I am so pleased to have made this design. It began as the offcuts from various denim strips. They were too short to use, but I could not bring myself to throw them away. So, using an idea I found in a book, I sewed them into strips then sewed the strips together to make a piece of fabric.
Having pressed the fabric, it sat over the banister for some time while I waited for the "right" project to come along. Then, in another book, I found this bag design and decided I had to make it. My fabric produced three (and a half!) bags. I decided these had to have "significant" linings, and they also have interior pockets and a key hook. Only two are complete at the moment - I still have to make the strap for the final one.
This blog shows my recycled denim creations, along with tutorials for items I have designed myself. I collect old jeans (a strange collection, I know!) and cut them up to make bags, purses, animals and other items of varying sizes and shapes. I then sell these to raise money for weomen and children in the town of Utange, near Mombasa, in Kenya. I help women to set up their own businesses and am supporting the building of a new school for disabled children.
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
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