My good friend Kevin turned 40 on Saturday. He is a huge supporter of my craft. He very kindly gives me all his old shirts and jeans because he knows my love of fabric and refashioning. I wanted to make him a nice gift for his birthday and with all the Earth Day celebrations in full swing, I knew I wanted it to be a refashion. What better gift to give than a pair of his old blue jeans refashioned into a functional bags that he will use for many more years to come. And what better way to celebrate Earth Day by recycling an old pair of jeans.
I forgot to take a before picture of the jeans, but you all know what a pair of jeans looks like.
Here are my materials all hacked up:
I wanted to make him two bags, a cosmetic/toiletry type bag for travel and a drawstring bag.
I used one pair of jeans for both bags. I used lined the denim with fusible fleece. I used a nice water resistant sport nylon for the lining. I also added a small zipper pocket to the inside of the drawstring bag to store his headphone wire and phone.
He really enjoyed his gifts. I like the way they came out, too. You can find more information and links to the tutorial I used on my blog.
Happy Earth Day Everyone!!!!
We all are making a difference with every refashion we make!
Keep up the great work everyone :)
Erinn ~ Sticky Genius
2 comments:
I love the look of the bags, that's really neat. I'll check out the tutorial too.
Eddie EOD
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Love it! such a clever idea. :-) x
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