Reuse Tues: Holy Tutorial, Batman!

Posted on February 9th, 2011 by Tonia 3 Comments

ReuseTues is happening on a Wednesday, again. I’d just rename it ReuseWed but that doesn’t sound cute.

First off, thanks to my mommy for bringing the supplies for this project to my house, and for hanging out with me all week! I had a great time sewing with you.

You’re going to love this really quick and easy way to make reusable grocery bags, you guys! And this is a great follow up post to my previous rant about how many t-shirts Mike is in possession of. It’s a great way to reuse old T’s that you no longer wear.

The Supplies

Fabric pencil/marker

Sewing machine

T-shirt

Round object {bowl, pot, lid, etc.}

The Process

Turn the shirt inside out now.

*allowance {oops…}

It’s time to make the opening of your bag!

It should look like this now…

Do both sleeves!

And now, turn it right-side-out and stand back and admire your creation…

An optional thing to do, to make it look even snazzier: give it a square bottom.

To make the square bottom, turn the bag inside out again and pull one of the bottom corners out to a point.

Pin it in place.

Measure an inch and a half down from the tip, and draw a line across.

Sew along the line.


Repeat on the other corner, and turn the bag right-side-out again.


Nice, neat, square corners!!

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