Recycled T-Shirt Grocery Bag

I got tired of the grocery bags with no personality, advertising and worse you can't wash them (without them falling apart) so I decided to make my own with all the good things the store grocery bags offer, but work better for my life, and best yet, made completely out of recycled materials. Hope they work for you too!

This project took about two hours from start to finish.

Step 1

I started with two old t-shirts, ideally they should be the same size when held together. (Or, at least the same width.)

First, with the sides you want on the outside of the bag when it is finished facing each other, pin together along side and bottom of shirts. I used about a 1/2 inch seam allowance on the entire project. Sew first along bottom of shirts (all four layers) then from bottom up keeping a straight line from the starting point at the bottom through the sleeves to the top.

Comments

[kdarden]

Actually, you wouldn't HAVE to cut the corner, it just reduces the bulk.

[eash]

I remember doing something like this in girl scouts way back when. We actually used old jeans, cut off the legs and sewed up the holes. It was extremely sturdy. I'd probably still be using mine today if not for the bedazzling all over it.

Very well-written instructable. I thought that braiding the handles was particularly clever and made the whole thing look very neat. Keep up the good work.