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How to make a basket of plastic bottles
Recently, plastic bottles have become fashionable. And today's edition. "Site" It is an unusual way to use plastic bottles.
It's plastic-bottleThus you can make baskets, vases, bags, mats and much more.
I liked the idea of creating with my own hands. flat-basket for the bathroom. It turns out to be light, durable and hygienic, since this material is not afraid of moisture and detergents. Besides, when I found out how to make such a basket, I was surprised that it was so simple! Even I did it in one evening, and I have no experience in weaving.
Crafts from plastic bottles with their own hands
Also, all bottles need to remove the bottom and neck.
Plastic cylinders are cut along, and then cut into strips. The approximate width of each detail is 1.5 cm. In this case, it is better to adhere to a ratio of 1: 8 relative to the length of the strip. Please note that by increasing the size of the workpiece, the weaving time of the basket will be significantly reduced.
From the quality of the obtained strips depends on the aesthetics of the finished product! There is a special tool - a bottle cutter, which allows you to cut a plastic bottle into perfectly smooth strips. However, in its absence, it is quite possible to do with ordinary scissors and a stationery knife.
There are two types of weaving: corners and stripes. Depending on this, the material is cut. When weaving corners, the resulting cylinder is cut at the seam and a plastic rectangle is obtained, which is cut into thin short strips. To make them even, it is better to delineate the material with a marker.
For weaving strips, the bottle is glued in the form of a spiral with tape or adhesive patch of the desired width. Then the bottle is cut with a stationery knife in a spiral along the joints of the tape. Thus, from one bottle is one strip. Sliced blanks have the form of spirals.
You can weave this pattern.
You can use an easier way! To do this, you need to find the box of the required shape and size, then turn it upside down and start weaving the bottom directly on it.
To make the weaving process more convenient, fix the strips on the edges of the box using pins and rubber bands. After the bottom is ready, rot the strips on the edges of the box and fix them with a rubber band. And keep weaving around. The most difficult will be the first two rows!
After removing the desired height of the basket, the edge of the plastic stripes must be bent inside and fixed with glue. Now it remains to make and fix the handles. This is easier to do by putting the basket on your side.
Plastic baskets It is very convenient to use in the household or as a decor. They are perfectly cleaned of dirt and long retain an attractive look.
If a closet, closet or pantry were in the epicenter of a natural disaster because of the things accumulated in them, it is time to revise. But do not rush to throw everything away, perhaps some objects will be able to give new life.
So I suggest you take a look at 17 super-class crafts out of things that had one foot in the trash!
Plastic baskets can be used not only in the bathroom and in the kitchen, but also perform a decorative function in landscape design. practicalize gardening.
The strength of the material, resistance to temperature changes and precipitation, accessibility - all these qualities were appreciated by folk craftsmen.
Tell your friends about this unusual way of using plastic bottles, perhaps some of them will love this way of weaving!
It's plastic-bottleThus you can make baskets, vases, bags, mats and much more.
I liked the idea of creating with my own hands. flat-basket for the bathroom. It turns out to be light, durable and hygienic, since this material is not afraid of moisture and detergents. Besides, when I found out how to make such a basket, I was surprised that it was so simple! Even I did it in one evening, and I have no experience in weaving.
Crafts from plastic bottles with their own hands
- Before starting work plastic bottles It is necessary to carefully clean from labels and glue. Otherwise, the remnants of glue will quickly become places of contamination and spoil the appearance of the decor.
Also, all bottles need to remove the bottom and neck.
Plastic cylinders are cut along, and then cut into strips. The approximate width of each detail is 1.5 cm. In this case, it is better to adhere to a ratio of 1: 8 relative to the length of the strip. Please note that by increasing the size of the workpiece, the weaving time of the basket will be significantly reduced.
From the quality of the obtained strips depends on the aesthetics of the finished product! There is a special tool - a bottle cutter, which allows you to cut a plastic bottle into perfectly smooth strips. However, in its absence, it is quite possible to do with ordinary scissors and a stationery knife.
There are two types of weaving: corners and stripes. Depending on this, the material is cut. When weaving corners, the resulting cylinder is cut at the seam and a plastic rectangle is obtained, which is cut into thin short strips. To make them even, it is better to delineate the material with a marker.
For weaving strips, the bottle is glued in the form of a spiral with tape or adhesive patch of the desired width. Then the bottle is cut with a stationery knife in a spiral along the joints of the tape. Thus, from one bottle is one strip. Sliced blanks have the form of spirals.
You can weave this pattern.
You can use an easier way! To do this, you need to find the box of the required shape and size, then turn it upside down and start weaving the bottom directly on it.
To make the weaving process more convenient, fix the strips on the edges of the box using pins and rubber bands. After the bottom is ready, rot the strips on the edges of the box and fix them with a rubber band. And keep weaving around. The most difficult will be the first two rows!
After removing the desired height of the basket, the edge of the plastic stripes must be bent inside and fixed with glue. Now it remains to make and fix the handles. This is easier to do by putting the basket on your side.
Plastic baskets It is very convenient to use in the household or as a decor. They are perfectly cleaned of dirt and long retain an attractive look.
If a closet, closet or pantry were in the epicenter of a natural disaster because of the things accumulated in them, it is time to revise. But do not rush to throw everything away, perhaps some objects will be able to give new life.
So I suggest you take a look at 17 super-class crafts out of things that had one foot in the trash!
Plastic baskets can be used not only in the bathroom and in the kitchen, but also perform a decorative function in landscape design. practicalize gardening.
The strength of the material, resistance to temperature changes and precipitation, accessibility - all these qualities were appreciated by folk craftsmen.
Tell your friends about this unusual way of using plastic bottles, perhaps some of them will love this way of weaving!
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