Bag of old jeans

Remaking old jeans has long been not news for craftsmen who turn them into fashionable skirts , vests , and even in decorative cushions . In this article, we offer several master classes to transform an old pair of jeans trousers into bags of interesting design. All you need to get a novelty is scissors, needles, threads and patience. As a result, you can get a nice and practical bag, a lacy clutch and even a small suitcase.

How to sew a bag of jeans?

The first version of a bag of jeans with their own hands is a clutch. A small handbag is universal, it will be relevant not only during the day, but also during the evening exit. In addition, sewing it the easiest. So, we need:

  1. With a pencil on paper, we draw a pattern of a bag of jeans: the front and back of the bag, the inner pocket and the upper, closing part of the clutch.
  2. According to the obtained pattern, we cut out the necessary parts of the clutch from lace, lining fabric and jeans. The latter should be seamless.
  3. Sew the two parts of the lining of the main section of the bag, if desired, make a pocket.
  4. On the jeans flap of the fabric with a pencil mark the hole for the magnetic button. We do the same on the lining fabric of the closing part of the clutch. Buttons are fixed by inserting pieces of felt between them and the cloth from the wrong side.
  5. Sew the components of the main section of the clutch of jeans flaps. From the back of the future clutch sew lace.
  6. Sew the lining, denim and lace of the closing part of the clutch.
  7. Sew together the denim and lining parts of the main section of the clutch and its closing top. The clutch is ready.

How to sew a practical bag of jeans?

Homemade jeans bags are good for their strength. Such an accessory is very practical. But that it was not boring in design, you can combine in one bag a few pieces of different jeans.

We will need:

  1. Having determined what size we need a bag, we make a shape in the form of a rectangle. Cut out stripes from different in color jeans pants. There should not be any stitching on the seams.
  2. Sew on three strips for the front and back side of the bag, combining them at your discretion.
  3. Leather band we make edging, the two strips are made long, with the calculation for the handles of the bag. We sew the tapes.
  4. The tape in the handle area of ​​the bag is folded in half, we insert inside the side seal or felt, the edges of the tape are stitched together.
  5. We measure the bottom of the bag, cut it out. The bottom and sides of the bag are siphoned with a sintepon. Sew all the details. If you want to make the bottom keeping the shape, by its edge, when the parts are worn, you need to insert a ribbon of denim. Tape before this reinforce the air seal on the same principle as the handles of bags.
  6. We sew the lining part of the bag, we sew all the details, inserting the zipper at the top of the bag.

We sew ourselves: a suitcase made of jeans

The next master class of a bag of jeans will not be easy for beginners in terms of technical performance, but pretty hard, you can get a real exclusive suitcase. To make it we will need:

  1. We make a pattern of the side walls of the future bag-suitcase. Cut out the necessary pieces of cloth from the jeans pants.
  2. Cut out parts of jeans with quilted sintepon. On the front part of one of the sides in an arbitrary order we sew the cut out part of the jeans from the belt area.
  3. To the side parts along the perimeter we sew the strips of half-folded felt.
  4. Fold the length of the three sides of the sides of the suitcase, add another 10 cm. From the pants, cut off the strips of the resulting length. One band should be wider than the second. We quilter them with a sintepon and sew a zipper to the strips.
  5. Cut out the bottom of the suitcase. The width of the strip should correspond to the width of the sewn strips with a zipper, and the length - to the length of the large side of the side of the suitcase minus 10 cm. We quilter the bottom of the sintepon and sew a half-folded felt as shown in the photo.
  6. We make fastening for a long belt of a suitcase. To do this, cut the stripes under the belt from the belt of jeans and attach them to the sides of the suitcase with rivets.
  7. We sew the lining to all parts of the suitcase. Sew them.
  8. We attach a long belt. Suitcase is ready!