Plastic Bag Holder Tutorial

$9.00
3 Hours
Easy
A plastic bag holder you can make in a couple of hours out of nothing but stuff you probably have around your home.
ideas
Okay, be honest, is this how your storing your bags. Maybe one that has chili peppers on it that used to match your kitchen (10 years ago)! Yes, that was me. I've been going to replace it with something, but what?


I started looking on Pinterest, maybe an idea would come to me? I saw a really cute one from a man's shirt and that's where I started. I wanted mine to be a little edgy but with some bling or girly stuff though.
The ring off of a koozie. You can still use the koozie this way for a larger drink bottle.
A man's shirt. Of note I couldn't find an old shirt that was the color I wanted, so I did by this size 2X shirt at Walmart. An old dress of mine that I used to make the flower and a piece of old lace is laying on top of the shirt and dress.
An old shirt that I cut the lace off of the collar, just like what is going down the front of the shirt.
Tutorial:


Cut one of the sleeves off of the shirt.


Cut from the underarm sleeve straight across. (Photo1)


Turn the top of the sleeve over onto the inside of the sleeve about 1/4" and using a zig-zag stich, stich the top of the sleeve. (Photo 2)


Place the ring of the koozie onto the top of the sleeve and hand stich the sleeve over the koozie ring. (Photo 3)


I used part of the bottom of the shirt hem to make the loop that is sewn onto the back of the sleeve. (Photo 4)


Optional at this point: (Photo 5 and 6)


I stitched on the lace from the white shirt onto the cuff of the sleeve and made two flowers (lots of tutorials on Pinterest on how to make flowers) a black/white flower and one from leftover black lace.


I did place a button on the sleeve placket.
Minnie's Milestones by Jonni
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  • Pt08284003 Pt08284003 on Apr 17, 2017

    I have been looking for those freezable koozies everywhere, where did you find them?

  • Nadine Hartman Bourne Nadine Hartman Bourne on Dec 08, 2017

    This is so cute. anyone have any ideas for uses other than plastic bags. In California we aren't allowed to have plastic bags any more. so I would love ideas on what else could be stuffed in it.

  • Jackie Seley Jackie Seley on Dec 15, 2018

    Can I see your bag holder?

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  • Sherial Sherial on Dec 18, 2017

    LOL ok we all makes typos. Great idea Jonni. Gona make me one .

    Thank you,

    Merry Christmas

  • Brenda Brenda on Jan 22, 2021

    A shirt sleeve, Ha. Terrific. I could do this. What would I do without all you talented people. Amazing. Thanks

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