Decorating a large, denim tote for school?

Question

I used it last year for my books and I want to use it again this year because I hate backpack shopping. But I want to make it look completely different and cute. I want to spray some bleach on it. I did it with a scrap piece of denim the other day and it looks pretty cool. I'm sort of a prep but not 100%. I have a sewing machine, a plain ol' needle and thread, aaand super glue. Fabric glue sucks so I use super glue. How else can I make it look really cute?

Answer 1

This is what I did once, you can buy different colors of thread,

and put them all together in one needle, with this you can design different things one your tote, when you are sowing, you need to go back every time, like you are making many circles with your needle, every time the needle has to pass through the previous threads,

it is difficult to explain but it looks very cool.

Also you can by many buttons, of artists, or sayings and put them on your bag...

Answer 2

you could sew some beads on it and make yo-yos, they are very easy to make ,I will try to find some for you ....http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/photos/...

you can sew the beads in the middle of them to make them look like flowers , draw a stem and some leaves if you want or sew green beads to make the stem.

Answer 3

I don't know if I would do the bleach thing (even though it does look cool). Bleach will eventually eat through the material and make it weak, then you WILL have to go book bag shopping.

If you are a girly girl you could always get a play boa (found in the toys section where the girls dress up clothes are) and glue/sew it on to the handle of your bag. Glue gems,  or beads to it, you could find some really cute patches and sew on it also. Go to a sewing sections and you will find silver/gold shiny trims that you could also add around the pockets of the bag. You could also find some really cute key rings or ear rings to put on your zipper. The possibilities are almost endless.

Good luck and I hope this helps you have the coolest bag ever!!!!

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Answer 4

make bages and like fabric flowers and stuff out of cute fabrics!!!!!....xxxx oh and add button... gd luck.....xxxxx

Answer 5

oh, go retro.  BEDAZZLE it!!