the

plastic
gown

made of

170
bags

I started this project back in April 2020 when fabric stores were shut down because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Sewing with unconventional materials is nothing new in today’s world, but I was excited to give it a go for one of my first sewing projects in my own original design!

But How do you Sew with Plastic?

Whenever I would tell someone about this project, most would ask: “but how do you sew with plastic?”. So, I filmed the whole process to show you how I did it, from start to finish.

Watch above or on my Youtube channel.

170 Plastic Bags Later…

The average person uses 150 plastic shopping bags a year.
(Ocean Crusaders)

The amount of energy required to make 12 shopping bags could drive a car for a mile.
(Earth Policy)

Every ton of plastic bags recycled saves the energy equivalent of 11 barrels of oil.
(The World Counts)

8 million tons of plastic are dumped in the ocean every year.
(A Plastic Ocean)

To see how I made this, check out my new Youtube channel.

Featured In:

Yahoo! — Woman converts 170 Target shopping bags into wearable gown

BoingBoing — Woman makes full length gown entirely out of plastic Target bags

Photo Credits

Photography Caleb Schmitt
Video & Assist Jeanene Erdahl

Thank you to everyone who donated your plastic shopping bags to me to use for this project:

— To learn more about the harmful effect of plastic on our earth, here are the resources I used for my research:

*Neither myself nor this project is affiliated with Target*

the

plasticgown

made of

170bags

But How do you Sew with Plastic?

170 Plastic Bags Later…

The average person uses 150 plastic shopping bags a year.(Ocean Crusaders)

The amount of energy required to make 12 shopping bags could drive a car for a mile.(Earth Policy)

Every ton of plastic bags recycled saves the energy equivalent of 11 barrels of oil. (The World Counts)

8 million tons of plastic are dumped in the ocean every year.(A Plastic Ocean)