What I Made For $1: Recycled Tshirt Tote Bag

This Thursday's What I Made For $1 is a lot of fun...and it only takes about five minutes to create!

Recycled Tshirt Shopping Tote

I got this pretty blue spiral tie dye at the Salvation Army for .99 and thought it would look great as a shopping tote.  No sewing Machine required!

I've seen this done many different ways but this is the way I do it, and I'd love to pass it along to you!

You Will Need: 

1 Tshirt

Scissors

Pins

Sewing Machine Or Serger Or Needle and Thread

Five Minutes of Uninterrupted Creative Bliss

Here are the steps:

1: Lay Tshirt Flat On Table

2: Cut Sleeves Of Leaving Serge Stitched Edge on Tshirt

3: Repeat Step 2 for other sleeve

4: Cut neckline in a U shape in the desired depth you'd like(don't cut to low or items might fall out of your bag!)

5: Cut the finished hems off of both sleeves and put aside for later (they will serve has cute little ties for the straps)

6: Cut bottom of tshirt off in a semi curve

7: Turn Tshirt inside out and pin bottom of tshirt into four inward facing folds(or more smaller folds if you'd like

8: Serge, sew with your machine OR hand stitch the bottom of the tshirt together.  

9: Turn Tshirt right side out 

10: Take the sleeve hems that you previously cut of tie them around the straps of the tshirt

11: It should look like this when you are finished! 

Here are some pictures of the completed tie dye bag!

<3 

Margaret at MGC