Or maybe you should not add plastic debris, from which the planet suffocates? It's time to remember the string bag that was used by our grandmothers . Today is the best option.
Especially if you do it yourself. And as a basis, take an unnecessary t-shirt, while freeing up space in the closet.
Turn a T-shirt into a string bag
Find half an hour of free time, this is enough for a useful alteration.
It will take a little to work.
- T-shirt.
- Sewing machine.
- Scissors .
Operating procedure
- We start from the top of the product. We cut the sleeves, deepen the neck .
TIP . A string bag can also be made from sleeveless t-shirts or T-shirts. In this case, the top of the knitwear can be left unchanged.
- We pass to the bottom of the shirt. To give the characteristic string string shape we make the hem semicircular . We cut off the excess.
- We cut the cut so that it forms a continuous line with the sides.
- It remains only to turn the whole knitted fabric into a net, like in wicker or knitted avosek. To do this, make incisions .
- Having retreated 3-4 cm from the bottom of the bag, we mentally draw a horizontal line. At a distance of 3 cm from the edge, we make an incision 3 cm long. We draw the next 2–3 cm from the first. We continue along the entire width of the bag, not reaching its edge 3 cm.
- We lead the next straight line, departing in height from the first 3 cm.
IMPORTANT! We make stitches in a checkerboard pattern.
- Thus, we make incisions along the bottom of the knitwear.
- Slots must be made on each side of the bag (front and back of the T-shirt).
All! The string bag is ready!
TIP! You can cut through the fabric in both horizontal and vertical lines.
String bag with variations
- If you don’t like that the purchases will be visible, make a shopping bag without slots .
- You can not make rounding at the bottom of the product. However, if you are working with a large T-shirt, consider the elasticity of the material. Do not shorten the front and back at the very bottom of a long T-shirt: under the weight of goods, it will stretch even more .
- The bag can be decorated with a fringe . To do this, follow the line 10-15 cm from the bottom. Make vertical cuts not reaching 1.5–2 cm to the connecting seam. The distance between the cuts is from 2 to 2.5 cm. And then tie the strips in pairs.
Benefits of a T-shirt string bag
- Now you will always have a shopping bag at hand, and you won’t have to pay for packages anymore .
- A string bag will not take up much space, but it will be able to accommodate a lot of products .
- Scientists estimate that 1 packet is used no longer than 12 minutes. A string bag will serve you much more.
- The inhabitants of our planet spend and throw out about 160 thousand plastic bags every second . Agree to reduce this amount - noble. And very useful for the environment.
- And you know that by order of the English Queen Elizabeth II, packages are forbidden in royal residences, as well as disposable tableware. And not only in residences. Packages are banned in 40 countries . Therefore, the queen, like all practical English women, will surely approve your do-it-yourself string bag. And on a trip a homemade handbag will help you out more than once!
