2 Feb, 2009 This made a great project for our 4-H club. It was a wonderful lesson in reducing and reusing and the kids left with a useful finished product. We found that sleeveless shirts and sweaters worked beautifully, also! They are using their tote bags at the library, church, music lessons, and the beach. The parents keep a few on hand in the car for shopping. LOVE IT - a useful project in less than 10 minutes with a roomful of kids! ink_toes 29 Jan, 2009 I just tried this and it was sooo simple. Turned out really cute and worked great at the store. I was skeptical about it's strength and whether it would be too stretchy. No problem. I used a high quality shirt that had never been worn - it just wasn't the right size for anyone. Tiara86 7 Dec, 2008 I think this is an awesome idea. Im going to school for education and I added this as a project to one of my hypothetical lesson plans. In fact, I thought up the idea first, then googled it to see if anyone had already done it yet-and what-do-ya-know? =) sodagirl 5 Dec, 2008 Geez laurabanff why don't you keep your silly and impractical ( which you did spell wrong btw) comments to your self next time.We are all trying to do our part to reuse and recycle no matter how silly the ideas are at least they are productive and some of the most creative