so i will be doing some hand sewing(yikes!!).....and i love the ting tings XDD

[seriousblacknj]

Great idea for a green bag (reusable grocery bags) TY

[heartben]

i am sorry it has taken so long for me to respond. i appreciate the comment! i hope it helped you out. :-)

[strbry11]

Great idea!! What song is playing in this vid?!

[heartben]

thank ya much. the song(s) are - shut up and let me go AND thats not my name (both songs are by the ting tings)

[strbry11]

Awesome, thanks!! :-)

[andit06]

this is great! congratulations for winning 1st!!!

[heartben]

thanks!

[SHSuhi]

Congrats.

:)

First place.

[heartben]

thank you !

[hapycasy]

I WANT 1!! too bad i dont really get how to use my sewing machine! :(

thanks 4 the idea!!

[heartben]

awh, im sure someone in your house knows how! make one and post it on here so i can see!

[Teskus]

Ben, I never knew you were so crafty.

-Billy

[heartben]

I never knew you had a youtube account.. hahaha. thanks billy.

[hummiemd]

Oh wow, this is so cute! You should submit this to Ready Made magazine too <3

[heartben]

Thank you very much! Im not familiar with ready made magazine, i will have to check it out.

[xoxfiftyytwo]

HEHEHEHEEEEE I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THIS! :D hey how'd you end up withthe whole black part if like did you make tons of those thins ones from the beginning and melt them toghether..? :D O_o :)

[heartben]

the black pieces are just a bigger garbage bags (like 30 or so gallon size) and the white pieces are MUCH smaller bags.

hope that helps, if not just let me know and i'll try to help.

[xoxfiftyytwo]

ohhh i see thankyou! :D

[janeytilllie]

This is pretty good! and so eco friendly i like that! :) it has a real leather look to it without the cruelty to animals! :) great job

[heartben]

the black bags have a sort of leathery feel to them as well.. thank you very much!

[pincstuff]

HI BEN, awesome job!!! :D The bag is reallyy great~ the ending with the handles was funny.. ahaha! thanks for taking the time~ :)

ps. the song was supperrr~

[heartben]

thank you! woo! i cant wait for the end of the contest! the ting tings are fun.

[Limster17]

very nice and creative good job :D

[heartben]

thanks!~ i appreciate it!

[thisismaslis]

this is really cool. i should try it. =) thanks for the tutorial, heartben!

[heartben]

I hope you do try it! if you do, take some pictures and re-comment, id love to see what you come up with! you're very welcome!

[karmieboo]

=o cool.

[heartben]

Fa sho!

[xoxfiftyytwo]

hmm hey that's actually REALLY pretty good!at first i was like ummm...=/=" because i thought you were just gonna cut it up into a square but i am very wrong it was VERY VERY interesting and the end result was very cool!! :D:D:D:D good luck and i hope you have a BIG BIG shot at winning! :D

[heartben]

Hah. I can see how you might think it'd be lame but its quite the opposite! I appreciate the comment! I hope I win! :-) lets hope pincstuff and her fam/friends like it as well.