aashley333

I happened upon this video and decided to make the Boston Bag. I had to order fusible batting, which I love. It took a long time because of all the seam ripping. I have lots of jeans, some with price tags still, that have become too big!!! One black pair has bling on the pockets! I've started a new one w/o seam ripping. We'll see if it works. The measurements were metric, which, I think, added to the precision. My cutting mat is only Standard. And most rulers! Now I am in need of a metric square ruler!
Also making grocery totes from these "scrap pants"! Other ideas appreciated.

EmiliasNana

Absolutely love this project and your result. Kudos to you for upscale recycling.

Dkm

Really cute. Was this a hard pattern to make or follow.

RedGarnet222

How very fun! Love the result.

cashs_mom

Very cute!

toogie

I'll have to check out the video. Love all the pockets!

dunster

Wow, that's a really professional job. And I love the red jeans.

aashley333

The instructions were great. I watched it lots of times. Watch a step, do it, then watch next step. The one time I thought I could skip watching, the zipper part, I stitched it right side down! The inside pic did not load, it is lined, bound, and has 4 pockets.

KLO

What a fantastic bag! I will need to watch the video because I have a number of jeans that need recycling. Wish I had a red pair because yours looks really good! Thanks for posting.

aashley333

Thanks, all! I am working on a second one from a taupe pair of jeans. What helped and saved time was NOT seam ripping as I followed directions exactly on the red bag. I decided to try cutting first 4 pieces apart instead. Worked fine-you only need squares to be 19 cm. I had to cut off metal rivets, but I was worried about sewing with them anyway. Then I stablized the front pockets by stitching around edges. Our darn power went off and the returned later--about 4 times! I decided to finish later. (today)
There are lots of steps, but they are easy.