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by **hamchick** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:46 pm

On holiday in Wales, our big umbrella died. Welsh weather was too much for it. I took off the nylon fabric and washed it, and measured out that I could make 2 nylon bags out of it. It's the right fabric to make a stuff bag- I mean,a bag to fold up inside itself. This are my next bags! Has anyone tried this already? How about it Morsbaggers?:D
Hamchick, Oxford

by **beattie** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Hi Hamchick, nice to hear from you!
Ivybags made bags like these a little while ago out of offcuts of balloon material, see -
http://www.morsbags.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1471
and
http://www.morsbags.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1234

Using umbrella fabric is inspired! Fantastic recycling idea! I'd love to see some pictures of the results. Sorry about your washout Welsh experience. I've sworn never to go back to the Black Mountains after two such holidays.

by **Offcuts** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:32 pm

Its an amazing idea

by **Ivybags** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:33 pm

great idea - there must be quite a few redundant brollies lying around, as rain and gales together dont go well with brollies !!!!

by **beattie** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:46 pm

Here in Cornwall it's only holidaymakers who try to use umbrellas. Locals don't bother with them - for obvious reasons.

by **Offcuts** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:49 pm

You might find some in the hedgerows waiting to be turned into much more useful morsbags

by **Ivybags** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:55 pm

mmm- some stealth broken brollie hunting down in Devon me thinks !!!!

by **selby baggers** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:43 pm

Well done Hamchick for giving us a superb idea.. We will all be eying up peoples brollies where we go now :wink:

by **beattie** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:37 pm

Not just their curtains.... :lol:

by **hamchick** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:01 pm

Eyeing up curtains reminds me of the Sound of Music Singalong, where folks wave a piece of curtain material and shout "Look behind you" at Maria when she is desperate for fabric. Anyway I have finally ordered a better sewing machine and will try to get my husband to take some photos to post when I get going! :lol:

Hamchick

by **pol** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:26 pm

LOVE this idea - how come nobody thought of this before? - excellent Hamchick! There are frequent London Transport lost property auctions where you can bid for a batch of 30 homeless brollies for tuppence - I have visions of the boat filling with umbrellas, as well as t shirts now!! :lol:

by **Ivybags** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:28 am

Do they have auctions of dead parachutes ???
Now there's a challenge.............

by **sazziej** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:36 am

Oh i love the idea of umbrella bags.... genius idea :idea:

by **tonks001** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:51 am

I think an umbrella for a bag is fantastic. It's a great idea and you get to save money and recycle. Good for you!

by **tallbirdme** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:30 pm

I've made a skirt out of an old umbrella, it was pretty easy, and I left the metal ends in at the bottom all the way around to weight the skirt down

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