My hands are still a little wonky for top stitching and setting zipper, but I really wanted to get this strata bag done before next month's rock and mineral show.
Main body is worn out jeans, flap and gusset is a ray troll fabric from spoonflower, the lining is marble patterned cotton from the joanns remnant bin.
Recycle Jeans: Transforming Old Denim into New fabric
In this post, you will learn how to recycle jeans.
Denim, the classic fabric that captures the essence of resilience and adaptability, often finds itself relegated to the back of the closet as trends shift and sizes change. However, the journey doesn’t end there. With a bit of creativity and some basic tools, you can recycle jeans and breathe new life into this robust material, repurposing it…
Ugh! One of my fave belts is worn & peeling! ♻️Take a peek at how easy it is to refashion & fix it with something lurking in your stash + check out 3 ways to style it too! Stick around for Troll Time 👺with my assistant Nancy 😉
Dahlia, 18: “My entire look is thrifted/upcycled. I have been heavily inspired by 1920s women’s fashion lately and by Natalie Portman’s character Mathilda in Léon: The Professional.
Heidi, 19: “I'm wearing Mexican cowboy boots, Dior luster denim, If Six Was Nine tank top, and 14th Addiction leather jacket. I am def inspired by 90s and early 2000s Berlin youth fashion, as seen in the film Christiane F, and Hedi Slimane’s photography ‘Berlin’.”
Saw this cool idea for making wrist cuff thingies out of old jeans. I made this one 100% upcycled materials. (Even the thread is upcycled from the jeans I got it from.)