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Tutorial: 3 ways to update your jeans

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Tutorial: 3 ways to update your jeans

Tutorial: 3 ways to update your jeans

Jeans are the most expensive part of back-to-school clothes shopping.  Rachel from Holy Craft tells three ways you can update a pair of jeans to give the look that you want, so maybe you won’t have to spend as much money on the jeans.  You can skinnify a wider cut leg, you can shorten them (while keeping the original hem seam), and you can dye them to get a darker wash.  She gives links to tutorials she has written showing how to do each of these jeans tricks.

Click below for her tutorial:

Three different ways to create the perfect pair of jeans,  by Holy Craft

[photo from Holy Craft]

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Easy Cosmetics Bag Sewing Pattern

The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.

Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.