Tote Bag from Old Shorts You No Longer Wear

Debra Larson

20/10/2015 · Updated on: 13/03/2026

Do you have any old pair of shorts just lying around the house?

It may be hard to figure out what to do with these old clothes, but they don’t need to be thrown away.

Making them into a tote bag is a fun, simple and useful craft.

Any amateur seamstress with basic sewing supplies can make her own shorts purse in practically no time at all.

Here is a video for How to make a ‘denim shorts’ tote bag, you can try it with your old shorts.

https://youtu.be/XX2SG10Sh4M

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Debra Larson

Debra Larson has spent the last twenty years fixing up an old house in Minnesota, one room at a time. Gardening fills her summers, and the long winters are for crafts and Christmas decorating. She has been writing for Decorating HQ since 2015 and still gets far too excited about a good flea market find.