This is by far the easiest sewing my girls have done and the project so far that has brought them the greatest pleasure…they have not put their bags down since they made them! I love, love, love it.
Annie and I started off one afternoon and by the time she was done Abi and a few of their friends had gathered and put in their orders. The trickiest part was attaching the strap which needed a lot of adult guidance. They also thought the navy webbing I had was a bit dull so before we started I quickly sewed a piece of bias binding down the centre (as below)…kids could do this themselves if you have a bit more time!
// This is all you need…an old pair of trousers and a piece of webbing or strong ribbon for the handle.
// Cut the trousers just above the legs.
// Turn inside out. I drew a line using vanishing pen for the girls to follow as they sewed along the bottom edge.
// Turn right side round again and it should look like this.
// Pin the handle in position and sew onto the top side edge of the trousers. Repeat on the other side.
// That’s it…you’re done! They could hand stitch on little embellishments or if you have a glue gun you can attach all sorts of lovely buttons or ribbons to make it completely unique.
Just as a little addendum…the following day we changed the buttons a little. I took off the existing buttons, made a button hole on the front inner button hole piece (that make sense?!) and hand stitched these pieces together. They then chose a button which we sewed onto the back piece of the bag. This meant that they can button their bags closed and keep all their little valuables intact!
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Love it!! Such a smart upcycle for old jeans! Looks like a simple sewing machine project 🙂
What a fun way to preserve a favorite pair of pants!!! Your daughter is adorable….. T Happy Memorial Day!! 🙂
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It is! So easy and my girls have loved them, they're a great size too!
Thanks so much…already following along with you 🙂
Love this. What a great upcycle.
I love these! So cute and simple, just what I like. I saw your link over at Link'n Blogs. I pinned this! 🙂
So cute! I've got a Craft Gossip post scheduled for this morning that links to your tutorial: http://sewing.craftgossip.com/?p=83345 –Anne
Yay…thanks so much!! 🙂