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Blue Jean Book Bag
by Crystal Miller
This is a pretty easy sewing project. It is a cute book bag made from an
old pair of blue jeans. You can see a picture of the finished project
here.
What you will need:
A pair of old jeans
A cotton belt (instructions to make one follow) or a silk type scarf
would work also.
Step 1. Take a pair of jeans and zip up the front of them and turn them
inside out. With a tape measure, measure about 3 inches down from the
crotch and make a mark. Using a ruler draw a line across the leg at that
mark. Do the same for the other leg. Now cut the legs off at the line.
Step 2. Now fold the jeans matching the side seams. This would be just
as if you were going to sew a pleat in them down the front and back. Sew
each leg closed 1 inch from the cut edge. Trim the seam to about a ½
inch.
Step 3. Turn the jeans right side out now and you have a little bag! Now
you can thread a scarf or cotton belt through the loops and tie or sew
the “handles” together.
You can also decorate the outside pockets with lace or a hanky in the
pocket. Do any decorating or creating on your bag to make it truly
yours!
Cotton Belt (for Blue Jean Book Bag)
What you will need:
Cotton fabric of your choice, length of fabric to be your choice
Step 1. After you determine how long you want your handle to be cut out
a strip of fabric that is this long, plus about 2 inches for hem. If you
need to you can cut out shorter strips and then sew them together.
Your strips will need to be 4 inches wide x “your determined length”.
Step 2. Now take your strip of fabric and iron it half the longest
direction. On the short ends of the strip fold them up so the finished
belt will not have any raw edges.
Step 3. After you iron it open it up and fold each side of the strip to
meet the center of the crease left by the iron. Now refold this in the
center and iron the strip again.
Step 4. Sew the strip closed. You now have a long belt to thread through
the belt loops of your book bag. You can sew the ends closed by
overlapping them about 2 inches and sewing them together.
Copyright Crystal Miller 2005
About the author
Crystal Miller is a mother of 8 children and enjoys her God given role
as wife, homemaker and mother! She has a homemaking and country living
web site called The Family Homestead
www.thefamilyhomestead.com
and has a free monthly newsletter called Homestead Happenings. You will
find sign up information on her website.
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