Mini-Maker Faire - how to for t-shirt bag
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Welcome to everyone who just found us via Lish's fab blog post on Craft about our appearance at the Ann Arbor Mini-Maker Faire a couple weeks ago.
We had a blast teaching folks to make over 200 t-shirt bags. We met loads of great people, many who never had attempted using a sewing machine before and couldn't believe how much fun and easy it was. Plus the bags were the perfect accessory for Mini-Maker to carry all the loot from other booth's make and takes folks tried.
To make your own t-shirt bag, grab any old t-shirt (kid's shirts work especially great, just the right size), cut off the sleeves just on the inside seam and cut out the neck, just a bit below the ribbed collar, keep the shirt lying flat so hole is uniform in size, front and back.
Welcome to everyone who just found us via Lish's fab blog post on Craft about our appearance at the Ann Arbor Mini-Maker Faire a couple weeks ago.
We had a blast teaching folks to make over 200 t-shirt bags. We met loads of great people, many who never had attempted using a sewing machine before and couldn't believe how much fun and easy it was. Plus the bags were the perfect accessory for Mini-Maker to carry all the loot from other booth's make and takes folks tried.
To make your own t-shirt bag, grab any old t-shirt (kid's shirts work especially great, just the right size), cut off the sleeves just on the inside seam and cut out the neck, just a bit below the ribbed collar, keep the shirt lying flat so hole is uniform in size, front and back.
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Next turn the shirt inside out and sew a straight seam along the bottom.
If you want to get a little more fancy, you can square off the bottom of bag, by opening the bottom seam and creating a triangle at the corner and stitching this on both sides and trim the excess material. Repeat on the other corner.
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TaDaa! T-Shirt bag is complete!
If you want to do a mass event of turning t-shirts to bags, ask to collect the bags from local schools. I placed a box near my kid's school office and in less than 2 weeks I had collected over 200 t-shirts in all sorts of sizes and motifs. Many parents were thrilled to clean out their kid's closets of old sport team t-shirts. This is a great project for kids and adults to sew. Let me know if you try this as a school or scout event.
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