I wanted to try out some other techniques than cross stitch, so took the opportunity to make a grocery bag, which I needed anyway.
The bag itself was really easy to make - I simply used an old plastic bag as a pattern - but the stitching (chain stitch) turned out to be a little less fun than I expected. I don’t know what made it so, but it was only thanks to pure stubbornness I could finish it. But at least now that it’s done I like it.
The bag is completely made out of material I already had at home. The fabric is a piece of some old synthetic fabric that I bought at a thrift store because i liked the colour but would be too uncomfortable to use in clothing. Oh, and if anyone wants to know, the font is Guttenberg MF, available for free on dafont.com.
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Mmmm Nice font!! Looks great!
Looking goood…thanks for the font website info…
carolyn
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Really nice ! And very well done, the stitching is so regular !
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Love your bag! I’ve never tried a chain stitch to embroidery something. Did you use a small steel crochet hook?
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RecycleCindy > Thank you! I hadn’t done much chain stitch either, but I like how it looks. I used a needle, here’s a good tutorial video: http://www.needlenthread.com/2006/10/embroidery-stitch-video-tutorial-chain.html
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