1000Hills Nursery Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Hi Guys, So the wife asked me to sew something for her, seeing as the machine is out I'll take this opportunity to help those interested... I've come across a few diy fabric pots by members. Thought I would show you guys how I use to make them when I used fabric pots. The material I'm using is called Spunbond, it is very cheap compared to the Covertex material used by some manufacturers. To make a 40 litre pot cut a piece of material 1000 x 500... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000Hills Nursery Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) Fold a 15mm strip along the 1000mm side and sew it straight across... Edited December 23, 2019 by Mambawana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000Hills Nursery Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) Fold the material in half, inside out and sew the side and bottom with a straight stitch... Edited December 23, 2019 by Mambawana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000Hills Nursery Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Fold the bottom corners into a triangle and sew straight across... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000Hills Nursery Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Now cut out those triangles... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000Hills Nursery Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 So what you see is the bag inside out... Turn the insides out and you now have a square bottom fabric pot with no extra folds on the inside... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreX Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Nice man, so straight forward and simple... And it could save a shit ton of bucks if you are looking for a bunch of them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000Hills Nursery Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 The sewing machine I paid 200 bucks from a 2nd hand shop... And I learnt how to sew from YouTube... This diy is for those that cannot afford fabric pots... standby for the next diy... Treating coco like soil and feeding only teas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000Hills Nursery Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, CreX said: Nice man, so straight forward and simple... And it could save a shit ton of bucks if you are looking for a bunch of them True story... I made tons of them in the past... although the material is alot thinner I used them for a few runs with no issues... still have half a roll of the material... anyone battling and need some material... PM me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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