For the ladies, cool idea for your biggest cute jeans
ladyofivy
Posts: 648
Girls, I was just in my closet, and I found my largest pair of jeans. I bought them, but didn't wear them for very long, because when I saw the size number, I was really disappointed in myself, and started losing weight soon after. However, the style is really cute. They are very bedazzled looking.
So what I'm going to do, is cut the legs off at the crotch (so that they look daisy-duke-ish), sew up the leg holes at the bottom, and make them into a giant beach bag purse. I'll use the leg material for straps.
What do you think?
Haha, maybe it'll look more like a denim duffle bag LOL But the point is, it will be a reminder of how much weight I've lost on this journey. I'm a very "symbolic" person, and carrying around huge bag that used to fit me will be an awesome reminder of how hard I've worked.
So what I'm going to do, is cut the legs off at the crotch (so that they look daisy-duke-ish), sew up the leg holes at the bottom, and make them into a giant beach bag purse. I'll use the leg material for straps.
What do you think?
Haha, maybe it'll look more like a denim duffle bag LOL But the point is, it will be a reminder of how much weight I've lost on this journey. I'm a very "symbolic" person, and carrying around huge bag that used to fit me will be an awesome reminder of how hard I've worked.
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That is a SUPER cute idea!!! I'll have to ask my Grandma to do that for me!!!0
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Great idea! I love it! And what a great way to recycle. I think I'll take a look in my closet when I get home.0
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Way cute!! post pics when it is done!0
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AWESOME! My mom told me she used to do this back in the 70's,she even still has some cute ones!!0
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Great idea! LOVE it!0
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What a great idea! I love it :happy: I love being able to find new uses for old things and recycling and repurposing. Thanks for sharing!0
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My mom had done this before, I planned on it too. Great minds think alike as I was headed to my craft room late today to pull out some material to start this week, if I get mine done, I'll post a pic too0
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What a fabulous idea!!! Love it!!0
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That is a really awesome idea! Too bad I can't sew worth a crap .. lol. I'll have to ask my mom if she can do that for me!0
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awesome idea! I'm not crafty, but I wish I was I'll have to ask my mom to do something like this for me too!0
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I have done this before..Its a great idea!! I also just used the pockets of some jeans to make a smaller cute denim purse!!0
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Thats cool! I am looking forward to the pics0
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Super cute idea! Same thing happened to me. I just about had a melt down in Kohls when I realized I needed to buy size 20's. I have one pair of them that are finally too big! Trying to head into a 16. Mine are bedazzeled but I think I may still do that!0
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that's a really neat idea! hope to see the ending result (:0
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Girl that is so creative!! Wish you could do my old size 26 jeans now that's a HUGE bag!!!0
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Great idea!!! I am going to go and see what I can find in my closet :bigsmile:0
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I love this idea! It's a great way to reuse those jeans...and a great reminder to stay on track! Have fun!0
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I this idea!!! When I ge to a point that I can no longer keep my pants up without using a belt or such I am so going to do this!0
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Sounds awesome!!0
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I'm going to have to drag my sewing machine out, since I cut my pant legs off last night.
FYI, I don't think you have to be particularly skilled with a sewing machine to do this. I'm not. I can't follow a pattern to save my life, but I can sew a straight line with a machine lol. I'm basically going to turn the now shorts inside out and just sew a straight line across the leg holes. The trickier part will be the straps out of the pant legs, but I'm pretty confident that I won't screw it up too bad.
Also, I know that craft stores sell something that's like, a new-sew glue? It's a glue that's made for cloth that works like sewing. So that might be even easier for you. Of course, I'm not sure how well it holds.... or how well it holds "denim", either. But it's worth a shot if you're really interested and are afraid of your sewing machine.0 -
Bump - for pictures! Great idea - can't wait to see how it turns out, Ladyofivy!0
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For anyone interested, I started a new pix thread for this, with pix from my own project.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/113844-post-your-pants-purse-pix
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