Refashion: T-shirt to Tote Bag

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This is a jersey fabric t-shirt that was given to me but sadly did not fit. I thought it would make a really cute tote bag! First off I am not the best sewer in the world by any means. I have been teaching myself for a little while now and still make tons of errors, but the process is fun. I did not make any seams on this bag nor did I use any measurements. I just went with it!

Using my rotary cutter I cut off the top of the shirt. Just leaving the bottom.

Next I cut off the seams so that I had two separate pieced of fabric. 

I choose to line my tote bag with a hot pink fabric (sorry it looks red in the picture).

I measured the fabric from my shirt and then cut out my lining according to those measurements.

I decided to use the sleeves as the handles for the bag. 

I cut them off and laid them on top of each other and cut them to be and even length.

With each sleeve I fold over half the sleeve once and then repeated on the other side.

I could have just folded it in half and left it like that also.

I used a zig zag stitch because the jersey style fabric is stretchy.

Sew both sides of each strap.

You can see my errors.

Position the strap between the lining and fabric.

Pin in place and sew on.

I then placed the wrong sides of the fabric facing each other.

Placement: pink lining, jersey fabric, jersey fabric, pink lining

Sew around the ends of the fabric. 

Flip it inside out and you have a new tote bag!

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