I was filling a bag of clothes I don't wear any more when I came across my old favourite jeans. I love donating to thrift stores but even more than that I love upcycling!
Enter the most fabulous FREE bag pattern recently released by Swoon Sewing Patterns for Pellon. The
Laney Hobo Bag .
All of my favourite patterns come with really clear instructions and lots of photos to help along the way and this one doesn't disappoint.
As well as my old jeans, I cut up a pair of 3/4 cargo pants (instant pockets!) and less than 1/2 a yard of coordinating material. This pattern calls for interfacing which I already had, however from memory I paid around $8 at Spotlight and I didn't use all of it, and I didn't use it on the denim.
Forging ahead!
The side panels of the bag fit perfectly on the legs of the jeans, good thing I am not any shorter! After some rummaging through the fabric stash and some fussy cutting on the side of the cargo pants I had all my pieces ready to go.
Three hours later I was rocking my fantastic new bag. I had everything I needed on hand, however even if I had needed to purchase coordinating fabric and interfacing my bag would have been under the $15 mark and that's a bargain for something so cute AND practical!
Oh and wait for the best part...... did I mention the bag is reversible!
Yep! Two bags in one. I love how this turned out, and it is a great feeling giving new life to old clothes. Happy days!
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