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Jeans repurposed DIY denim handbag

Another tutorial on remaking old jeans, DIY jeans into a handbag! First, look at the picture above. Look! It’s so stylish and stylish enough! In fact, this is simply modified from a pair of worn-out jeans. For specific DIY methods, please refer to the graphic tutorial below.

Jeans repurposed DIY denim handbag

Materials and Tools: A pair of distressed womens jeans, a 12-inch zipper, needle and thread, scissors.

DIY Steps:

1) Prepare bag materials. Old jeans need to be washed and dried. Lay them flat on the table. Find a relatively straight line between the buttocks and the trouser legs. Pay attention to keeping the zippers and trouser bags intact. Then cut out the bag material along the drawn line. . as the picture shows.

Jeans repurposed DIY denim handbag

2) Prepare bag strap materials. Lay the remaining trouser leg cut out in the previous step flat on the table and fold it neatly, making sure that the seam line of the trouser leg is away from the folded edge. Then draw a long line 2 inches from the edge. Use scissors to cut a double-layered fabric strap along the drawn line to use as a bag strap, as shown in the picture.

Jeans repurposed DIY denim handbag

3) Sew the bag zipper. Turn the bag over and sew the zipper to the upper part of the bag.

Jeans repurposed DIY denim handbag

4) Sew the bottom of the bag. Keep turning the bag over and sew the bottom of the bag together, trying to keep the two corners of the bag rounded while sewing.

Jeans repurposed DIY denim handbag

5) Sew the strap. Hem the strap material you just cut and sew it to both sides of the bag, as shown in the picture. You decide the length of the strap yourself, as long as it’s comfortable to carry.

Jeans repurposed DIY denim handbag

Turn over after sewing. A stylish handbag appears in front of you!

Tip: The flower pattern on the handbag comes with old jeans. If your jeans don’t have flowers, you can embroider your favorite thing on it yourself. The belt on the bag also comes with the old jeans, so you can replace it with any decoration you like.