The Jeans Recycling Challenge the last leg

I began last week with a pair of old maternity jeans that have a tear in the seat.

Item one: a jeans handbag made from the seat and half a leg.  Really happy with how it turned out.  If I were to make another one, I would consider a bag with a long single strap, or a backpack.

Item two: From the thigh I cut two rectangles 9.5″x11.5″ and made a zippered bag, lined with kitchen curtain fabric.  If you like knitting socks, this is a great sized bag for sock projects.  Previously I’ve made this size bag, lined but zipless, to hold one nappy, a small container of wipes and a spare baby jumpsuit, or a change of clothes for a toddler.

The plain bag looked rather boring.

I added pinked circles from some of the scraps, although this didn’t use up as much scrap as I would have liked.

They were sewn on with red buttons -we went through the button jar and took all the red ones.

Item three: slippers that are like ballet shoes.  Didn’t want to make all bags.  I haven’t finished these yet.

Item four: another bag. I know I said I didn’t want lots of bags, but there was an end of a leg that was just perfect.  It’s unlined.  What could it be used for? A mini first aid kit for the car, sewing kit, or a pencil case for marker pens.

I won’t pretend the corner of the zip was easy to sew because it was a real dog.  Just took it one stitch at a time.

I pinned and sewed the zip on flat before sewing any seams.

Even before this bag was finished, everyone at home asked for it to be theirs.

Item five: sports briefs.  Remember these were maternity jeans?  I unpicked the belly band and just managed to fit a pair of sports briefs out of it.

If only I played sport.