Molle Bags Made From Recycled Bags, Part of Pouch Wheelchair Accessories

by Lauren P in Craft > Sewing

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Molle Bags Made From Recycled Bags, Part of Pouch Wheelchair Accessories

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The sustainable Molle system bag made from recycled bags is part of Pouch Wheelchair Accessories. It can connect to Molle systems and can also be attached to a wheelchair if you are also interested here is the link https://www.instructables.com/POUCH-Wheelchair-AccessoriesMolle-System-Sides/

Supplies

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  • Small Bags (I bought two bags from Salvos/thrift store)
  • Used 93 cm of webbing (for the red one because it has three straps)
  • 155cm of webbing (for the black bag because it has five straps)
  • 16cm of velcro (can also use snap buttons)
  • Lighter or candle/matches 
  • 25mm Webbing ( I reused some webbing from backpacks/bags and also bought some black webbing from Bunnings https://www.bunnings.com.au/grunt-25mm-x-10m-black-poly-webbing_p4310851 

Tools

  • Pins 
  • Ruler
  • Fabric
  • Needle and thread

Adding Straps

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  1. Collect materials: Webbing, needle and thread, Velcro or snap buttons and Lighter
  2. Cut 31cm pieces of webbing for the amount of straps you want (I used three straps for the red bag and five straps for the black bag, Straps are place 2.5cm apart)
  3. Add a 2x2 cm square of Velcro or two snap buttons to opposites sides of the webbing
  4. Use lighter to burn the edges of the webbing
  5. Burn both of the edges of the webbing
  6. Connect the Velcro and flatten the webbing to make sure it stays flat, burn the edges, now sew on the velcro
  7. Pin the straps 2.5cm apart and sew the back rectangle to the bag
  8. Example of it sewn
  9. (Optional)Connect straps to the Pouch Molle system sides
  10. Undo the Velcro
  11. Weave the straps through the webbing, connect the Velcro

Enjoy

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Hope you enjoy using your sustainable Molle bag, Let me know how you go!


If you are interested in making more items part of POUCH designs

https://www.instructables.com/POUCH-Wheelchair-AccessoriesMolle-System-Sides/