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April 17th, 2008

how-to of the day: make a recycled reversible t-shirt totebag - the final totebag and the links

Here are all the links to create your own recycled reversible totebag:
Part one - the t-shirt
Part two - cutting it out
Part three - sewing and construction
And here’s the finished totebag:

And if I want to reverse it - here’s how it looks:

Of course, ironing probably would have been a good idea to…  those little pesky details […]

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April 17th, 2008

how-to of the day: make a recycled reversible t-shirt totebag, part three

I left you yesterday with the lining cut out - now it’s time to sew it!  Sew the sides of both the t-shirt and the lining (separately) to make two bag, open on one side.  Take the lining and slide it into the t-shirt, wrong sides together.  Make sure to match the seams:

Fold the lining […]

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April 16th, 2008

how-to of the day: make a recycled reversible t-shirt totebag, part two

In my last post I showed you the t-shirt I’m going to use to create a reversible totebag.

To begin, lay the shirt out onto a flat surface and smooth all the wrinkles out of it.  What happens when you cut wrinkled fabric?  You end up with funny jagged lines - not good!
Cut the sleeves off, […]

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April 16th, 2008

how-to of the day: recycled reversible T-shirt totebag

Earth Day is coming up right away (April 22nd) and in honor of that, I’m going to show you how to make a reversible totebag using a t-shirt.

Did you know that fabric accounts for big proportion of landfill space these days?  Apparently, some counties in California have as much as 800 tons of fabric thrown […]

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August 5th, 2007

tip of the day - using pattern weights

I’ve been using pattern weights to secure my patterns, instead of sewing - pretty much since I started sewing.  There are commercially available weights, but they seem awfully expensive for chunks of plastic-coated metal :-)
There some definite advantages to using weights, over pinning.

It’s so much faster!  It takes seconds to slide the weights into position.
You […]

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