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Hello! Welcome back to another episode of[br]make thrift buy, the show where you send in

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suggestions of cool clothing or accessories[br]that you’ve seen on the internet and I do

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my best to recreate them! Today’s episode[br]was suggested by LxIDIY13, who wanted me to

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try and recreate this animal face shoulder[br]bag. The one that was suggested to me is from

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a cheap wholesale website called CNDirect,[br]but you can basically find these things, like,

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everywhere. You can find them in all different[br]sizes from large tote bags to really small

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coin purses, and you can also find them for[br]worryingly cheap. Like I found these purses

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on ebay for 93 cents, and that includes free[br]shipping.... Now when something is this cheap,

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it makes me a little bit worried about exactly[br]how much the person who made it was getting

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paid. Besides, it looked like something that[br]would be a really fun challenge to try and

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recreate for myself. SO, let’s begin!

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So the first thing that I needed to do was[br]to find an image of an animal's face. I went

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onto a royalty-free image website and I typed[br]in “puppy”. Sorry cat people, but I wanted

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to make a dog face bag instead. Now, the best[br]type of image for this project will be an

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animal that has a really round head, and sticky-up[br]ears – so, like this one, or this, or this

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or this. However, this French Bulldog won[br]my heart, and it was also a perfect image

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to use because it had a really round head,[br]very sticky-up ears and a white background

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which would be easy to remove.

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Next, I opened up the image in photoshop and[br]I removed the background and the body. Then,

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I carefully separated the ears from the image[br]so that they were separate from the head.

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I also made the ears a little bit smaller[br]in relation to the head, because I didn't

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want GIANT ears on my bag.

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I saved the image as a high quality JPEG,[br]opened it up in a word document and then printed

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it out onto photo transfer paper; along with[br]a bunch of other images that I’m going to

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use for future projects, because I don’t[br]like to waste my photo transfer paper on blank

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space! This stuff isn't that cheap!

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Speaking of wasting photo transfer paper,[br]the first printing… didn’t go so well.

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I tried to fix this dodgy print job with a[br]black marker, but… I’m not the artist

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I thought I was, and, this looked... let's[br]be honest, really bad. So, I needed to print

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out another.

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Now when you’re printing your image, make[br]sure that you select the highest quality printing

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possible. This is where I went wrong before.[br]Now THIS is much better.

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Then I also decided that the head needed to[br]be a bit bigger anyway, so I printed out a

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third.[br]And I guess that I’ll make a coin purse

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out of the smaller one.[br]Anyway, as you can see I cut out and separated

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the head and the ear pieces. And then, I peeled[br]the backing paper off the photo transfers.

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Then, with this cotton linen material that[br]I thrifted, I cut out pieces of fabric that

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were a bit larger than my images. And then,[br]I ironed both the head and the ears onto their

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respective bits of linen fabric to transfer[br]the images onto the fabric.

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Then, I used some fabric scissors to cut the[br]fabric to the same shape as the images, leaving

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about half an inch of fabric border around[br]the edges.

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Then, I worked out all the different pieces[br]that I was going to need for my bag.

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So, for the ears, I cut out two more pieces[br]of black linen that were identical in shape

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to the ears that I have already cut out.

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Then, I placed each ear and it’s identical[br]back piece right-sides together, and then

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I sewed them together like this.

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Then, I cut off the excess fabric outside[br]of the stitches, and I turned the ears the

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right way around, so that the photo transfer[br]is on the outside.

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For the front face section, I grabbed this[br]thick fake leathery material, that I already

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owned, and I cut out a piece that was identical[br]in size to the face piece. This backing made

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out of this stuff material is basically going[br]to help the bag maintain it's shape. Then

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I sewed the two together, wrong sides together,[br]like this, leaving a gap down the bottom.

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Through the gap, I filled the piece with a[br]little bit of stuffing which will also help

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it maintain its shape.

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The next step is attaching the ears, which[br]I attached to the front piece like THIS. I

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know this looks like you’re sewing them[br]on upsidedown, but just wait – this will

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all make sense at the end.

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I also cut off the excess fabric at the ends[br]of the ears. Now in the next few steps, these

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ears will need to stay DOWN out of the way[br]on the front of the bag like this.

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Now I'm going to attach my bag’s strap.

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With 52 inches of bag strap… material…[br]whatever you call this stuff – I secured

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the strap onto the front of the face piece.[br]I attached it using paper clips so that I

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wouldn’t pierce through the photo transfer[br]with pins. Making sure first that the strap

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was not twisted, I sewed it onto the front[br]of the bag like this.

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Then, I gathered up all of the bag’s strap[br]and I secured it with an elastic band. Like

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the ears, this will also have to stay out[br]of the way in the next few steps.

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Finally, the front piece was FINISHED, and[br]the bag-making can begin!

