Bag Making

Here in Te Ngahere we had a special guest named Anouk come into Paihia School. She taught our class how to reuse old t-shirts to create a bag. Anouk first started by showing the class a presentation that she had created about the making of t-shirts and what plastic does to the environment. We were learning to reuse old t-shirts and give them a purpose again. We started off by cutting the sleeves and the color of the t-shirt with a sharp pair of fabric scissors. I found that step very difficult because you had to make sure that the lines were the right length. We then measured how long we wanted the tassels to be but I decided to flip my t-shirt inside out and tie the tassels on the inside so that you can’t see them. The most hardest thing to do in my opinion was to tie the tassels because some did not match up and there were some extra ones but I did get my bag how I want it and I am very proud of what I made. I learnt that t-shirts use 2750 litres of water.