Do It Yourself
Look at these cute bags.
We made them ourselves.
We took the idea from our favorite magazine – FamilyFun – so I cannot claim original creativity here.
It was so easy. (And it has to be for an amateur at the sewing machine such as myself.)
The kids all picked a favorite too-little t-shirt. I cut the bottom off and turned it inside out before stitching it together. (With purple thread because I have no idea how to change the bobbin thread. I need help with that. Soon. Yes, this is me begging. Don’t teach me. Just do it for me.) I also trimmed down the neck and the sleeves for a more bag-like look and even stitched those for reinforcement, although you wouldn’t have to actually do that step.
That’s it.
From a t-shirt to a bag in under ten minutes.
Very cool.
And Bergen has one too – with a print covered in trucks and bulldozers. But he wasn’t exactly feeling photogenic when this photo shoot was arranged so we let him step away from the scene.
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3 Comments
Mandy
I love the bags! I may be making some extra grocery bags with some old t-shirts this next week.
I can change your bobbin if you would like.
-Mandy
Anonymous
i agree, very cool! if your sewing machine came with a manual it should explain how to change the bobbin thread. Mine actually explained it clearly enough that I learned to do it! And I think it's awesome that London's bag is the same shirt she's wearing the side bar photo you have up. And that she and Mo look happy while Piper looks a bit out of it.
– t
Anonymous
Very Cool!
I just do that for pillows, but this is better!
Maggie