Sewing pattern: Upcycled jeans weekender bag

Sewing tutorial: Upcycled jeans weekender bag

This DIY bag from jeans is the perfect weekender bag that’s easy to make and only requires some basic sewing skills to create. Patti from Hearth & Vine has a tutorial showing how to make it. The upcycled denim bag has boxed corners and a zipper closure across the top. She added a purchased strap, but her tutorial also tells how you can sew a basic strap yourself. You can make one in an afternoon and have a cute new bag for yourself to carry the next day!

Click below for her tutorial:

DIY Bag from Jeans – A Fun Way to Recycle and Repurpose Old Stuff, by Hearth & Vine

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