laminate swim bag tutorial plus tips

I am all about laminate right now.  Here are some tips for sewing with laminate that I have learned.

**a walking foot makes ALL the difference.  A teflon foot or scotch tape on a regular foot work alright, but a walking foot makes it sew like normal fabric.
**  A sharp needle and sewing slowly works better than a stronger needle.  I broke 2 denim needles, but sewed slow with an 80 sharp and didn't break one...plus smaller holes in the laminate.
**If you use very thin pins you can pin through the laminate and not have visible holes.  I used the clover pins with blue and yellow glass heads.  They are super thin.
**No need to iron.  Just finger press or run the edge of the ruler down the fold and it will hold long enough to do the step you need.
**blow out your machine often.  As you sew the laminate flakes a little and gets in your machine.  Just make sure to clean it good when you are done.
*****If you have handles, straps, ties (anything small that you have to turn RSO) sprinkle a small amount of baby powder onto the laminate and sew, then when you turn it, the laminate won't stick to itself.  Wipe down when complete.****Best trick ever!!!!



Here is a fabulous idea  to use laminate----
Swim bag tutorial


Using the drawstring tutorial we posted earlier make a swim bag using laminate instead of cotton.
http://thematerialgirlsquilts.blogspot.com/2011/01/drawstring-backpack.html 
Quick, stylish and water proof!!!!


( I will post pictures when mine gets done)


Here are some more ideas to use laminate with

**Snappy bags or small coin purse pattern -  used laminate to make them into reuseable snack bags

**bag pattern  - use laminate to make any bag into a lunch tote or diaper bag.

**clothing patterns - use laminate to make any coat into a rain jacket.

This is a diaper bag using laminate.