Quick and easy jean mutations
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You can close the bag at the top with large snaps or—if you prefer—a salvaged heavy-duty zipper.
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That's it! Now you have a good-looking allpurpose tote bag with pockets (for storing shades, keys, comb, etc.) that's lightweight, dang near indestructible, and—best of all—as inexpensive as "throwaway" fabric.
ANOTHER IDEA
Out of another old pair of bell-bottoms, I made an apron for my guy to wear around the workshop. Although this pair of pants had no built-in pockets, I managed to salvage enough leftover fabric after cutting out the main apron halves to make two side pockets, a middle one with three sections, and a tiny extra pocket for holding tacks, nails, and soon. (As you can see from the accompanying photo, not even the jeans' short zipper was wasted.) Tie-strings came from the pants' waistband fabric, as did a small snap-open loop (below the middle pocket in the picture) to keep my guy's paint rag from wandering off just when he needs it.
So there you have three handy (and attractive) items that can be eked out of two pairs of old jeans. And to think: All they'll cost is a little of your time . . . time that you can easily steal while the soup simmers, the bread rises, and the baby naps.
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