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.
Very Cool!
ReplyDeleteI just do that for pillows, but this is better!
Maggie
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.
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I love the bags! I may be making some extra grocery bags with some old t-shirts this next week.
ReplyDeleteI can change your bobbin if you would like.
-Mandy