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Winter 2015

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photo of denim purse

You will be able to learn how to make a wonderful design, decoration, ornament, new clothes, various accessories for you personally or in your home. The production of all items is manual and sometimes and with the sewing machine. I in the manufacturing of objects and clothes use the materials that are already used or existing in some other kind. Recycling is the number one protection of our beautiful planet earth. Therefore, let's be inventive and do something nice and useful! Let's start:

Today I will help you to make a denim purse and skirt from old denim (better still if the jeans are with lycra).

  1. Denim purse:
    • jeans (denim fabric with lycra);
    • decoration applications;
    • zip fastener;
    • material for lining;
    • belt or handles for the purse.

    I sewed my purse from center seam that starts at the crotch and goes down to the bottom of the pants. Cut the legs off of a pair of jeans. To make the purse more elegant, make a line item of some material according to your wishes. If you have an old button-up shirt that's on its way out too, you can use that to make the lining as well! You can close it with a piece from above or seal a patent. The possibilities are bigger depending on what idea you have and what you have from the helpful material. In this case the picture shows the purse that is made part of the sewing machine and with manual sewing, especially the designer applications. In the end, the handles that can be from the same material or extracted from another bag are added. If you want metal links you can do it, but you will have to change the cut of the pouch and in that case, you will not need a zip fastener.

  2. Denim skirt:
    • Jeans (lower part of jeans);
    • Sewing machine;

     The pieces of the trousers carefully with a special needle to sew separately them. Then you will compose one piece per piece to be the same and flat so that you can perfectly fit them into one whole. The texture lace of the denim will give the skirts attachment to your body and you will not have a problem with special expertise. Always place 4 very small fold in the upper part to reduce your waist. But, this is also necessary depending on your proportions. Fast, elegant skirt for every day and everywhere. Enjoy the new model in your collection of clothes!