Marie Claire Magazine free bag Crafts Challenge

[Meridian]

Yesterday I bought Marie Claire Magazine and the free give away for the month is a canvas tote/shopping bag with the slogan "Plastic ain't my bag" the reverse side is blank and I thought it would make a great crafts challenge to decorate. I just used a fabric pen to decore mine a Willow Tree Bag on my blog, but its open to anything you can think to do with it. paint it, sew on buttons, fabric flowers what ever you can think to craft. obviously you need to buy the magazine if you don't already have it.

post your finished items here if you think its a good idea.

happy crafting

p.s. sorry the pictures on my blog aren't great, the downstairs light fuse went last night, i'll try and retake the pics soon.

here i found a better picture of the shopper bag on the marie claire website!

Hiya

Just saw your post on the weekly challenge thread.
I'm up for having a go at this, even though I have never touched my fabric pens

I may also cheat slightly and use another bag but it was free with a magazine.
I would go and get a Marie Claire but its chucking it down here and I cant be bothered to wrap the kids up to go to the shop.

oo that's quite a nice size bag too. I find alot of the canvas shoppers are too big, too small or thin !

I like your design too Meridian
Hmmmmm a beady bag......

Oooh a beady bag!

Good idea Whizzz.
I have loads of bugle beads I never use..........

OOh, I like this, can I have a go?

nbg- any freebie bag will do and at least it makes it a useful object and not just something that sits in a pile before going into the bin or a charity shop.

whizzz- thank you and I love your latest jewlry (forgot to post it on the thread comp having internet issues )... would love to see a beady bag.. must take a better picture of mine later or tommrow...

fubsy- everyone is welcome! have a go and post a link when done. paint,draw, embrodier, sew, stencil whatever you you fancy!

got to do something with all the magazine freebies and this freebie is one of the more useful ones I've had recently.

I can't think of what to do now lol

I've got my bag! Now got to decide what to do.......

lovely Meridian !

Well I had a good google last night for some images and found a lovely swirly pattern which I've extended and adapted slightly.

I drew it on the bag last night so if I get chance today I'm going to try and sew some gem chips onto it. Thats if I can find a needle thin enough.

Mine's done!!!! Last pic here

Hopefully Waitrose will have a copy when I pop in later.

ginger- it looks lovely! and the animals too!

lovely gingermonkey - and your black cat is fab !

That's really lovely, I saw that mag yesterday in the shop and considered buying it for the free bag but then I was struck by the irony of giving away a 'plastic is not my bag' in a mag wrapped in plastic and full of rubbish leaflets!!!! So I didn't, but your bag is lovely!!!!!!

apparently the packageing is all degadeable and envoromentally friendly. though still excessive.

thank you very much! I was rather amused by the packaging too, but I suppose they have to put it in something. I like the ad on the telly for comfort or persil or something - the extra concentrated one which is helping the environment by being in a small bottle and therefore you need less lorries on the road to transport it.....unless I buy it and pour half the bottle in at once thinking you need a big drawer full of liquid. Then you need twice as many lorries on the road. My clothes smelled lovely though, and were very soft, lol!
(I know, I know - if I was really environmentally friendly I'd buy those ball things and do away with washing powder and stuff)

Got the balls GM, they are useless!

anyone else decorated a bag?

Nbg, phew, I'll save my money then! Have you done your bag yet? Come on, people!

I have a bag... is that the same as decorating one?

no, you lazy dragon - get decorating it!

come on ladies get those bags decorated!

oooo i picked up the mag a couple of weeks ago so will give this a go!! hmmmmm..... thinking cap on....

Well I've drawn my design on it and started to sew the beads on but havent done alot.