Below you will find the picture tutorial that I made while I was creating this little Valentine’s heart bag. Here is the step-by-step picture tutorial on how to DIY.

I used a retail plastic bag that had some red on it as I wanted my Valentine heart to have a red background. I cut out the store name and folded over the plastic so the red was all together in a block. I then covered the red with a piece of plain white plastic bag. You must cover over the ink when fusing otherwise when the ink gets hot, it runs and gets real messy. I created two separate sheets for this project. Each sheet was made with 3 sheets of plastic. White on the bottom, red in the middle, and another white sheet covering over the red ink on the top.

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Next cover your plastic with a sheet of wax paper and apply heat using a medium setting on your iron. Don’t get it too hot and keep your iron moving as you apply the heat. Let cool a moment and check your fusing. Repeat the process on the other side of the fused piece as you need to apply heat to both sides of your project. Make sure you have the wax paper completely over the plastic bag so you don’t melt the plastic or create holes with the iron. If it needs more heat, apply heat from iron again but be careful not to get too hot as this will wrinkle up your plastic sheet. Once your fusing is to your liking, peel off the wax paper and here are the two pieces I created. As you can see the red is inside the plastic fused sheet I created but still shows through.

Next I cut a heart template using a piece of newspaper and then cut out my two hearts from the fused plastic pieces. Use whatever size of a heart that you want to make your project.

Next I used some red yarn to lace around the outer edge. Put the two cut hearts together and I started by lacing through both layers on the upper right side as shown. I used a big darning needle which works well to poke the big holes into the fused plastic. I continued around by lacing through both layers until […]

It would also make a cute gift bag for Valentine’s Day. You could fill it with candy and a card and give it to your favorite Valentine. A bonus of course is that this plarn bag could be used as a little purse all year long.

Here is the free crochet pattern so you too can create this fun little Valentine’s Day heart bag!

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Free Pattern for Crocheted Valentine Heart Bag

Materials needed: One ball of plastic bag yarn “Plarn”
(Approx. 12 plastic grocery bags)

2 yards of red fun fur yarn
Small scrap piece of red felt
Red thread for sewing on heart

Hook: “J” US size metal hook

Description: Plastic Valentine’s Bag
Bag measures 7” wide and 6-1/2” long

Directions:
Ch 20

Rnd 1
Hdc in 2nd ch from hook and in ea chain st down to end. Continue around other side of chain by working a Hdc in ea st to other end.

Rnd 2
Hdc in each st around to first end, work 2 Hdc in two end sts, then Hdc in ea st to other end, then work 2 Hdc in ea of the two end sts. Do not connect at end of rounds, just continue working Hdc’s in rounds as this creates a seamless bag.

Rnd 3
Working in the back loops only, Hdc in each st around to first end, work 2 Hdc in ea of the two end sts, then Hdc in ea st to other end, then work 2 Hdc in ea of the two end sts.
(This creates a ridge so the bag will stand up.)

Rnd 4 -16
Working in both loops now and here on out throughout the pattern, Hdc in ea st around the entire bag. Mark center 9 stitches on each side of bag for handle opening.

Rnd 17
Hdc in each st to mark for handle opening. Ch 10, leave 10 stitches un-worked for handle, then Hdc in remaining stitches of first side and across to other side to mark for handle opening. Ch 10, leave 10 stitches un-worked for handle opening on other side of bag to match front side. Hdc in each stitch around until you reach side of bag. (I had approx. 6 Hdc sts on either side of handle opening on the front of my bag.)

Round 18
Sc in each st around to handle. Work 12 Sc around the chain of handle, then Sc around in each stitch until you reach handle on other side. Work 12 Sc around chain of handle, then Sc around in each remaining st of round.

Round 19[…]