Jean Bag

Two days ago Lauren gave me a pair of corduroy jeans to do with as I liked because they had a hole in them. I decided to make a purse. I was so excited as I had never attempted to make one before. I did not have a pattern but did have a slight idea of how I wanted it to look. I knew it had to be cute and durable.

I took pictures of my journey as I went.

So here you go and enjoy

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First I cut the legs off the jeans and sewed them together

                      Then I cut excess material off as this was the top of the bag.

Then I folded it in half and cut that excess material off the sides as well.

     Next I measured about 1 1/2 inches from the side and pined them up

                        And then I scrunched the sides up as I sewed both the sides of the purse.

After the body of the purse was made, I cut the back pocket of the jeans off.

Then I sewed them inside the purse.

I did the same to the other pocket

Next I took what ever material was left and cut 1 1/2 in strips

            And pined them together for the strap

I made two straps and sewed them together to make it stronger

I also decided to use a different color thread to give the purse more color

So far so good

Here I was adjusting the strap to make sure it was at the length I wanted

When I decided the right length, I sewed the straps on the purse

I did sew up the top a little more to keep it from gaping open.

    For decoration, I cut out the Old Navy sign on the jeans and sewed it onto the front of my purse

Next I choose a button and sewed that on 

                                                              Then I made a button hole

And here is the finished product!

The ruffled edge

                                                              Me and my new purse

And a closer look