Make an Ikea Raincoat

Use four ikea bags, you will be able to make your own ikea raincoat!

Some things to keep in mind

-Face like sides together, with the inside of the jacket on the outside. This will keep your seams on the inside of the jacket.

-Line up the patterns with the grain of the fabric. This is not essential, but it will make for a nicer end product.

-Take notice to the inside and outside of the Ikea bag. It is different, even if it is hard to tell.

-Cut things together. This is also not essential, but it will save time.

-When taking apart the Ikea bags, use a stitch ripper. Do NOT cut them apart, you will not have enough room for the pattern pieces.

Step 1 Print the pattern

Make sure when you print this to scale it up so the arrows are about 6 1/4 inch long. This pattern will make a small/medium woman's size coat.

Comments

[martian742]

To me this excellent contraption appeals from the health-related viewpoint. Most commercial raincoats around here are made from PVC, which can't be healthy at all, because it just reeks disgustingly when worn (or if you just put your nose close enough).

Other raincoats are made of PE foil (as far as I know), which is not harmful, or less harmful than PVC - again, just to my knowledge.
The problem is - they are too thin and don't last. There's the danger of tearing them on the first use.

I think the Ikea bags are made of PE or PET plastic and are also extremely sturdy.
This kind of makes your idea the holy grail of raincoats, I think!

I'm bookmarking this until I get my hands on four bags. ;-)

[aolsson]

Even when you are swedish you can't understand the ikea names :)

[FriendOfHumanity]

Oh, that is excellent !
Have you tried wearing it in IKEA yet ?

[klimb]

Awesome!! I love those Ikia bags, this would be a great way to show the love, except that I don't know if I could part with FOUR bags! They are too useful, last time I had to move I didn't even need to find extra because I put everything in Ikea bags. The best part is they fold up small and flat to store until your next move. (Being in college I move a lot and the whole dilemma of storing boxes vs. throwing them out always got to me.)

[sanewby]

<3

[berky93]

Am I the only one who saw the picture before reading the title and was disappointed that it's not an instructable for the sculpture?

Either way, good job. It looks good.

[Bellyscales]

Nope. I did, too. But I like the coat pattern!

[camp6ell]

yes

[Recycling Zychal]

this is fabulous! I love it!

[caitlinsdad]

Cool! You should try to get a hold of the yellow in-store IKEA bags to make contrasting panels or trim.  I guess the next step is to recycle Fedex envelopes.