How to make a reusable shoping bag from an old shirt?

Duration: 4 minutes and 4 seconds

Year: 2009

Country: Israel

Language: Hebrew

License: CC - Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives

Genre: Instructional

Views: 85 (2 embedded)

Posted by: adidori on Feb 22, 2010

Adi Dori is teaching her special and easy recipe for a great recycled shopping bag

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Today in the "green segment" I have a special guest
who has a patent for making an ecological bag
from materials that can be found in every home
Adi Dori - please show us
what you made and how you made it
I took a simple shirt
A school T-shirt, that is no longer in use
because we grew up and it doesn't fit
or because we moved to new school or summer camp
In this bag I sewed its edge
and closed its lower part
but actually...
You can put inside things that you buy
Yes, and the same can be done without sewing
simply by tying
What? Without any sewing?
With no sewing at all.
Anyone who knows how to tie a simple knot can do it
So how do you do it?
Well, we take an ordinary T-shirt
That we no longer use
and no loger fits us
and we fold it
so that the sleeve will be on the sleeve
and than
we cut it
we cut the sleeve along the seam
we can cut both sleeves togeather
these are scissors for cutting clothes, but any scissors will do
by cutting off the sleeve we made an "undershirt"
then we cut the neck opening
I wouldn't think of this part
We need to create space
for the stuff we will put in
Now, we created an undershirt
That is like a shopping bag
and so we begin
What an idea!
So... this one is without sleeves
I took the sleeves off
and now I need to fold it
so it will be like that
with a handle
Ah, O.K.
But the bottom is still open
In order to close it
I simply cut the edges
both the upper and lower cloth
all along the edge
in the end, we need to tie
an upper and lower
You begin tying on this side
I tie twice
a double knot
the upper string and the lower one
untill we finnish it togeather
But you do it much faster than me
I am skilled
And is it strong?
It will not untie, it's very stong
because there are so many double knots
maybe we'll show them a comlete example
sure
In the end
the bag looks like this
The knots are so beautifull!
They are
You can sew a sleeve from another shirt as a pocket
That is... I like it
A place for your portable phone
To make it easier to carry
When we go to the shopping
We just fold the bag
and insert it into the pocket
What a patent!
It is so small and comfortable and compact
that you do not forget it
just take it with you everywhere
and you always have a bag.
I saw you made another cool thing
I use materials that can be found in every garden
especially after trees are trimmed
I take a split branch
Very simple, just clean it
and file the edges to smooth them
and on an iron rod I thread
sea shells and beads
and beer corks that I pierced with a nail
Ah... O.K. ... so
Goodbye and ... take care for the environment
That's right!