husband's jeans turned girly (this one's for you Aubrey)

My husband has a giant stack of hole riddled grubby jeans

that have tormented me for I don't know how long. So on

Friday I rolled up my sleeves and made a bag (surprise surprise).

DH teases that this bag brings the total to 1 million.

I think he's exaggerating.

and since I had nothing better to do I took tons of pictures

so I could produce a tutorial. If you have questions because

of my spastic directions just email me.

So you'll need the following:

a pair of ratty jeans or some cute Amy Butler fabric

(or whatever you want. This is your bag)

canvas (I used some old canvas curtains)

Coordinating fabric for the lining

1 biggish button

interfacing

Okay now do this:

Cut 2 of these

I pieced the straps because I couldn't get a long enough

piece. Just stitch along the short end and press the seam

open.

Make ruffles by using a loose basting stitch down the

center of each strip and gather by pulling a single thread.

Stitch ruffles and pocket.

Do the same with the lining. Now we're going to square

the corners. Pinch your corners like so:

now pin ém.

Stitch across the line.

Now Stitch!

Fold the loopy thing to make a sort of triangle in the

center. Stitch in place. Also, sew your button onto the

outside of your bag.

Stuff your lining into your bag, baste your straps and

loopy thing in their proper areas. Make sure your straps

are even and your closure will hold the button right.

Now for the exciting part. Stitch around the top of your

cute bag....aaaand your done!

I hung mine on my pantry door so that I could see it.....a lot.

I really like this one.