T-Shirt Grocery Bags

On January 1st the City of Calabasas (where Lilyshop is headquartered) put a ban on plastic bags at the markets, drug stores, restaurants, and any other store in the city that would normally use a plastic bag for purchased goods. Now while I appreciate that this is a step in the right direction to reduce landfill waste and pollution issues I couldn't help but be a little annoyed the first time I went into Babies"R"us to stock up on diapers, wipes, and a dozen or so of those glass baby food jars. When I got to the checkout and they asked for my reuseable bags I thought %@$&!!! So, I purchased one of those ugly reuseable bags and then on the way home I got to thinking .... maybe I could make some cuter bags? 

Introducing the Tank Top Reuseable Bag! Isn't it cute? You can really use whatever tank you have. I want to make a couple more with better patterns and maybe some fun colors .... but you get the idea. 

What You Need
Heavy-weight tank top (Preferably with thicker straps; no spaghetti straps)

Pins

Sewing machine


Instructions
1. Turn your tank top inside out and pin the bottom along the hem. Using a sewing machine, sew the bottom of the tank closed. Once the tank is sewn, turn it inside out and you're DONE! (Quick Tip: If you want to make the bag more durable overlap the material and sew a double seam.)



Get creative and use tanks with logos, patterns, etc.