Ever wondered what to do with those jeans with a torn knee, besides patching them? I have seen a couple of ideas lately. Here are a couple I pinned:
http://pinterest.com/pin/398146423277739880/
http://pinterest.com/pin/398146423278610356/
http://pinterest.com/pin/398146423278610385/
http://pinterest.com/pin/398146423278610389/
My son has one favorite pair, and in the middle of summer he wanted to wear them. One, it was way to hot, and two they had large holes in the knees. We decide to cut them just above the knee, put some stitching around the bottom and voilà….a pair of shorts were created :-).
We then decided to recycle the cut off pieces, not a large amount so we created a pencil-case for school. I cleaned up the edges, cut two pieces of like size, pulled a zipper and some fabric for lining and the appliqué. I had purchased some time ago now the “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus” fabric line which my son is enjoying reading at the moment. This is the end result.
He loved it!! Linking up with Amanda Jean over @ Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday.
Thanks to all who wished me Happy Blogoversary and entered in last week’s giveaway. I was overwhelmed with all the wonderful nice comments, and apologize for not responding to each and every one of you.
Now……the winner is:
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So cute………
thank you 🙂
Adorable !
Thank you 🙂
what a great idea. This is so cute
Thank you – it was a nice quick project 🙂
Great idea and I love the pigeon fabric 🙂
What an awesome idea!! I love that fabric only cuz we love the books here but I had no idea what I’d ever do with it. Great idea and it turned out super cute!
Cute little pencil case 😀 I didn’t know that fabric was based on a book — I always wondered what it was all about 😀
That is such a great idea! I have some leftover denim from when my daughter made cutoffs this summer that I held onto for a possible future project.
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This is sew cute! I have a bunch of denim scraps I’ve been trying to come up with a use for and this is perfect!
Very nice! I’m quite familiar with Elephant and Piggy, but didnt realize Pidgeon had has own series of books too. Will have to check them out.
And see I only now the pigeons so now I have to look up the Elephant and the piggy 🙂
Great ideas for jeans…..definitely have some denim scraps around here. LOVE your pencil case!!