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Now the method that I’m going to use to[br]make my bag is extremely similar to how I

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made this fluffy clutch back in episode 32.[br]Now, if you’re wanting to try and make this

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round bag, I highly recommend that you try[br]it out using RECTANGLES first, using the same

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method that I did with my clutch.

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SO, in order to make my bag I am going to[br]need my outer front piece, an outer back piece,

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for which I am also using fake leather, and[br]front and back lining pieces.

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I am also going to need a zipper. Now, the[br]zipper is best if it’s the same colour as

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your photo transfer, but unfortunately I didn’t[br]have any black zippers that were long enough

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so I had to use this thrifted cream-coloured[br]one instead.

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Now, the first step of making a simple bag[br]like this is to attach the front pieces to the zipper.

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So first, lay down the lining piece and then[br]I attached the zipper, with the zipper facing UP,

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to the lining.

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Now it helps here if you use a zipper foot[br]on your sewing machine, and you can also unzip

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the zipper because that will make sewing around[br]the curve a little bit easier.

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As you can see, my zipper is a little bit[br]longer than I needed it to be, so I just let

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it go off the edges like this. As long as[br]you leave the zip part in the middle, this

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will work fine. Next, it was time for me to[br]attach the front piece, which I placed right-side

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down on top of the zipper, and then I sewed[br]it on like this. This is probably the most

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difficult part to sew together, so I unzipped[br]the zipper and I went really slowly.

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Once that was all sewn together I flipped[br]the lining over to the other side, so that

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the zipper was free. The next step is to essentially[br]do the same thing again – I placed the lining

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down, then I put the zipper on right side[br]up, and I sewed them together like this. Next

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comes the outer back piece, which is placed[br]right sides down, and then sewn on like this.

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Then, again, I flipped the lining on the back[br]piece around to the other side.

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And now, I have something that almost resembles[br]a bag! Kind of.

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Now the next thing that I did was to place[br]the front and back outer pieces right sides

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together, move the lining UP and out of the[br]way, and then I sewed the front and back outer

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pieces together like this.

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Then, I pulled the lining UP and above the[br]bag as far as I could – and as you can see,

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this is rather difficult to do on a circular-shaped[br]purse – and then I sewed the lining pieces

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together like THIS, with a large gap in the[br]middle.

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Then through that hole in the lining, I pulled[br]everything the right way around. And, from

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what looked like a big old mess just a moment[br]ago, I got something which actually looked

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ALMOST like a finished bag!

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The only part which still needed sewing together[br]is the small gaps at the side, which I wasn’t

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able to sew together earlier because of the[br]bag’s roundness.

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Basically, all I have to do is to hand sew[br]the gaps together using a needle and black

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thread, like this.

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Now with the outer section of the bag all[br]sewn up, the last step was to pull out the

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lining and sew the gap closed. Then, I put[br]the lining back into the bag, zipped it up,

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and I am DONE.

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So, how did I go?

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[music plays]

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So, this was the final product, or products,[br]and I couldn’t be happier with how they

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turned out! They turned out soooo so well.[br]This project is a definite:

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[scissor snipping sound effect]

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The only frustrating thing was that the size

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of the bag was kind of limited to the size[br]of a standard A4 size sheet of paper because

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that's all my printer can handle. I couldn’t[br]think of a way to make it bigger without actually

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going and getting purchasing printed fabric,[br]which is kind of expensive. So I was wondering

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if any of you had an idea of a way that I[br]would be able to make this bigger at home,

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without just having to stick two transfer[br]sheets together because there would be a line

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right down the middle; it'd look kind of dodgy...[br]If you have any ideas, then I'd love to hear

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them, let me know in the comments below!

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Now, I want to address an issue that I know[br]is going to come up if previous youtube comments

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are anything to go by. Each of these cost[br]me around about $5 each to make. And while

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yes, while one of the points of this series[br]is to make fashion more accessible by showing

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you how you can recreate items from the high[br]street for a fraction of the cost, that is

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not the main point of this series. Another[br]extremely important reason that I do this

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series is to reject the culture of “fast[br]fashion”. And if something like a coin purse

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only costs you 93 cents to make and then ship[br]halfway across the world to your doorstep

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– something seriously wrong is going on[br]here. The person who made it is most likely

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working in awful sweatshop conditions, or[br]they're a child, or they're working under

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slave labor, and I can’t support any company[br]that would allow its workers to be treated

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that way in order just to sell people who[br]are more well-off cheap stuff. And THAT is

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half of the reason that I make my own things.[br]Be conscious of where your stuff is coming from!

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And ending on that kinda political note, it’s[br]now time to say goodbye. Tag me on instagram

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using the hashtag #diyannika if you try out[br]any of my projects and if you haven’t already,

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then go check out my Patreon page! My Patreon[br]supporters are AMAZING! Because of their support

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You’re all beautiful, and I’ll see you[br]all for my next video. Bye!