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GL CRAFTS: The Perf Beach Bag

 

It’s a beach bag… It’s a pillow… Stash your stuff and take a surfside snooze!

What You Need:

*Three washcloths
*Matching thread
*Needle
*Pillow stuffing
*Patterned plastic tablecloth
*Pins
*10 snaps
*Scissors
*Fleece material for strap

What You Do:
 
Pillow: Fold one washcloth in half. Sew up both ends, and turn it right side out. Stuff the washcloth with pillow stuffing until it is nice and firm, and then stitch along the top.

Pockets: Place other two washcloths on a table, and cut tablecloth (for lining) to the size of cloths. Pin plastic onto cloths, and sew through plastic to keep it in place. Fold cloths in half (plastic out), and sew along both ends. When finished, turn right side out.

Before attaching pockets, make a strap. Cut out three 40-inch strips of fleece, and braid, leaving 6 inches unbraided on each end. Sew ends of braided strip along both sides of the pillow. Next, sew four snaps on one side of pillow about 2 inches in from edges. Do the same on the other side of the cushion, and then line each pocket up to sew the other half of the snaps into place (don’t sew through your pocket).

To keep your beach bag closed, sew two snaps (3 inches in from the ends) on the inside rims of the outer flaps of your pockets. Now, you have somewhere to store your SPF and sunglasses and—when you get to the beach—a nice cushion to rest your head on!

-Christine Green

BY JIAE K. ON 4/24/2008 12:00:00 AM 36 COMMENTS

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36 READER COMMENTS

sewing is NOT my thing...

Posted by: JBfan4ever on 4/24/2008 11:08:32 AM

I don't get it

Posted by: candygirl96 on 4/24/2008 1:24:33 PM

This doesn't make sense on how to do it... you should have done step by step!

Posted by: classicsgirl4 on 4/24/2008 1:35:29 PM

haha, cool

Posted by: polka-dot-love on 4/24/2008 1:44:54 PM

SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA!

Posted by: Crusher on 4/27/2008 4:57:01 PM

wow that is awesome

Posted by: ammiegirl13 on 4/29/2008 8:12:58 AM

think i am going to try it

Posted by: ammiegirl13 on 4/29/2008 8:13:17 AM

Wow, that's sort of confusing......but it's cute! I think I'll try it......Laughing

Posted by: mistletoe16 on 4/29/2008 5:13:16 PM

hey dachristiangurl15!

you asked for a song that not many ppl no bout and is good. check this out: decipher reflections form reality by playradioplay!

Posted by: cute_chc on 5/3/2008 1:25:50 PM

im so doing this!♥

Posted by: 2qt4wrds on 5/4/2008 1:29:21 PM

look at this
alt 1= ☺
alt 2= ☻
alt 3= ♥
alt 4= ♦
alt 5= ♣
alt 6= ♠
alt 7= •
alt 8= ◘
alt 9= ○

Posted by: 2qt4wrds on 5/4/2008 1:32:56 PM

It looks confusing? And where do you get the supplies cheap?

Posted by: halfcluck on 5/7/2008 2:19:00 PM

i want to make it but the directions are confusing

Posted by: smartiepants on 4/24/2008 6:23:58 PM

This sounds cute...but it seems like it would cost the same as a beach bag from target thats just as cute... i like the idea though...

Posted by: rosigirl on 4/24/2008 6:31:12 PM

Thats totally Intermidate sewing!There needs to be something easier

Posted by: Lynnsea on 4/24/2008 6:54:53 PM

WOW TOO CONFUSING!!

Posted by: deezers231 on 4/24/2008 7:23:38 PM

lalalalalalalaaaaaaaaaa

Posted by: prettycatholicgirl11 on 4/24/2008 8:14:27 PM

wow cute! thank goodness my dad knows how to sew (cause i don't) and yes my dad sews! hehehehehehe

Posted by: itsallgood on 4/25/2008 12:04:13 AM

ummm..... dont get it....at all.

Posted by: Abbakrombie796 on 4/25/2008 5:58:59 AM

what are snaps and where can u get them?

Posted by: koolgirl74 on 4/28/2008 3:14:06 PM

dachristiangurl15~
the song forever by chris brown is awesome. it just came out last tuesday so proabably not many people know about it.

Posted by: koolgirl74 on 4/28/2008 3:15:45 PM

thats cool

Posted by: shelby_2008 on 4/24/2008 2:35:44 PM

im so gunna do this!

Posted by: 2qt4wrds on 4/24/2008 2:54:41 PM

how does it open?

Posted by: 2qt4wrds on 4/24/2008 2:55:41 PM

I love it!!!!

Posted by: kookie1 on 4/24/2008 3:09:43 PM

heyy anyone know a great song that not many people know about?

Posted by: dachristiangurl15 on 4/24/2008 3:15:35 PM

thats kool!!! but a little confusing.... PICTURES OF EACH STEP PLEASE!!!

Posted by: allmaewin on 4/24/2008 3:21:02 PM

hmmmm... well this looks and sounds kool but i dont quite get it on how to make it. and how u can put stuff in it it is just confusing sry

Posted by: behind*blue*eyes*aries* on 4/24/2008 3:41:41 PM

kewl! prob not gonna make it though. sewing, 4 me, not sew much

Posted by: cassiem10908 on 4/24/2008 3:54:40 PM

that looks cute! Smile i'm gonna make it!

Posted by: prettycatholicgirl11 on 4/24/2008 3:58:19 PM

how can you peeps not under stand this! i am 13 and a big sewer and this is vary clear to me. but on an scale from easy (low) to hard (high), it would probobaly the higest for a normal teen/preeteen.

Posted by: supergirlAJA on 5/9/2008 7:50:21 AM

thats confusing................... and i cant sew.

Posted by: BasketballGirl on 4/24/2008 4:29:59 PM

that sounds really cute! :]

Posted by: kittehkatgirl on 4/24/2008 4:37:36 PM

Very creative but weird

Posted by: emi22 on 4/24/2008 5:29:03 PM

kewel exept sewing and me soo dont go together!

Posted by: #1 iowa hawkeye fan on 4/24/2008 5:50:00 PM

Has anyone did this??? It looks kind of confuzing..

Posted by: mfriend123 on 5/4/2008 6:57:58 PM


    

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