Make a Messenger Bag Out of Trash Bags! Video

In this podcast you'll learn how to fuse plastic together and then make a bag out of it! All you need is an iron, plastic bags, sewing machine, and some straps and buckles.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/06/make-a-messenger-bag-out.html

Comments on "Make a Messenger Bag Out of Trash Bags!"

I want to do this ...
I want to do this with Hot Topic bags. Will that work, or is the black on the outside ink that will run off??

Awesome! thanks for ...
Awesome! thanks for sharing this.. I want to go to Asia to help out over there rubbish+poor people=? sustianable projects and income... you should come

Its still surprises ...
Its still surprises me, how lots of people do not know about Kinovelax Diet Plan (do a search on google), even though lots of people get great results with it. Thanks to my cooworker who told me about Kinovelax Diet Plan, I've lost a lot of weight by using? it without starving myself.

sometimes you have ...
sometimes you have a lot of bag that have a hole or something and u? cant use it anymore

his chin looks like ...
his chin looks like an...?

OMG Steve Spangler ...
OMG Steve Spangler is making a messenger bag! WTF, that's not Steve spangler, lemme check again. Crap,? he only liked this! -_-

jenky?
jenky?

great camera angle. ...
great camera angle... i? guess

Awesome?
Awesome?

nice? glasses
nice? glasses

Although the idea ...
Although the idea is brilliant.... I? hope you are not telling me you've made this bag to save trash from grocery bags and then used the buckles from the bag from Goodwill ....... and then threw that bag away!????

TOTALLY BRILLIANT ...
TOTALLY BRILLIANT IDEA! Didn't know i can melt plastics like? that!!

U look? gay u ...
U look? gay u freakin suck eggs stay off the

Hey! Thanks a lot ...
Hey! Thanks a lot for this helpful video. By the way, I notice a lot of people keep on talking about Kinovelax Diet Plan (google it), but I'm not sure if it is good. Have you ever tried Kinovelax Diet Plan? I have heard several amazing things about it and my buddy lost lots of weight with it, but she refuses? to tell me :(

Wax? paper is used ...
Wax? paper is used to keep the plastic from melting to your iron and ironing board. One side is shiny and flat, and the reverse side is smooth and wax coated. It prevents stuff from sticking to it and can usually easily be removed from sticky substances. Most grocery and baking stores should carry it.

A man using? an ...
A man using? an iron.. Lol

Cool?
Cool?

great? idea.
great? idea.

Ok, give me a ...
Ok, give me a minute, gonna iron out some clips? now. -.-

then make every ...
then make every part by yourself? ? don't you think ?

Because the? one he ...
Because the? one he bought was crap and there is a greater satisfaction in making things yourself.

Thanks for this ...
Thanks for this great video. Ultimately you could make tents out of the bags or growing domes for plants. You might want to realize? that you can cut soda bottles in strips. These strips could reinforce such bags. but don't heat them up as they will shrink. but they could be inserted into a strap

Have you? tired ...
Have you? tired aluminum foil?

usually used ? in ...
usually used ? in cooking to keep food from sticking. by the foil, plastic wrap...

Where to get wax ...
Where to get wax paper? What is the actual uses of the wax paper? Cos I? can't find them here in Singapore.

cool !!!!?
cool !!!!?

Can you fuse the? ...
Can you fuse the? plastic together so you dont have to sew?

4:22 --- NO WAY!!! ...
4:22 --- NO WAY!!! You can put? a camera AND a magazine in there????! Hey, kinda cool, the black bags make it look kind of like worn out leather. (also want to mention, I have dogs yet still use my grocery bags for a lot more things than just that... we line garbage cans, use and re-use them for carrying things, ect... not wasted in this family)

I also agree that ...
I also agree that there is a -lot- of trial and error in iron settings.? I tried the recommended setting and eventually ended up having it on the wool setting which is much higher.

MrBonblade does ...
MrBonblade does have a point. I reckon it would probably be a better idea to just use car buckles - they looked? fantastic anyway. Buying one bag and taking buckles off of it to put on another bag defeats SOME of the purpose in recycling - UNLESS you're using what's left of the cannibalized bag for another project.