Oh no, he didn't!
Um, yes. Yes, I did!
So I had a pair of old khaki pants from high school. They were huge since my parents had expected to me grow and fill out way more than I did, and one of the legs was frayed at the bottom.
And as I looked at them, all folded (which is actually somewhat rare for my clothes because I roll all of my clothes except for those that are on hangers) and nice, I came up with an idea: a tote bag,
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| Rear view! |
So I planned it out for a while and got more and more excited when I thought of all of the things that I wanted to do with the tote bag.
I kept the integrity of the pants -- I especially wanted to keep the functionality of the pockets. So I made a pattern and measured everything out. And then I made the shell and created a lining as well. This was a little tricky since I also wanted to be able to use the fly as a nifty feature. So I had to make sure that the lining fit properly. And so I hand-stitched that onto the shell and then hand-stitched the straps onto the bag as well. I wanted extra support for the soft handle portion of the straps, so I sewed strips of a belt into the middle.
And voilà -- a new accessory that doubles as massive carrying space and a great conversation-starter!
Snap and crackle.
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| See? You can even unzip it to open up the mouth of the tote bag further! What is that awesome insanity? |
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