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Web Bonus to:
"Buttonhole Fasten-ation"
CME
January/February 2007
Recycled Jeans Gift Bag
Recycle an old pair of jeans into cute gift bags,
appropriate for almost any occasion.
We featured a pillow project and other ideas for
showcasing embroidery-embellished buttonholes in "Buttonhole
Fasten-ation" in our January/February '07 issue (click here
for back issue ordering information). Just for our online readers,
here's one more!
Supplies
- Jeans, adult size
- 1 yard of 1”-wide grosgrain ribbon
- Adhesive tear-away and tear-away stabilizers
- Removable marker
- Buttonhole embroidery design of your choice
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Construction
- Cut off one jeans leg 14” above the hem. Keep the remaining
portion of the jeans for another project, or make a second bag
from the other leg.
- Turn the leg section wrong side out and examine the seams. Most
jeans have a thick felled outseam and a serged inseam. Plan the
embroidery placements to avoid the thick felled seam.
- If the leg is wide enough, it can be embroidered without opening
a seam by working with the leg wrong side out and adhering it
to the stabilizer. If the embroidery will cross the serged inseam,
remove the overcasting stitches and press the seam open to reduce
bulk. If the leg is too narrow, remove the inseam stitches from
the cut edge to the hem (leaving the hem intact) and plan the
embroidery to skip over the open seam.
- Using a removable marker, draw a line 2” from the hem.
This marks the upper edge of the embroidery (the hem will form
the upper edge of the bag). Mark locations for an even number
of embellished buttonholes around the pant leg.
 Hoop
the adhesive stabilizer, score the perimeter with a pin and peel
back the paper to reveal the adhesive. Adhere the jeans leg so
the first embroidery location is centered. Slide a sheet of tear-away
stabilizer under the hoop and embroider (A). Repeat for the remaining
buttonholes.- Remove the excess stabilizer and press. Carefully slit the buttonholes.
Re-stitch the inseam if it was opened for embroidery.
- With right sides together, sew the cut edge of the leg with
a 1/2” seam.
- Fold one bag side to meet the bottom seam and stitch perpendicular
to the seam 1 1/2” from the corner to box the bag bottom.
Repeat for the second side. Note: The jeans seams may
not lie along the bag side folds.
- Thread the ribbon through the buttonholes. Cut the ribbon ends
at an angle and tie into a bow.
Design Credits
Buttonhole: Singer, Card 5017, design 9
Flower: Embroidables, Hip Chick 3 designs by Renaé Lindgren,
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