Aloha! Joscie Cutchens here with another Hawaiian hybrid idea! 

I love using reusable bags for shopping and I bought a bunch from the grocery store… but they are not cute and I wanted to make some minty ones!  I created this design in PSE using Peppermint Creative Fat Plastic Alpha – Aqua, Custom Vector Shapes – Bracket Mats 1, Patchwork Princess Elements, Patchwork Princess Paper Pack and an arrow shape from the PSE custom shape menu. Once I got my design how I liked it, I printed a test copy onto plain paper.

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I was happy with the result, so I printed a reverse copy on iron on transfer paper from Office Depot.  Following the directions on the package, I let the design dry, trimmed down and then ironed it on to a plain white t-shirt.  I cut it out with pinking shears and machine sewed the design on to the canvas bag from Wal-mart ($2.50).  I added a running stitch with purple embroidery floss around the edge, a few felt flowers and a button from Making Memories, and a little ribbon made it complete!

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A couple of quick notes: At first I tried to iron the design directly on to the canvas bag, but was not satisfied with the faded look it gave me.  If you are looking for a worn look, you may like the look of directly ironing the design on the bag- and it’ll be faster!  Also, when machine sewing I ended up with a little puckered area in my fabric that I covered with the flowers.  Sometimes a “mistake” can lead to something better creatively!

I hope you’ll try it out!

Joscie, rhymes with bossy!