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Save the world - one pair of jeans at a time.
Take your old jeans out of the closet and turn them into a useful shopping bag!
Lets face it, we all have a favorite pair of jeans that won't fit anymore, but we'll never throw them away. Simultaneously, we use hundreds of disposable plastic shopping bags every year, which are really not good for the environment, even if we do recycle them.
Keep your sentimental old bluejeans, give them new life, and help the environment at the same time.
This bag takes about three hours to make, if you have sewing experience. If you don't have experience, it might take a little longer, but you WILL be able to do it!
To make a bag using this pattern, you will need:
One pair of old jeans with a 26 inch inseam or longer
Small piece of velcro (optional)
Thread
Scissors
Ink pen or marking chalk
Shoelace
Measuring tape
Take your old jeans out of the closet and turn them into a useful shopping bag!
Lets face it, we all have a favorite pair of jeans that won't fit anymore, but we'll never throw them away. Simultaneously, we use hundreds of disposable plastic shopping bags every year, which are really not good for the environment, even if we do recycle them.
Keep your sentimental old bluejeans, give them new life, and help the environment at the same time.
This bag takes about three hours to make, if you have sewing experience. If you don't have experience, it might take a little longer, but you WILL be able to do it!
To make a bag using this pattern, you will need:
One pair of old jeans with a 26 inch inseam or longer
Small piece of velcro (optional)
Thread
Scissors
Ink pen or marking chalk
Shoelace
Measuring tape
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Signing UpStep 1Cut the outside seams
Cut a strip, 3 inches wide, from the outside of each leg, centered on the seam.
In this case, the jeans are cargo pants, so the strips will be shorter than they would for a pair of regular jeans.
If you have regular jeans, go all the way up to the waist band. Just cut the whole seam out of the outside of the leg, keeping it 3 inches wide.
In this case, the jeans are cargo pants, so the strips will be shorter than they would for a pair of regular jeans.
If you have regular jeans, go all the way up to the waist band. Just cut the whole seam out of the outside of the leg, keeping it 3 inches wide.
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The handles are very strongly attached by sewing a square of about 1.5 inches ( turning fabric at each corner) then sewing diagonal lines of stitches inside square.
with any spare fabric I can make a small storage sleeve. High quality cotton folds very small in a briefcase and this bag can take as much weight as you could carry.