What can you make of jeans?

Every person has in his wardrobe a favorite pair of jeans worn by time and various adventures, which you no longer wear, but you can not throw out your hand. Jeans clothes are very comfortable, practical and gorgeous. Still great couturier Yves Saint Laurent very much regretted that he did not invent blue jeans, because: "They are expressive and restrained. In them - the call of sex and simplicity. "But I would like to add that this is also a universal thing: clothes, furniture, accessories - that's what you can make of jeans.

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A short excursion into the history of

In May 1873, Leib Strauss, an emigrant from Bavaria, received a patent for the manufacture of "working overalls".Such clothes were intended for miners and gold diggers. It was made from a dense cannabis canvas, which was also used for sewing tents. Working overalls were strapless, but with pockets for a knife, money and hours.

Leib Strauss or Levi Straus( as Americans called it) has always gone down in fashion history. His fabric will become the most popular for many generations. Bags with cloth were brought from the Italian city of Genoa. Put on them stamp Genes, Americans read like jeans( jeans).

Of course, the fabric looked little like the one we now call jeans, because the characteristic blue color appeared quite by accident. At the factory for the manufacture of jeans, a tent covered with tarpaulins and replaced with a dense blue twill, which was provided by the French city of Nimes, although the dye was also supplied by Genoa. Since that time, blue jeans have come to be called "denim", as De Nimes translates as "brought from Nyima".So the ancestor of your favorite jeans trousers are the sails on the ship of Christopher Columbus himself.

Jeans were sold at a wind speed, because they were made of cotton, and not of leather, which means they can be washed often. Thanks to a variety of pockets and pocket-sized pockets, the jeans product was an ideal work clothes, but the pockets began to pierce the pockets first, so they were soon riveted. As a result, there were "riveted" jeans.

Important! By the middle of the 20th century. Almost all middle-class Americans began wearing jeans clothing, and even women who won their right to trousers. A special contribution to the jeans fashion was made by the hippies, since with their appearance from jeans they began to sew not only pants, but also sarafans, jackets, dresses and even bags. Zenoshennye to holes jeans cut off under shorts and skirts, changed into backpacks and bags. Especially creative people managed to sew from this material, even bed linen, toys, and, oddly enough, evening dresses. Thanks to this, today we can talk about what can be done from jeans, if they have already "outlived" their own.

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What can be done from jeans?

The list of jeans products can be limited only by your imagination. If you have dust in the closet a couple of old jeans, then do not rush to throw them in the trash, as they can easily turn into decoration for old furniture, a rug, accessories. The bored pair can simply be updated with different stripes, embroidery, decor, even painting with paints. Include all your imagination and breathe new life into your old jeans, and we'll suggest that you consider interesting ideas for the alteration.

Important! Such options have already been used by many on their own things, but everyone who took them to solve the issue of what can be made from jeans has always received a unique design.

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Skirts

One of the options for altering old trousers is to turn them into a skirt, which is combined with many shirts, jackets, t-shirts, jackets.

You will need:

• pair of old jeans;
• sewing machine;
• thread;
• centimeter;
• chalk;
• steamer.

The interlacing technology looks like this:

1. Measure the required length of the finished skirt with a centimeter on the jeans.
2. Draw a shallow line and cut it. Do not forget to add a few centimeters to the allowance.
3. Inner seams( front and rear) straighten to zipper.
4. Place one front half on the other and stitch it.
5. Place the back half on top of each other and stitch over the old line.

Important! That your new skirt does not look ordinary, try to decorate it with patches, embroidery or rhinestones. So, you not only perfectly solve the question of what can be done from jeans, but it is likely to add a new beautiful thing to your wardrobe, which you can wear and "go out into the light."

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Bags

One of the most popular versions of what can be made from jeans is a bag. Fashionable reticule will come from narrow women's trousers, and from the men's spacious pants you can create a spacious travel bag, picnic, or a fashionable beach accessory.

Option 1

To make a reticule you will need:

• old jeans;
• threads and needles;
• scissors;
• pins;
• bright tie for the handle;
• sewing machine;
• chalk;
• brooch in vintage style.

Getting Started:

1. First of all, cut trouser legs just below the back pockets so that short shorts are obtained.
2. Remove rough joints.
3. Remove the pants inside out.
4. The back and front parts are sewn together.
5. Bottom edge secure with thin pins.
6. Stitch on the sewing machine.
7. Unscrew the product on the front side of the
8. . To the main part of the bag, you need to make a handle from the male tie: thread the accessory in the side front hinges and fasten it in the area of ​​the fly with a vintage brooch.

Option 2

To make a bag for small things, snacks for a picnic, you will need:

• old jeans;
• needle and thread;
• pins;
• awl;
• sewing machine;
• scissors;
• straps: one 10 cm long with buckle, one - 40 cm long with holes and 2 more 3 cm long.

Getting Started:

1. Cut off the trousers leg about 1/2( 40 cm).
2. Turn the pant leg inside out, the top seam will be the top of the bag.
3. Stitch the opposite edge of the machine.
4. Angle the stitches so that a triangle is formed( with the outboard leg on the front side, the corners will be rounded).
5. At one end of the long lace, make holes with an awl.
6. On one side of the trousers, from the center, sew a long string.
7. Use a small piece of a 3 cm long strap to make a loop.
8. Strap with a buckle sew to the bottom so that you can fasten your belt.

Important! It is not necessary to follow clearly the proposed instructions to cope with the task, which can be made from jeans. You can easily change the size or design of the bag at your discretion.

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Cover for the rug

Covers for rugs that are necessary for practicing yoga are difficult to find, and they cost more than the rugs themselves. Make a comfortable bag for the rug can be hand-made from old jeans.

