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DIY: Surfboard Bag
Oh, and before you get started, make sure to prep the fabric first! We found some canvas material to cover most of the board, and scored this fun floral print that we wanted to use for the nose—adding patterned fabric was just for fun, but you can make it all out of canvas if that’s more your vibe. To combine the two pieces, we sewed about 3 feet of the floral fabric to the top of our larger piece of canvas fabric.
Sew the two pieces of fabric together (from the inside out) and leave the bottom section open so that when you go to sew the pieces together, they don’t shift around.
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