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Thera Joyce from Crafty Pirate shares a video tutorial showing a simple t-shirt refashion, giving it a wider neck and ruched sleeves. Widening the neck is as simple as cutting out the new neckline, no hemming required. In fact, she shows how to pull at the cut edge to make it roll. You can gather up the sleeves with hand stitches, or you can use a basting stitch on your sewing machine. Go to her video to see how to do it.
[photo from Crafty Pirate’s YouTube video]
The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!
It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.
Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.