Fuse Plastic Fabric Technique

Give a second life to plastic bags . Create future fabric !
Here is a photo demo on how to fuse plastic bags into a new recycled fabric .

supply list :

. at least 4 plastic bags
. tracing paper or parchment paper
. scissors
. roller cutting blade
. cutting board
. iron
. ironing pad or ironing board [don't burn the table!]

advisable to have some sort of ventilation :

. respirator
. ventilator
. open window
. fan set up to blow fumes out the open window [don't inhale the fumes! are they really that toxic? not sure, but they tend to smell like cake, so beware!]

Step 1 Cut tracing paper

Cut 2 sheets of tracing paper or parchment paper to contain the plastic .

The sheets should be larger than the plastic.

I have 2 18" x 12" sheets.

Comments

[jjone538]

Cool Scissors

[bfedorowytsch]

Cute :D

[depotdevoid]

Very interesting! Have you made anything with the resulting fabric that you could share here?

[sensoree]

yes. should i add it to the instructable?

[depotdevoid]

I would say so! Or, if you're writing an 'ible on what to do with it, make sure to like to it from this one.

[sensoree]

i added our projects to the last step, for an idea. thanks!

[depotdevoid]

Awesome, that totally ties the project together! This is a very creative (re)use of materials.

[rimar2000]

Very interesting, this is an open door to recycling.

[80$man]

Very true, it would make for a great material to make waterproof ponchos from!

[80$man]

Whoa, I did not know this would be possible . I like it very much! Would this make the material water proof / non breathable?