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with Barbara Edmondson

Feed Sack Tote

Recycle / Repurpose

Deer Corn, Pet Food, Ag Feed sacks

made of woven plastic in to useful,

sturdy, large totes!

Supplies needed:

An empty plastic feed sack, or pet food

sack

Polyester thread

A machine needle size 90/14 or 100/16

Helpful:

Acrylic template ruler, rotary cutter, and

self healing mat

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Instructions to make Feed Sack Tote:

Read ALL of the instructions before starting to sew, so

you will have a better understanding of it all.

I set my stitch length at 4, because I want to poke less holes in the fabric .

The plastic is stiffer than fabric so this project requires crunching the bag to work with it.

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1. Wash thoroughly the inside and outside of the emptysack.

2. Open both ends. Usually there is a string that will easilycome unstitched if you pull it just right. If not, you cut it off

however you can. Now you basically have a tube.

3. Lookat the designs on your bag and decide whatparts you want to try to keep, what places youre willing to

cut off to make handles or to become the bottom.

Things to consider:

You will need to cut off 3 4 inches around one end to

use to make the two handles.

Boxing the bottom of the tote will take 2-4 inches.

You may wish to cut off more of the bag than needed

for the handles and bottom.

4. After youve made your decision, cut a 3 4 inchesstrip around for the handles. You will be cutting through two

layers since its a tube. You can lay it flat on a self-healing

mat and use a rotary cutter and acrylic template ruler, or

you can measure & draw marks and use old scissors. Do not

use your good sewing scissors on this plastic, it could ruin

them!

5.Sewing Handles: While folding handle in half length-wise, rub a crease on the fold. Then turn in each long edge

in toward center crease and press creases. Then fold over

so that long cut edges are tucked into the first creased fold.

See Figure 5. You cant use pins, but you could binder clipsor clothes pins. Your handle now has 4 layers. Then, Stitch

closely along both long edges.

6.Turn the bag inside out by reaching inside, crunch andgrab the bottom and work with both hands to pull it

through. See photo 6. Then lay the bag flat.

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7. As shown in photo 7, Sew a seam across thebottom opening of the bag. I used about a inch

seam allowance.

Then overcast the edge, I used a regular

wide zig-zag stitch.

Do step 8 to both sides of the bottom.

8. Workwith the bag to line up one end of thebottom seam with the center of a side (not too

hard to find because its usually creased). Hold in

place.

Draw a line about 2 inches in from point/

corner. You can use a 45 degree angle on your

ruler to make it straight.

Sew along this line. This forms the box bottom

of the bag. See photo 8.

9. If desired - Fold the corner triangles toward

the bottom and attach the seam allowances of thecorner point end and the bag bottom seam by

sewing the seam allowances together a few

stitches. You can do this on the machine or by

hand.

10.Turn the bag right side out.

11.Measure & rub a crease, an inch (or whatyou choose) around the top edge of the bag.

Sew a seam along close to the cut edge.

12.Find the center of the front and back of thebag. I do this by folding in half & drawing a mark

with a pencil, see photo 11.

13.Measure & mark3 inches from each side ofthe center mark on front & back of bag. This is for

handle placement.

Sewing on handles

14.Referring to figure 13, Position a handle endat the outer edge of a mark, overlapping onto bagabout an inch. Hold in place.

15.Sew to attach handle securely. I sew asquare, then an X in it. Sew both handles on the

same way.

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Congratulations! You madeyour own Feed Sack Tote!

center

position handle en

to the outer edge of

the mark that is away

from the center

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Bagbottom

handle