For work you will need:

• old jeans;
• sewing machine;
• pins;
• scissors.

Get Started:

1. Cut one leg - the basis for the future cover. The length of the leg should be slightly longer than the length of the mat( 15 cm).
2. Turn the pants inside out.
3. Fold the seam prepared with the seam inside.
4. Stitch the edge. This will be the bottom of your cover.
5. Remove the front leg.
6. Fold the second edge, turning the pant leg inside out.
7. Secure the edge with pins, since the fold width depends on the length of the rug, then place it inside and check that it is placed there completely.
8. Stretch the edge in a circle, leaving a hole for the lace.
9. Take any thick lace or make it from the second leg, cutting the strip along with the seam.
10. Use a safety pin to insert the lace into the top of the leg from the wrong side.
11. Remove the front leg.
12. Pull the ends of the lace through the hole in the top of the leg.
13. The handle for a cover can be made from a strip, about 10 cm wide, cut from the second leg: fold it several times and sew it along the entire length.
14. Sew one edge of the handle to the top cover, and the second - to the bottom of the case.

Important! In the same way, you can make a cover from jeans not only for this rug, but for other necessary items of everyday use.

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Short denim shorts

The most ideal clothes for hot summer days are short summer shorts. And it's not necessary to run after them to the store, they are easy to make by yourself. This is exactly what most people do when they ask themselves what can be done from jeans.

You will need:

• pair of old jeans;
• scissors;
• chalk.

Work in this order:

1. Measure out the necessary length on the old jeans.
2. Draw another 1 line to be bent. If you want to leave the edge of the shorts torn, you do not need to do this.
3. Fold the old jeans in half, align the belt line and align the seams.
4. Cut first 1 pant leg and then the other.

Design shorts

You can give shorts a hooligan look by fraying the edges or making a fringe using tweezers, since if you do this with your hands, it will take a very long time.

When the shorts are ready, think about the decor:

1. You can paint them or whiten them.
2. The ombre effect is fashionable( several colors are applied one by one in turn, and the borders are mixed).
3. You can use a stencil to make a separate drawing: mark the contour with shorts and paint with acrylic paints.
4. Decor denim shorts can be made with the help of other fabrics, for a romantic style, use an ornament, cut out of knitted napkins.
5. Fringed, hemmed in pockets of pockets, gives shorts a cowboy look.

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Jewelry

Today all kinds of costume jewelry made of non-standard materials are very popular. Therefore, show your imagination, trying on what to make of jeans. Pieces of denim fabrics can be useful for creating rims for hair, hairpins, making necklaces, bracelets, brooches. A little effort, imagination and skill - and you will create exclusive jewelry that will attract attention to you not only girlfriends, but also representatives of the opposite sex.

Necklace

For a denim necklace you will need:

• old jeans;
• needle and thread;
• tape;
• of lace;
• scissors;
• adhesive.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Cut 40 jeans circles 2 cm in diameter.
2. Prepare 20 lace circles with a diameter of 2 cm.
3. Cut out the denim base for the necklace.
4. Sew to the base of the tape from both ends.
5. Apply a lace on the jeans circle, and glue in the center.
6. Squeeze the circle in the center so that a peculiar flower turns out. Doing the same procedure with the rest of the circles, you get half of pure jeans circles, and half - combined.
7. Glue the flowers to the base with glue so that the lace with jeans alternate

Decor for accessories

You can make original flowers from the jeans cuttings, which will be decorations for bags, shoes, clothes. Make them very simple:

1. Cut out 4 petals in the form of a figure eight, 1 in the shape of a leaf, and 1 - a round one.
2. Collect the petals in half to make the eight and sew on the back.
3. Cut the leaves and circles with scissors from the edges to make a fringe.
4. Assemble all the parts of the flower together.
5. Gently sew.

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Other interesting ideas

Even the above and the following options are far from a complete list of what can be made from jeans. Here are a few more ideas that you will definitely like and will be the basis for your creativity:

1. Original slippers for home. Thanks to the denim they will be very comfortable and strong enough.
2. Apron. It's easy to make from the back of old jeans, convenient to use in the kitchen or in the workshop, thanks to the pockets.
3. Rug. It is sewn from denim stripes. Details can be alternated, fantasizing with coloring in any order. For finishing, another thick fabric is suitable. Quilt or bedding for a picnic. To make such a product, you must carefully measure all the measurements and cut out a large number of square patterns, which will then be sewn together. To process the edges of the blanket can be strips of cotton material. The blanket does not have to be sewn from the same size squares.
4. Stand for hot pots and cups. To make a stand you will need long, thick strips with seams that stitch together into one long one and fold into a roll.
5. Toys for children, pets. For example, you can make a whale or a bear. It all depends on your imagination. For a dog, you can roll a rectangle cut from a jeans into a roll and tie it in a knot.
6. Pillow case. It will give the interior a cosiness and add some zest. The decor of the pillow also depends only on your imagination.
7. Organizers. Take as a basis dense boxes and sew their jeans pockets, which will be useful for storing various tools and stationery. Pockets can be sewed in various ways: horizontally, vertically, chaotically. This way you will get outdoor organizers. You can also make and a wall organizer, fixing the same pockets on the canvas.
8. Furniture. You can start with a simple puff, and finish with a whole sofa. The main thing is the inspiration and the furniture stapler.
9. Hammock for summer residence. A little diligence - and old jeans will turn into a great hammock.
10. Jeans gifts. From old jeans you can make gifts to relatives and friends. It can be photo frames, covers for champagne or wine, covers for albums and books.
11. Bag-holster for tools.
12. Interior items: lampshade, chest, tablecloth, cloaks for chairs, benches.

Give your old jeans a second life, making of them useful, beautiful own hand-made crafts.