**Old drafted post** T-shirt grocery tote

SUPER LATE UPLOAD. 

  *** this has been sitting in my drafts since 2017, my goodness!

Are you like me? You know the person that holds on to t-shirts for years but may not wear them often? Well after so long I ended up wasting soooo much dresser space. So I decided to give new purpose to some of them and since plastic bags are not recyclable my shirt will do fine.

Since the drafting of this post, I have used this bag many times over. I also learned some better techniques. I only made one other bag but have made pillows for our couch and lounge chairs out of shirts purchased on my travels or given to me.

Poppin Tags!

Poppin Tags!!

(not sure if rights are reserved to that saying... :-/  )

I am a super fan of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, thanks to my good friend Too Real. After buying their album "The Heist" I fell in love with the song "Thift Shop". Too Real and I every now and then go 'diggin' through bins at the Goodwill Outlets to find either items for the family, ourselves or to use as fabric to craft. It's great you are not spending nearly as much money as you normally would but you are helping in return. There are some pretty awesome things in the outlet.

While I was there I found an older dress, green and cream(probably white at one time) picnic patterned dress. Of course when I saw it, I liked it for what is was, it screamed retro and that's my world. But when I got home I decided to hack it. Something simple since I am just getting into the sewing game. So I got home soaked it in baking soda water and then washed it. After dring I cut the top off, hemmed it and made it into a crop top. More than likely I will pair it with a pair of cream shorts for the summer or pants for the spring. Or maybe even a dark green pair of shorts.

yes it is a dark green,

I forgot to take a picture prior to cutting the top off!! (SILLY ME)

I may add some elastic to the hem to get a closer fit.

This craft was inspired by "Thift Shop" , Too Real and Refashionista