How to sew your own hand bag from jeans

How to sew your own bags from jeans, description of the stages of work

Practical strong jeans usually serve several years, but in the end, they lose their attractiveness and become unnecessary. But do not hurry to throw out the product: it can get the right useful things. For example, there may be a bag of jeans with your own hands, which will look original. You can make a bag in various versions: backpack, bag-shopper, bag for carrying products, beach, road. It gives the originality of the products of decorative elements, which can also be performed with your own hands.

What will be required for work

Sew a bag of jeans is quite easy, it is important to have all the necessary items at hand and carefully prepare the fabric. Sometimes when working you can do without a sewing machine, it is suitable manually. Such products are very durable, lungs and sew fast - in a few hours. Before starting work, you need to prepare the material: if there is a need, then wipe jeans, dry, pre-unscrewing. From one product may turn out several bags in different style.

To sewing a bag of jeans, you need:

• old jeans;
• belt with buckle;
• lightning;
• scissors;
• Shilo or needle thick;
• durable threads;
• Portnovo pins for pinning individual parts.

If it is decided to make a bag-backpack, you will also need a cord with a color strap 130-140 cm long.

Ways of sewing

For various models, there are sewing methods. It is possible to manufacture identical products, but in different ways. At the beginning of work, cut off the desired piece of material.

In the process of work, you should not hurry so as not to cut the fabric less than you need, you need to take into account the allowances for the seams!

Patchwork style

The original handbag do it yourself from the old jeans in the style of Patchwork will be much more interesting if you take pieces from jeans of various shades and colors. Not bad addition to the denim fabric will be several loskuts of the material in the cell. The most simple operation in the manufacture of the patchwork handbag is a pattern, it is much more difficult to perform the upper part. For a bag of old jeans, it is necessary to cut two rectangular flaps 40x42 cm from dense material to which the pieces of jeans will be called. The seal is not required, as the jeans in itself is a thick material. The handles are performed from the jeans belt or from the skin has become unusable. But the lining fabric is needed, it is cut into a similar size. In addition, it is required:

• zipper;
• two stripes of 36x16 cm for the bottom;
• threads;
• line;
• pencil;
• Pins for fixing;
• Material with adhesive base.

How to properly sew a patchwork bag: instruction step by step:

• The inner pocket is sewed to the lining fabric;
• A drawing is applied on paper, and the loskutka is indicated by some sign so as not to confuse the colors. A drawing is also applied to the material for the outer part to know where to sew the patchwork. The flaps are then pinned with tailor pins;
• Loskutka is fixed with small stitches. It turns out the face of the product;
• The main details are applied with lining, faithful to facial. First of all, the upper part is drawn up to avoid untreated edges;
• Sewing is folded and straight lines are applied using a ruler and chalk, retreating from the edge of approximately 1 cm. On these lines will be covered by connecting parts;
• parts are applied by one to the other, and pinned with pins;
• It is stitched in such a way that it remains part of the unpripable to turn the bag;
• The product is turned out, the hole is sewn, the lower corners are wrapped and stitched;
• Between the cut-off strips for the bottom it is desirable to put plastic for stiffness;
• The bottom is fixed manually in or outside;
• Design of lightning can be made in the original way, it all depends on the fantasy;
• Sended handles from a belt from denim trousers, braided from the lace, from the old bag.

Beautiful original jeans bag Patchwork is ready.

Shopper bag

Bag-shopper is not only a useful roomy thing, but also a fashionable stylish accessory. To sew your hands with your own hands, you need to take jeans more relevant to preserve the shape. When applying, the product is comfortable, durable, beautiful. The manufacture of the bag is made in such a sequence:

• The lower part of the denim pants is cut and the upper 45 cm is measured. The finished product will be sized 40x35 cm;
• Space side on which there is no finishing lines. It will become a kind of decoration;
• The front sides are applied to each other, the width is aligned, since the rear cloth with cutter is always wider than the front;
• The facial part is stepping;
• The lining is made, it is possible from not very dense tissue, for example, an old shirt. Should be taken into account on the seams;
• Pocket is on jeans, so something is not necessarily invented. It needs to fract out or cut and shoot;
• The second lateral part and the bottom of the product is stepping;
• The bag is folded to accommodate the bottom;
• The angles are stitched (about 4 cm) and ironing to impart care and cut;
• The same operations are manufactured with the lining material;
• The title wocks inside, passes on a half acemeter from the edge and stroke the iron;
• Denim belt handles are cut off with a length of approximately 36 cm with allowances. With the help of pin pens are fixed at a distance of 4 cm from the middle seam. Product turn out;
• The lining is inserted into the bag, sewn, turned out.

Handles sewing recommended stronger, they should easily withstand a big weight!

Backpack

Crumpled stylish backpacks are firmly entered into our lives, thanks to convenience. They are worn adults, teens and even small children. To make a backpack from old jeans, first need to decide on the size of the product, to whom the product is calculated. For this, the folded side of the pants is adjusted height. The following operations are performed:

• cut off the sort of centimeters by 60, not less;
• The belt is applied to the top of the folded product, and the desired part with a buckle is cut down near the bottom;
• The belt is sewn to the front side of the product, right to the bottom;
• The pantna is turned on the wrong side;
• It is connected to the bottom with the cropped edge;
• Corners are sewn inside so that the bag is not flat.

Next, behind the bag sews two identical pieces of the cord, preferably from the old bag. Used with a sequel, which pierced holes in the belt. Ready backpack decorates at its discretion.

For the summer, it is well sewed to sew a beach bag made of old jeans. Such a model is characterized by the presence of several pockets needed to accommodate beach items: tanning cream, comb, napkins. Summer bag has long handles, decorated with bright details, more often with vegetable elements of decor in the form of leaves, colors.

Decor options

The bag of denim is desirable to decorate various elements that there is a large amount. For example, you can shelter bright thread (bright color, silver, gold), decorate beads with beads. Bag from jeans with their own hands, made of flap of various colors, looks good with sewing buttons from wood or multicolored different diameters. As decorations for a denim product, patchworks of jeans of another shade, embroidery, ribbons, tapes, tape, rhinestones, appliqués are suitable. You can bind the product with a crochet and add a bow or knitted flowers. Pockets are well decorated with lace elements, appliqués, embroidery, stones. In detail on the pocket pockets are made up with interlaced ribbons or color material. An excellent original thing will turn out if you add it with floral ornament and fringe, and on my pockets to place pebbles and beads.

The exclusive handbag is obtained by decorating it with a leather applique with ribbons made of old things. Petals and leaves are cut out of the skin, painted in the desired color, the iron is given the form. Petals are cut out of tulles, with the help of flames are burned. From the fishing line and beads can be easily made fringe. The details first leather are glued, then the tluels, and the leaves are fixed around, the fringe is glued under the entire composition. The handles of the product are not bad to decorate the material in the tone decoration.

Making bags made of old jeans. Products are durable, reliable, do not require additional seal. They are perfectly suitable for lightning, locks, buckles and other elements. You need to show a fantasy for the design of things - the more unusable design, the more modern and more interesting is the bag.