Hello,
My neightbors teen (she is 15) has outgrown her favorite denim jacket and she has asked me to help her create something from it so she can "keep" it. She is thinking maybe a purse or something... But... I am not creative lol not in that way, and I know more than a few of you do crafty sewing stuffs like this. Any suggestions? Patterns? Advise? Please :) And thank you :)
Carissa
A purse would be great! Or a pillow! Either shouldn't be too terribly difficult!
Sounds like a sweet girl! Have fun!
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Maybe you could take the sleeves out and sew the openings up. Then sew across the bottom of the jacket to make a bag. Then sew the front opening up or just leave with whatever fastens it. The neck opening would be used to put things in. With the sleeves you could make a handle to hang it on the back of a door. Could be used as a laundry bag or to hold small things like socks, scarves or gloves.
You could even put a zip across the bottom if used for a laundry bag for easier emptying. If you did not want to make a handle you could put a clothes hanger in to hold it out. Shirley
Large bags are definitely the fashion statement this year! (I just happened to notice this on a newspaper page yesterday - I am not a fashionista >gHello,
You could sew up the openings and fill it with fiberfill to make a pillow.
Julia > Hello,
Thank you everyone for the suggestions :) I have saved them all thus far and will share with her when she gets home from school today (Yay school today :) and see what we can create
Carissa PS more suggestions welcome if you still have great ideas left lol :)
Found these links I'd saved a while ago:
L>Hello,
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