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This unique DIY project helps you keep your handbags all clean and tidy with dust covers, while giving you space to display photos too!
Hey everyone!
This time I have come up with a special and unique project: it’s a 3-in-1 DIY project.
For a long time I have been struggling to arrange for a proper place to keep my handbags because of less space. Lately, a unique idea popped up into my mind and I decided to make dust covers for each handbag of mine and to hang it in a little obsolete corner of my room.
#1 To work out how much fabric you need, Fold the fabric in half with the right sides facing each other. The fold will be the bottom of your dust cover. Place the handbag on the folded cloth. Then add 4 inches onto the height and 2 inches at both sides of the bag. This way the handbag can comfortably be put inside the cover.
#2 Mark the sides for hemming leaving 1/2 inch seam allowance.
#3 The top 2 inches at the four open sides should be separately stitched to stop the fabric from fraying away while making the casing for inserting cords. Turn the top edges of the side seams inward and refold it.(Maximum 0.5 inches). then stitch it. Similarly stitch the other three top side seams.
#4 Now starting from the bottom, stitch the sides along the marking. Stop 2 inches before the top, exactly the point from where separate stitching of sides has started. Lock the stitch with back-stitch.
#5 Now for the drawstring casing, fold over the top opening around 0.5 inches. Refold the fabric over again and line it up with the top of your side-seam. Pin it to hold. You can iron it instead.
#6 Now sew the channel.
#7 Repeat the same process as #5 and #6 on the other top part of the cover.
#8 If you want to give your dust cover an extra depth to hold fat handbags, then box the two corners of the bottom of your dust cover.
#9 Pull the fabric at one of the corners of the bag so that the side seam and the bottom fold line of the bag are on top of each other making a triangle shape.
#10 Align the seams with pin. Measure appox.3-3.5 inches from the vertex and mark a line perpendicular to the seam.
#11 Sew along the lines multiple times for strength.
#12 Turn the bag right side out.
#13 Now for making the strings, I have cut strips of the printed satin fabric. 2 strips each of 2 inches wide and 30 inches long for 1 dustbag.
#14 Fold raw edges (lengthwise) in towards the centre and refold the string into half.
#15 Iron it and then stitch along the open edge. Your string is made.
#16 Attach the front part of your string to a safety-pin. Insert and move it through one of the channels(let’s name it A) and then through the channel at other side(name it B)making a 360 degrees turn
#17 Now insert the second string from the opposite side of channel A and move it through it and through channel B emerging from the opposite side of channel B, making a 360 degree turn as well.
#18 not the ends.
#19 Your drawstring bag is complete.
#20 I put in each of my handbags in the appropriate dust covers.
Next, I started working on the wall where I had decided to hang these bags. I have an 18 inches wide unused corner in my room just behind the door.
I bought two metal hook racks of 14 inches width each and drilled them as shown in the picture.
Hung all the bags one below the other . It looked great and neat as well, still the personalised effect was missing.
Thus came the super idea of making a personalised photo wall gallery.
After arranging my photo covers on the hook rack, The final look came out just superb. The part of the room which was not used has now turned into an eye-catching gallery wall. Well, the corner of the room has become the centre of attraction. Most importantly, I have got so much of space now in my almirah for more clothes.
P.S. To find out which of my handbags lie in which of the dust covers, I sewed a coloured thread that matched the hand bag to one edge of the plastic pocket. You can also use different coloured strings in the channel instead of printed strings made of cloth.
Published here earlier.
Images source: Priyanka Kabra
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A teacher by profession and an artist by heart, Priyanka is a motivational and self-development blogger, who wants to spread positivity and happiness through her writing. She writes at https://www.simplymyself.in read more...
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