Monday, July 16, 2012

Our top 10 Reusable Bag DIYs from Pinterest





Last week another city announced a plastic bag ban. These bans are happening all over the place, so we decided to scour Pinterest for the best Reusable Bag DIYs. We narrowed it down to ten, and now you can make a great reusable grocery bag of your own!

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This reusable bag is made out of 2 pillow cases, so if you're looking to redecorate your bedroom this is definitely the reusable bag for you! It is simple, but it looks stylish and unique.

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This bag is more your tradition bag, but with a handy pocket on the outside for your phone, keys, and wallet! It's so convenient that you don't even have to bring a purse to the store as well if you don't want to and it's insulate, so it can help keep your cold items cold and your warm items warm longer.

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A fold-away reusable grocery bag? Why wouldn't this one make our list? It's so compact and convient, but looks cute and functional when you unroll it. It's small enough that you could easily keep it in your purse or glove compartment if you need to stop by the store after work.

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This bag is a lot more like the original bags that were sold in grocery stores, but it allows for customization, which makes it unique and personal.

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This is another bag similar to the original reusable bags that you could buy at the grocery store, but this one seems like it'd be a stronger alternative. With the double layer of fabric at the bottom, plus the reinforced cardboard we don't think this bag should have any trouble handling your heavy groceries!

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This is one of 3 t-shirt bags we chose. The beauty of t-shirt bags is that you're only using materials that you already have and the ones we've found are all no-sew. It's a fun way to re-purpose t-shirts that you might have outgrown but still want to keep around.

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This t-shirt bag is very similar to the other one we featured, but it has fringe rather than a small amount of string at the bottom. Both are a fun way to keep using that t-shirt, and both tutorials comment on how surprisingly durable they are. 

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Our final t-shirt bag is the only one that requires sewing, although it ends up functioning much more like a produce bag. If you wanted the reinforcement of sewing without all the holes for a produce bag, you don't have to cut them, you can just call the bag done once you're finished stitching up the sides.

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Ever had an old bag from a food product that's really sturdy, so you feel bad throwing it away but you have nothing to do with it? Well, your answer is here! This reusable bag reuses old groceries to make it! The tutorial uses old rice bags since they're pretty strong, but it could easily be substituted with another exceptionally strong bag. 

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Our final tutorial is for a bag that says it's purpose is for a convertible clutch purse, however, we think it could work extremely well as a stylish reusable grocery bag as well. 

Those were our picks for our favorite reusable bag tutorials. Do you have another one that you couldn't live without? Share it in the comments! 

2 comments:

  1. Love the two pillow case bag - because I don't sew!

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    1. No sew definitely make it a lot easier! That's also why we picked the t-shirt ones.

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