Quick and Easy Market Bags

Well we had some old t-shirts kickin around we couldn't bare to part with (some of our clan were a little attached).  So I made them into market bags.

So we need to start by cutting off the collar and sleeves. Now turning it inside out, we are going to draw out the shape of are bag, using tailors chalk, or what ever you like that will wash out. I used the existing shoulder seams as the handles on the dark grey bag, and stitched new seams on the light grey one.  Mark out you pattern, you could use a plastic shopping bag for a template, make it as big or small as you like.

When your happy the the shape and size of your bag you need to cut it out along the lines you've drawn.  You can all ways tweak it after you've cut out your basic shape. 

Stitch around the bottom  three sides, I double stitch mine just in case.  Don't forget to leave the opening for the sleeves open, so your handles will function . Trim up the edge to pretty them up a bit. I also square the corners of mine to give it a little shape, but you don't have to.

 So to square the corner, fold your corner and make it pointy, mark a line across the newly formed triangle about 2 inches down from the point. now stitch across the line you drew.  see pictures below. Now repeat the steps again to the other corner.

Turn right side out and enjoy.  These bags hold a lot of stuff, because they stretch, they are also great because they are light weight and squish up nice and small so they don't take up as much room as the bags you get from the grocery store.