Quick-Dirty-Cheap: Upcycled T-Shirt Mini Messenger

A quick tutorial leveraging an upcycled T-shirt to create a mini messenger bag in about five minutes (the tutorial is a bit longer). Don't want to make a bag? If you're in Austin the Etsy Austin team will be handing these out during SXSW full of samples and promos!

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Howto & Style

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• quick
• dirty
• cheap
• fun
• upcycle
• recycle
• craft
• easy
• sewing
• sew
• messenger
• bag
• green
• knit
• purse
• promo
• how

[MsCandyBags]

Very cool! Thanks so much for sharing...I am a bag maker myself... but I love the idea of this bag being able to be sewn by hand for kids want to make their own bags but don't have access to a machine :)

[kitteh2013]

Not so easy to see with the black t-shirt :/

[mxvirus]

that ring is so distracting.

great vid btw

[megaman0217]

Great vid! Now I have something to do with those ratty t-shirts and now I can make a long-needed messenger bag. Thanks! ;p

[Skiis14]

Thanks so much. i will do that. good thing i never got around to doing it.

Thanks i will :D

[wertzx]

you should sew it the first time inside out then when you flip it outside in, the sublime emblem will be on the outside. then when you fold it to sew the "bag" part of the bag make sure the emblem is on the flap then sew the pouch. and there ya go. any questions then message me.

[Skiis14]

I have an old shirt that has a design on the front. It's a band shirt "sublime"

& it has that in the front. I want that to be part of my purse, how would i do that?