I'm kind of paralyzed with this project. I read about fusing plastic bags into fabric but I didn't quite anticipate some key things. Like corralling a huge pile of bags before I started and being very organized about cutting them and getting them ready. But that's not how I usually work, and I didn't realize how many bags I would need. The correct answer turns out to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 20. And it turns out we don't have many plastic bags because we use canvas ones, so I didn't have a lot of color choice.

The ironing is a really cool process, in a Shrinky Dink kind of way.  Now I have these panels of fused plastic that I love the look of, but they may as well be 24 caret goldleaf for how precious they seem after all the cutting, fusing and ironing. My plan is to now make a lunch bag and hope this has a happy ending.