For this assignment I decided to make a coat using old plastic bags that I kept after getting groceries. I never throw out plastic bags, instead I use them for throwing my trash in as that is what I’ve seen my parents do all throughout my life.
I wanted to treat the plastic bags like fabric and do what I would do to fabric, to the plastic. I began by cutting off the handles off the bags and fused the two sides together using an iron. Then I dyed the bags using fabric dye and left them overnight to dry.
I learned how to use an industrial sewing machine for this assignment. I then sewed all the plastic bags together.
I hand-sewed the sleeves to the rest of the jacket.
For the sleeves I cut paper bags, folded the strips and attached them together.