| Going Green With Jeans...How
to Recycle Your Jeans into Sewing Projects
Making a Denim Tote bag / How to Sew a Denim Tote Bag from an Old pair of
Jeans |
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Don't know what to do with
those old jeans that don't fit anymore? Here's a cute idea... a
denim tote bag. |
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How to make a Cool Denim Tote Bag
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First
get an old pair of jeans and cut off the legs just below the pockets as
shown in the photo. |
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Once
you have the fabric you want for making your denim tote bag, cut a strip
that will fit around the bottom of your jeans you just cut. Cut a
strip 8" X the width of the bottom of your pants. Sew the strip seam down
the 8" side as shown in the photo. Your strip will now be a circle. |
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Pin the
circle strip you just made and the bottom of the jeans you just cut PRETTY
SIDES TOGETHER as shown in the photo. |
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Here is
another photo from a different angle of what the pretty sides together
would look like. Stitch the seam. |
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Pull
the fabric ends together and pin pretty sides together. This is
going to be the bottom of your bag. Stitch the seam and then zigzag the
edges as shown in the photo. |
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To
corner off the bottom of your bag, fold as shown in the photo, and stitch
as shown in the photo. Do this to both sides. |
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Cut 2
strips of fabric 4" X 20". Pin the length of each strip pretty sides
together. Stitch. Turn pretty sides out. Press. Pin and stitch the
handles to each side of your bag. |
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Your
denim tote bag is done. We'd love
to see a photo of your recycled project! |
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Would you like
to see your "Green with
Jeans" Recycling Project
Photo on LovetoSew.com? We would!
Click
Here
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