Do you have an old pair of blue jeans lying close to? Perhaps the knees are ripped out or they don’t fit anymore. It’s easy to flip outdated jeans into a adorable tote bag! A stitching machine is not even required this challenge stitches up simply by hand, if you can make strong, modest stitches. You’ll need to have an old pair of jeans, thread, a couple of material rectangles for the lining, handles, and ribbon for attaching the handles. If you want to embellish your bag, you might want ribbons or iron-on appliques. You’ll also require a needle, scissors, pins, and an iron. If you want to button your purse, you’ll need to have a magnetic closure or snap.
Action One: Reducing
Reduce off the leading element of the jeans. Make this cut as sq. as possible, so your bag will be a good rectangular shape. Following, cut your material into two rectangular shapes that are approximately the exact same size as the jeans “bag” portion. You’ll want to cut them a tiny extended and wider than the jeans to account for seam allowances. If you need to trim your ribbons to attach your handles, go forward and do it on this stage also. It’s nice to get all the reducing out of the way at when.
Stage Two: Sewing the bag and lining
Initial, with needle and thread, slip-stitch the fly of the jeans closed, as nicely as the button opening. Make these stitches as invisible as possible. Next, turn the jeans inside of out and stitch along the bottom of the bag. Flip right aspect out. Following that, sew jointly your lining quadratique, right sides collectively, on a few sides, leaving the leading open. Do not flip them right side out.
Action Three: Create lining, closure, and handles
With the iron, press beneath one/2 inch along the prime of the bag lining. Connect your snap or magnetic closure to the inside of the lining. Area your handles on the jeans element of the bag, generating ribbon loops to attach them pin the ribbons in the appropriate spot. Slide the bag lining into the jeans bag and pin it along the leading, covering the rough edges of the ribbons. Slip-stitch alongside the prime of the bag, creating the stitches as neat, modest and even as doable.
The building of your bag is complete! Now all you have to do is embellish it! Thread a duration of ribbon by means of the belt loops and tie in a bow at the front. Or you could iron on glittery appliques, or embroider your initials on the bottom corner. Whatever you do, be proud of your special tote bag. Make 1 out of your daughter’s jeans so she will have a bag to match!
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