Happy Earth Day everyone!! This Month’s NH Photographers Blog Circle decided to focus on Earth Day as the theme!! It took me a little while to come up with an idea… But then I remembered something I had seen on Pinterest that I had seen & wanted to try, and since it was a project that reused something, I thought it would be a perfect Earth Day project, as well as a great time to teach my kids that creatively reusing things we already have is better than throwing them away.
So I had my little ones pick out an old teeshirt that was too small to wear, or that they didn’t want to wear anymore…
After selecting their shirts, they decided to run all around the yard like crazy people… Keegan decided his shirt made a cool super-hero cape…
Next step is pretty simple… Cut the neck and sleeves of your shirt off, so that is resembles a wife-beater tank top (lol!)
If you want finished edges on your bag, you’ll just wanna fold the cut edges over and pin them, then stitch them through your sewing machine….. Flip the bag inside out and stitch the bottom closed… I did an extra stitch across the bottom just to make sure it was really secure for holding stuff.
After literally maybe 10 minutes of stitching, you’ve got yourself a little bag.
Keegan decided he liked his shirt better as a super-hero cape (I decided I was OK with that, since – after all – it is still being reused). He was a little too tired to model it after I sewed Alyza’s bag… So we found the next best model…
Super Earth Day Dog would love it if you’d continue along the circle and head on over to Carey Hough’s blog to see her Earth Day post!! Happy Earth Day, and remember to be green whenever you can!!
Jenn Bakos - Too cute! Great idea and lovely photos. I love the last one with your dog and the cape
Kristen - Steph….great idea! The kids obviously enjoyed the project. Thank you for partaking despite the impending wedding date! On a side note…loving your black and whites….your style has so arrived!