Turn the bag right side out when tying the fringe. Now turn your t-shirt right side out again and voila, you’re done! Then I take the remaining strand on the right set and tie it to the next set of strands, and so on and so forth until all the strands are tied. Then I take the other strand from the middle set (the one with the arrow pointing right) and tie it in a knot with one of the strands on the right set. What I do next is grab one strand from the middle set (the one with the arrow pointing left) and tie it in a knot with one of the strands on the left set. In the photo above you see three sets of fringe that have been tied in knots. Now if you lift your bag you’ll see that although the pairs are pulling the bag together, there’s a hole between each pair. Take your first pair of fringe and tie it into a knot, then tie two more pairs. Okay, this is going to sound really complicated, but it’s NOT, promise. I cut my slits about 3/4 to 1 inch apart. You’ll want to cut both the front and back layers together because they need to match up for the next step. Now grab your scissors and cut slits from the bottom of the shirt up to the line marking the bottom of your bag. Keep in mind that depending on the fabric used, your tote is likely stretch and become longer when it’s filled with stuff. Determine where you want the bottom of the bag to be and trace a line across. If you haven’t already turned your t-shirt inside out, do it now. Step 3: Determine how deep you want the bag to be I ended up trimming this one a bit to make it more oval. I used both methods and personally, I like free-hand cutting better because I prefer a slightly oval shape to a perfectly round one. If you’d like, you can turn the shirt inside out and trace the outline of a bowl before cutting. Or, if your material is too thick to cut them both at once, you can cut one, then fold it in half and use the cut side as a guide for the next sleeve. If you’d like to fold the t-shirt in half you can cut both sleeves at once so that they are identical.