Snappy Bags

great job, Estelle. those are really cute. well done you!! j.

"EstelleUK" wrote... Well I just had to try them. So quick to make and such good fun. I actually asked DH, and he found a tape for me. It had been trodden on so would nt retract properly. He was intrigued and a little impressed at the ingenuity of it all!! lolThe metal does indeed cut very easily with my kitchen scissors. They should be the first photo in the Handbags folder if you would like to see them.

These are nice! Barbara back in SC

What do you use to protect the ends of the tape? It's sharp and will cut through any fabric.

Neat idea. I might be able to use that trick for small musical instrument bags.

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Very cute!!

One of the notions on sale to wrap around the end of strapping is a metal v-shaped item with prongs which grabbed the fabric of the strapping to prevent fraying when used in belts, etc.....this made me think of taking a small section of the metal tape and then use pliers to shape it around the end of the longer strips - tape the cut ends of the folded piece to hold it in place. I thought of just bending a longer than necessary length of metal tape back on itself but the curve of tape would be wrong.....jennellh

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Just a thought how about coating the ends with sealing wax or even hot glue with a glue gun. Shirley

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Could you just file the sharp edge down? Taria

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How about the stuff they sell to dip tool handles in? It gives a "rubbery" coating to the metal tool handle to cushion/prevent slipping. I have used it on bra underwires that poked through and lost their end cover, so it should work for the metal tape.

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Thanks *J*. Have to make a pencil bag for Monday now for a friend!

Tool Dip has it good points and it's problems. The fumes are like to knock you dead.

Do you suppose spring steel corset bones would work? Or I imagine that the tips would work on a tape measure, they come in up to 3/4 inch width at Farthingales. If you wanted a washable bag bones would be the very thing I should think. A bit sturdier than tape measure though, that might be a problem.

They are so cute, Estelle. I love the colors and the quilting. Well done! I guess I'm just going to have to try this for myself now!

-Irene

and dont forget pix of yours along the way. j.

wrote... They are so cute, Estelle. I love the colors and the quilting. Well done! I guess I'm just going to have to try this for myself now!

-Irene

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Lovely, Estelle. I like how you varied MQ motifs. Pat

Duct Tape! Pat and Red

I missed the original post on this, but I think these bags might be similar to a bag a friend showed me a few months ago. She is using the slats from mini-blinds, instead of a tape measure. I think the stores that sell the blinds always have spare slats too - probably cheaper than using a tape measure.

Does anyone still have the directions for these bags?

Pauline Northern California

Blind slats are usually aluminium; tape measures are steel and will last a lot longer.

Anybody who uses tape measures will have a broken one. Marion used to have lots when she was in a printing business with her ex-husband - they'd measure batches of paper before guillotining it, and often they'd forget to pull the tape measure away before the guillotine went CHOMP.

1. Make a bag.

1. Put two strips of tape running in channels at the top where the zip would usually go.

Was there more to it than that, except whether it was convex or concave side out?

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