T-Shirt Bag Tutorial
Note: The lighting was bad for some of these pictures. It’s all the same t-shirt…just so you know…
For this project you’ll need an old t-shirt, a medium sized bowl, and regular sewing supplies
1. Turn the t-shirt inside out, line up the shirt along the hemline, pin, and sew the front and back together.
Because this is going to be the bottom of your bag, you want the seam to be strong and reinforced. Sew this seam using a stitch length of 1.
2. Arrange the t-shirt so you have a triangle with the hem bisecting the triangle exactly down the middle.
3. Sew straight across the triangle about 2 1/2″ from the point of the triangle. You can do more or less depending on how wide you want the base of the bag to be.
You could skip this step, but your bag wouldn’t have a rectangular base. The bag would just come to a point where you sewed the seam. Do this step only if you want a wider base.
This is what the bottom of the bag looks like after completing steps 2 and 3.
4. Place a medium sized bowl around the neckline so that about half of the bowl is on top of the shirt. Mark a line around the bowl, pin the two layers of shirt together, and cut. This step will make the opening larger and therefore easier to put things in the bag.
5. With the shirt still inside out, cut the sleeves off of the shirt. Turn the t-shirt inside out and…VOILA!
This is a great way to keep that favorite t-shirt in use. Have fun making your super easy t-shirt bags!
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I love it! This caught my eye because I have that same t-shirt! :) I’m excited to give this a try. Thanks!
How funny! Did you start at BYU fall of 2002? I lived in DT – maybe we saw each other around and didn’t know it!
Wow–what a great recycling tip and a great way to use favorite T shirts that you can no longer wear. I can’t believe they don’t unravel. I would probably feel better hemming the edges but I will have to test it out.
what a great idea!! i need some more fabric bags, but was going to make them from scratch!! Thanks for the awesome tut!
I have a bunch of tees all marked and ready to sew! I’m pretty excited to see how they turn out! I’m using a serger, so they’ll be really fast! This will be my first time using fabric grocery bags! I’m really excited! Thanks for the great Tut!
Wow, I am going to do this. What a way to recycle old tees. Great idea!!
This is such a great idea. We too have a lot of old t-shirts. Now I have a great new use for them!!!
Thanks
my son just cleaned out his dresser and has a bunch of t-shirts too small to wear but to special to give up. When I mentioned a t-shirt bag he was thrilled. We decided to take the favorite t-shirt that his Grandma gave him and turn it into a special overnight bag to take to Grandma’s house. We are going to take a swim shirt and turn it into a small beach bag too!
VERY clever! I will try this with some of my old shirts… great GREEN project! Thanks for sharing!
This is a fantastic tutorial. I’m going to put it on my fan page!
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Thank you for sharing!
Hello! I have been using your pattern for my 7th grade students in Idaho. They really enjoy the project. Thanks!
Britta Hubbard
Thank you so much for this detailed tutorial. I just made 2 of the bags. They came out great in spite of my limited sewing ability.
Please consider adding a pinterest.com linking button to this page. Your tutorial is wonderful.
This is genius!!!!
I love it!! it doesn’t take much time to complete the tasks..easy and very useful.Thanks for the great idea.
theses are great for the back of wheel chairs !!!!!!!!
t-shirts are great for all kinds of stuff! thanks!
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