One of the most popular alterations from old jeans is a bag. What options just do not occur to creative needlewomen! For example, sew a bag of jeans belts and stripes of different colors.
You will need:
✂ Old jeans;
✂ Shirt fabric for the lining and base of the bag;
✂ Rep tape;
✂ Tailor scissors;
✂ Needle and thread for sewing;
✂ Tailor pins
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Tip
To sew a shopping bag from one pair of old jeans from strips of different colors, grind the cut parts, alternating the front and back sides in the order you need.
Step 1
Open the jeans belt with the help of a sprayer. Open it and iron it well.
Step 2
From the shirt fabric, cut out two rectangular details of the base of the bag of the size you need.
Step 3
From old jeans, cut strips with a length equal to the length of the base of the bag.
One or more strips may consist of two or three parts. It all depends on your imagination.
Step 4
Put on jeans over belts
and stripes of jeans. Lock with tailor pins.
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Step 5
Stitch belts and stripes onto the base. Use a straight and zigzag stitch.
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Step 6
Lay a few more parallel lines to fix the details well.
Step 7
To enhance the decorative effect, use multi-colored threads, all kinds of stripes, as well as decorative lines of your sewing machine.
Step 8
In the same way, carry out the second side of the bag.
Step 9
From the shirt fabric, cut out two details of the pocket measuring 14x20 cm. Stitch the details around the perimeter, leaving a small opening for turning out. Turn out a pocket, sew a hole manually. Iron.
Step 10
Put a pocket on the wrong side of one of the parts of the bag and stitch it. The stitching line of the pocket will be visible from the front. This was done intentionally, since the lines in this sewing project are an element of decor.
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Step 11
In the middle of the pocket, lay a line.
Step 12
Process the upper section of the bag on the overlock. Use threads of different colors.
Step 13
At the bottom of the bag details, cut out squares measuring 4.5x4.5 cm. This will help form the bottom of the bag.
Step 14
Stitch the bag parts along the side and bottom cuts.
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Step 15
Process open sections on an overlock or in a zigzag line.
Step 16
Now you need to form the bottom of the bag. Align the side and bottom seam from the inside of the bag. Get off.
Step 17
Turn the bag on the front side.
Step 18
Cut two strips 60 cm long from the rep ribbon. With the help of tailor pins and patch parts, fix the handles on the front side of the bag.And stitch, including the overhead part, laying several lines in different directions for better fixation.
Done!
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