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Doggie Bag Tote
by Beverly Watkins
Here's a different kind of doggie bag - it's a very sturdy tote, recycled from a large-sized dog food bag, that is perfect for shopping excursions when you expect to bring home a lot more than leftovers.
Doggie Bag Tote
Supplies:
50lb dog food bag with strong sides (emptied and thoroughly cleaned on the inside)
sewing machine
strong sewing thread
scissors
Doggie Bag Tote
Instructions:
1. Cut straight across the top of the bag, at the height that you want for your tote bag. Fold over a 1/4 inch hem and sew with a zigzag stitch all around.
2. Cut two strips, each three inches wide, from the scrapped part of the bag. Fold over the first strip, lengthwise, then fold again. Sew together with zigzag stitch, all along the length of the strip, to make a handle.
Repeat with the other three inch strip to make a second handle to match the first one.
3. Decide where you want to position the ends of each handle and mark the bag on the inside. Sew each end of the handles to the top of the bag, zigzagging back and forth to create a strong, unbreakable bond.
If you dont want the dog food cat food motif Then turn the bag inside out and then do it! white bag no markings!
I love this idea! I need a bag for my dog's toys and other stuff that goes with him when he's at a kennel or a friend is watching him. I'm so tired of using garbage bags, they rip to easily. This is so creative! Thanks!!!
We think this would be a great project for us to do. We think that we could use the tote bag as library bags for our school, or recycled shopping bags. We are going to try this project with high hopes that it will work! wish us luck
i love this bag i am 13 and i am using it as a project that i am doing we have to make something out of recycled matirials, i am so excited thanks
I just made one and listed a tutorial on my blog. I was seeing who else has done this. I used webbing for straps and now that I have read all the comments, I will try wahing the bag in the washer...I hand washed it, but it still has a slight dog food odor! If you want to see mine, it is at stringbean17.blogspot.com
I *heart* this project!!!
I luv this bag! and I'm a dude! Luv it!
this would work on the plastic bags that you use for salt. Nice iea thanks
AWESOME!!!!!!! I was fixing to toss 7 18 lb empty catfood bags. NOW I have a grand use for them!!!! Thanks!!!
I made a small bag but I used a small bag of cat food ( dog food still full) my kids love it. One of my kids take it every were even to school. Thanks for showing me what to do with the bags other then clean the cat pan.
