Recycle: Redesign

I like to sew. I'm not amazing, but I do ok. I like to make things for my nieces but I can't afford fabric right now. I learned from my mom to keep everything and I I do keep a lot of things, most fabric/old clothes under the pretense I'm going to make a quilt. Well when my jeans just got too worn out and I finally found an inexpensive pair to replace them, I couldn't stand to throw away all that denim! So I decided to use it for a project.

I started out with a worn out pair of jeans

Then I cut the legs off and sewed the bottom together

Then I cut out a strap from the leg.

I stitched that on to the sides

Added a bow to close the bag so everything wouldn't spill out.

Sewed on a yellow flower

Added my niece's initials to the pockets

And then I couldn't wait until her birthday so I gave it to her the next day! 

Looks like she likes it!!


Moral of the story: get creative with old stuff :)