There has been mesh bag inspo aplenty in my online prowling so I began theorizing how to bring this home. I had some leftover mesh from the bomber jacket I made previously, as well as some vinyl from my clear raincoat project. This, combined with a really adorable bag I found online led to a bucket silhouette, gathering at the top in two neat handles.

My finished bag packed amazingly well in the luggage, the vinyl prevented anything from falling through the holes, and I can still swap the vinyl for a different cute shape in the future. Love.

Supplies

0.5 m clear vinyl
0.5 m mesh, fishing net, macrame (go explore!)

Instructions

1. From the vinyl I cut a circle that was 21 cm wide, and a wall that was about 70 cm by 30 cm
2. I sewed the wall to the circle, leaving the ends available to close them off
3. Once I was almost all the way around, I sewed the wall edges together and trimmed off the excess material
4. Now I could finish sewing the vinyl circle to wall to complete the bucket
5. I wanted the raw edges on the inside, so I flipped the entire bucket inside out
6. Then I folded the rim at 25 cm height and secured it with clips
7. I stitched the rim twice all the way around, it was optional but helped to make the lip stiffer
8. All of this was repeated with the mesh, I cut out a circle using the vinyl as a guide
9. Then I sewed the circle to a wall of mesh, closed the wall once I got close to all the way around, and finished sewing the mesh circle to wall
10. I flipped it inside out and inserted the vinyl basket into the mesh, perfect fit!
11. On to the handles, I cut out four U shapes from vinyl that were 14 cm in diameter and 4 cm wide along the curve
12. I sewed these handles in pairs along the inner edge, and will come back to these in a moment
13. With the excess mesh that extends beyond the bucket, I cut this into 4 equal sections
14. Two of these sections will go through each handle, so I added mesh as needed to complete the bridge
15. Then I flipped the vinyl handles and sewed them over mesh
16. And I also added a small stitch at the ends of the handles to lockup the fabric