Interchangeable skins for messenger bags.

People love t-shirts but you can only wear a shirt once a week. This tutorial teaches you how to take an old t-shirt and turn it into an Evozip interchangeable skin that you can attach to your messenger bag.  When you get tired of the design on your bag, just make a new skin and attach it to your bag. You can make your own skins from old shirts, decorate blank cloth, or trade with friends.  Evozip is a new standard that lets people create skins for bags.  You can modify your own bag and every bag fits every skin.

Step 1 Prep your Shirt

Start with an old shirt that is washed without fabric softener.  The design on your shirt should be roughly the size of an 8 1/2"X 11" piece of paper.

Layout a square that is 11" X 17" on your shirt and cut around the square. Lay the shirt on top of your interfacing and iron the interfacing to the back of your shirt. Follow MFG recommendations and use a pressing cloth to avoid sticking to the design.

You can use any one sided interfacing that you may have already. The purpose of this step is to give the shirt some strength and keep it from stretching.

Your shirt should now be bound to the interfacing and have a bit more strength than just the t-shirt.

Comments

[Flintlock]

Great re-use idea! I'm sure it would be super simple to apply this to any messenger bag.

[wgreunke]

Retrofitting a messenger bag is even easier. All you need is a rock, a grommet kit and some jean buttons. We will be releasing the bag instructions shortly.