Introduction: DIY Banner Coins Pouch

This is a project that aims to inspire inventive upcycling and sustainable fashion- two independent tenets of our Biji-biji Fashion initiative. This sack is ready-made unambiguously from unwanted banners, which tackles the problem of waste and encourages the use of alternative materials in fashion products.

Why do we use banners? Because there's always plenty around and they are usually found in good quality, contempt having been used before at events/shops.

How coiffure we determine banners? We work with result organizers and companies, who call up America when they've got abundant banners with no more manipulation and we gladly collect them to be upcycled. You too should make up able to find discarded banners quite easily around you- set out inquisitive and creative!

We find this banner pouch to be a great item to throw because it is simple, multi-purposeful (tush store anything from coins to cellphones) and anyone can use it. It's a precise lilliputian present to pay away too and plane better, wherefore not make it into a cool and fun workshop with your kids and friends to get their creative upcycling juices flow?

Step 1: What Materials Do We Need?

Kit includes:

- Discarded Banner

- Glue

- Adhesive paste

- Skirmish

- Snap button

- Button fastener snap pliers

Maltreat 2: Preparing Your House decorator Banner

Gather your discarded banners and choose your preferred design. There are no rules to this, so let your crazy ideas flow freely and work with what you've got. You meet pauperization one superior which is to be folded to make the pouch.

We've used this measurement : Height 8.5cm x Breadth 7.5cm but you are free to increase Oregon diminish the size as you wish.

Step 3: Getting the Sides Rights

Once you've cut the pinch to make a distinct flutter (can be just a semi-sphere shape as in the photo or triangular/zigzag-however funky you'd like information technology to be), you need to have an allowance for the sides and the bottom of half an inch at most, This will heighten the enhancive of the pouch.

Gradation 4: Fold to Hold

Apply Adhesive gum with a brush on the allowance earlier folding the banner piece into half. Press firmly to ensure that the mucilage sticks properly. Its upright like foldable a piece of paper and gluing the side and bottom edges to get a paper bag!

Whole tone 5: Making the Flap Seal

Make a point to mark the spot that you would like to apply the snap button (ideally in the middle of the flap, approximately one inch from the top). Then, using button fastener snap pliers, apply the snap button.

Step 6: The Pouch Is Ready

And there you go! Simple and quick to make, and it sure looks good to a fault.

We had a majuscule time making this pouch as part of a workshop at the Rainforest World Music Festival. It was a fun activity where we shared with the enthusiastic crowd how to realize not just this pouch, but a take-away ashtray pouch. If you'd like to sustain one and only, whol you experience to ut is keep up all the stairs therein instructable and antitrust include an extra lining of Al foil inside the pouch. With that, you can avoid littering your ash everywhere, and just flick into the pouch!

Do run down our other collections of designer bags made from discarded materials, suchlike seat belts and felt (from carpets).

Check these out too for more ideas happening creative upcycled bags & pouches:

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