Jean Purse

This is what I worked on yesterday.  I am not finished with it yet, I still need to add some decorations.  I'm thinking this purse will be reversable but I'll have to wait til it's finished to know for sure.

The Front

Inside Pockets

Inside Pockets

A Look From Above

The Back

T Shirt Pants Tutorial

pants tutorial

I found this tutorial and thought I would share it.....this is not my own.


i might have made this look more complicated than necessary, because i'm the kind of person who likes every little thing spelled out. only four of these steps (6, 8, 12, 13) actually involve sewing. yellow is right side of shirt, turquoise is wrong side. let me know if you have questions or i wrote something unclear or wrong here.

by the way, the cool clever part of these pants -- using the sleeve hole to make that weird-shaped part where the legs join -- is not my own idea. i got it from supatropic's shorts in the memories: http://www.livejournal.com/community/refashion/103246.html
...this community is so neat!

A Fun Little Purse

I have been reading a lot lately about Refashioning and Recycling old clothes.  This was my first attempt and I love how it turned out.  Now I'm wishing I had taken pictures and done a tutorial but I will have to save that for my next project. 
My youngest son had a cute pair of corduroy pants that no longer fit him, he actually only wore them a few times, that I thought would make a really cute purse.  For the lining I used an old pair of pink flannel shorts I had but never wore anymore and the belt is a scrap piece of material left over from a dress I made a few years ago.  I still need to sew the strap on, it's being held with safety pins in these pictures.  I also am not sure what I want to use for a closure.....maybe I'll just leave it open, I'm not sure yet.

Finished

                                               
  

Close up of the corduroy

The lining