Love up-cycling: Taking old clothes and
remaking them into cool reusable bags you can gift to another is way fun!
- From one gently used piece of
clothing, cut 2 matching size pieces of cloth in the shape of the desired
bag or one long rectangle piece that is 3 inches longer than twice the
height of the desired bag
- Cut two 22 x 3 inch strips of
material to be used as the bag’s handles
- If two separate pieces of cloth,
place right sides together and sew ¼ inch seam along the bottom
- Pocket bottom seam between the
front and back panels 1½ to 3 inches deep
- Sew together the front to back
panels along sides using a ¼ inch seam, catching the pocketed bottom so to
create a nice bottom for your bag.
- Turn bag inside out
- Roll top under by a double ¼ inch,
pin and iron in place and set aside
- Iron handles in half length-wise
- Fold edge into center crease, pin
in place
- Pocket edges of handles inside by
a ¼ inch and iron in place
- Top-stitch both long sides of the
handles
- Pin one handle end, ¼ inch deep
and 2-3-inches in from the left edge of the bag inside of back panel of
the bag.
- Pin the other end of the same
handle ¼ inch deep and 3-inches from the right edge inside of the back
panel
- Repeat previous two steps to
attach the 2nd handle on the inside of the front panel of
the bag
- Finish top of bag by sewing the
top folded ¼ inch seam, catching the edge of the handles
- Top stitch the bag around the
opening, which will help secure the bags handles
Wala! You are now ready to
go J
