MATERIALS
» PLASTIC BAGS
» FREEZER PAPER
» IRON
» SCISSORS
1. From your collection of plastic bags, pick out interesting patterns, colors, or images.
2. Cut the bags along the seam line. This keeps air bubbles and wrinkles from forming.
3. Put down 1 layer of freezer paper the size of the sheet you would like to make.
4. Cover the freezer paper with 2 to 3 layers of plastic bags. Place the recycled bags in patterns using the colors and images as highlights.
5. Adjust the plastic bags so that the edges overlap by 1 or 2 inches. This creates a large, sturdy sheet of material.
6. Cover your plastic bags with another layer of freezer paper, non-waxy side facing out.
7. With an iron on the “Cotton” setting, press down hard on the freezer paper to flatten and fuse the bags to each other. Be sure to open a window nearby because the plastic bags can melt if ironed too long, creating fumes that you don’t want to inhale.
8. Once you’ve made your sheet of new textile, add it to another sheet and expand it to any size by simply ironing the edges of 2 sheets together.
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