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Step 5Make A Liner From An Old T-Shirt
Material/Tools For Liner:
Old T-shirt
Sewing thread
Needle
Chalk
Paper
Straight pens
Sewing machine (optional)
Since the t-shirt has a finished edge this will be the top of your liner, saving you from sewing the edges. You will merely need to cut off the top (arms and neck hole), run a straight stitch across the cut and tah dah, you have a liner!
To Make Liner:
1. Place t-shirt inside the bag to see if it fits before cutting. If too large, get another shirt or take in the seams to fit. If too small, just get another shirt!
2. Lay assembled tote bag on a piece of paper, trace the bag with a pen or pencil to make a paper pattern. Trim the pattern along the traced line, leaving a two inch margin along bottom (seam allowance).
3. Turn t-shirt wrong side out.
4. Spread shirt on table. Lay bag pattern on shirt. Make sure the bottom hem of the t-shirt is aligned with top edge of the bag pattern. Trace the pattern onto the shirt with chalk.
5. Pin along the cut line.
6. Put t-shirt/liner inside the tote again to make sure it will fit before you make the final cut. You don't want the liner too loose, too deep or too shallow, so measure it good BEFORE you cut!
7. Leave pins in place. Cut t-shirt, removing neck hole and sleeves.
8. Sew a straight stitch across this cut opening, removing pins as you sew. (This will be bottom of liner.)
9. Place liner, still wrong side out, in assembled crocheted tote. Hand stitch liner into place along top edge of tote with needle and thread.
Note: When you peer inside tote bag you should now see the t-shirt's right side (outside) but not the raw seam. Don't get confused by this as most sewn garments are done in the reverse of this step.
Old T-shirt
Sewing thread
Needle
Chalk
Paper
Straight pens
Sewing machine (optional)
Since the t-shirt has a finished edge this will be the top of your liner, saving you from sewing the edges. You will merely need to cut off the top (arms and neck hole), run a straight stitch across the cut and tah dah, you have a liner!
To Make Liner:
1. Place t-shirt inside the bag to see if it fits before cutting. If too large, get another shirt or take in the seams to fit. If too small, just get another shirt!
2. Lay assembled tote bag on a piece of paper, trace the bag with a pen or pencil to make a paper pattern. Trim the pattern along the traced line, leaving a two inch margin along bottom (seam allowance).
3. Turn t-shirt wrong side out.
4. Spread shirt on table. Lay bag pattern on shirt. Make sure the bottom hem of the t-shirt is aligned with top edge of the bag pattern. Trace the pattern onto the shirt with chalk.
5. Pin along the cut line.
6. Put t-shirt/liner inside the tote again to make sure it will fit before you make the final cut. You don't want the liner too loose, too deep or too shallow, so measure it good BEFORE you cut!
7. Leave pins in place. Cut t-shirt, removing neck hole and sleeves.
8. Sew a straight stitch across this cut opening, removing pins as you sew. (This will be bottom of liner.)
9. Place liner, still wrong side out, in assembled crocheted tote. Hand stitch liner into place along top edge of tote with needle and thread.
Note: When you peer inside tote bag you should now see the t-shirt's right side (outside) but not the raw seam. Don't get confused by this as most sewn garments are done in the reverse of this step.
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