I'm supposed to be beginning a muslin on some men's shorts for my husband, so I can make them up in a heavier weight linen I got from Hancocks a year or so ago, but I just don't have the energy or get up and go right now. I just feel down.
Anyway, on to the bag. I had done a purge of my younger boys closet and I had 2 garbage bags of clothing. I didn't really want to add to our landfill or the very big pile at our local Good Will that I've seen in the past, but I have been wanting to have some extra fabric to play around with. So, for the time being, I'm leaving the bags in our garage.
Now, on to the bag, I took a pair of jeans that had holes in the knees, and I cut above the hole and below the hole, then I cut off the hem. I cut off the inner leg seam on both pair and I sewed both legs together and the bottom up.
I measured 2 inches from each bottom corner and drew a line and sewed along that line, then cut off the excess. I overcast the edge of the top, made some buttonholes, sewed a casing and threaded some bias tape through the top. Then I took some fabric squares I've been saving up for block quilting and self lined them and made them pockets on the front. I took a robe tie and cut it in half and used it for the handles. We had a warehouse sized package of microclothes and several packs given to us from those talks they give you in the warehouse store, and they were all stuffed in my hall closet. I even have some in the laundry. I'm going to fold them all up and put them in the bag and hang them on a nail in the garage.
The bottom. Doesn't look too bad. While I'm in this weird funk, I may just play around with the fabric in the bags.