I want to use my grammas old clothes as the strips for the rug and I heard of people using blue jeans as the backing for the rug. Does anyone know how to do it? Step by step instructions welcome!!
I desire i might desire to deliver you a image of the little handbags I made for my granddaughters this previous Christmas. I recycled an old pair of my denims and my husband’s denims to create them. I’m no longer a seamstress. First and a lot maximum i'm a recycler who tries to apply what I even have reachable. So with that being suggested, right here’s my step-by utilising-step training on the form you may additionally stitch a recycled denim handbag. I used only one pant leg for the physique of the bag and the different pant leg to make the straps. I coated the bag with some fairly fabric. degree 14” from the hem and mark it. decrease out the backside of the jean leg. the backside beginning could be the precise of the hand bag, only turn it the different way up. Hem the backside of the handbag. Then degree the dimensions and width of handbag and make a trend out of old paper. Use this for the liner. Lay out your trend on the fabric, decrease out and stitch up like a sack. Take back pocket off of denims, attempt to no longer unfastened the sewn look of the threads. Hand stitch pocket onto handbag. “you are able to beautify the pocket later with iron on plant existence, pink hankie protruding of pocket, etc. decrease the strap strips that are 4-a million/2? huge by utilising 29? long each and each till now sewing. Then stitch them and swap them wonderful part out. Then precise-stitch alongside the the two edges on the straps. Pen the straps on interior part seam of handbag. Pin lining interior handbag and stitch lining and straps all on the comparable time. I used a pink paisley fabric for my lining. the ladies enjoyed them. They suggested what made them so particular replace into that they got here from their grandparents denims :o) They enjoyed them.
Two okorder / – Braided Rag Rug: Made by braiding strips of old sheets and sewing ... small rectangles, plus a larger section of thicker denim as the backing.
