Repurpose Old Denim Skirt

Happy Sewing,

XOXO

Repurpose old jeans pants

Few days ago, I decluttered my closet and found this old jeans pants that I used to wear 16 years ago sitting in my closet. And of course, it's not a surprise anymore that this pants still fits on me because I have never gained any weight except after giving birth to my three children.

Since it's still wearable, it'd be such a waste if I throw it away and I also wanted to wear it again but not with that cut. So, my options were cutting it short or making it slim. However, I was not confidence enough to turn a boot cut leg pants into a skinny jeans so I went with  my other option, which was turning it into a pair of shorts . That would be so much easier and I kinda have a shortage of short pants as well. I can save cash to buy something else and the shorts would fit perfectly on me. For this shorts, I made it into rolled style.

And I didn't stop there. I still had the leftover and have seen so many tutorials on how to make bag out of old jeans. And once again, I couldn't help myself for not trying that too. 

It's a reversible jeans bag, by the way.

And now I want to make more.

Happy sewing!!

Drawstring bag

Just something that I made to prevent myself from getting sleepy.

Mini messenger bag

Well, finally this is what I call the not-too-ambitious kind of project. A mini messenger bag. Actually it can be finished in less than a week but it took me almost 3 weeks to finish it.

I made this bag by myself without any pattern and to be honest, I didn't have any clue what exactly I did either. I just crochet and crochet ... and voila, it's done. It's not bad either except for the lining. My sewing wasso messy. LOL. Thanks for the bad pictures, you can't see clearly how bad my sewing  is.

At first, I wanted this bag to be big but then I remembered that I've promised myself not to make any ambitious craft projects for the moment otherwise they will end up in a basket with other UFOs (UnFinished Object)
As it's a small bag, I can't use it myself. It's too small for all my stuffs. They won't fit in it. So once again, I gave it to my daughter and she really likes it. Thank you kiddo, you're my number 1 fan.  

So, here it is ...

{Tutorial} My Melody Felt Bag

It's been a long time since my last tutorial. I guess it's the time for me to share another tutorial with you. Today's tutorial is My Melody Bag. For those who happen have ever been stumbled upon my blog perhaps know I have ever made a My Melody bag. It was made out of felt and as usual I always use another piece of felt as lining to make the bag stronger. This bag is almost as big as the Hello Kitty bag I made.

Are you ready? Let's get started!

Meet My Melody!

Hi, friends ... I'm back! It's been a busy month for me. For the past 2 weeks, we all were having Lebaran holiday here and I had my in-laws coming to town to spend the holiday with us. It was fun though it made me kind of busy and left me no spare time to do some crafty things as much as I'd like to be. However, before the holiday is really over, I finally managed to spare time to make a felt bag. It was an order from my daughter's best friend about a month ago. She asked me whether or not I could make a My Melody bag for her. Even though I've never made any My Melody bag, I said yes because somehow I always feel challenged to make something new. So, here it is ...

Meet My Melody!

Birthday Party Favor

For the past 2 weeks, I've been so busy between my work and sewing projects preparing birthday party favor for my youngest daughter (or perhaps I should just call it birthday favor since there is no party, just handing out gift bags to her friends at school).

For her birthday now, I didn't give any candies or cookies since it's fasting month and I also wanted to give something they can play with and a bit more durable too.

So, after a quick search on Pinterest,  here's what I came up with. 

Favor bag filler

Small Gifts

Few days ago, my friends and I had a small reunion. The last time we met was when my friend got married about 5 years ago. It's been quite long, hasn't it? Especially for us who still live in the same island. Actually it only takes about 30 minutes driving for us to meet but in traffic conditions today, it could take longer. But it's mostly because since we're being a mom, we no longer have a lot free time and some of us also work at home so we do have trouble to match our schedule.

I was so excited and looked forward to meeting them. So, I prepared small handmade gifts for them and their children. And here they are ...

Gifts for Ben ..

Mama monster

{Tutorial} Felt Hello Kitty Face Bag

Are you interested in making a felt Hello Kitty face bag? If you are, I'll show you the how-to. I hope you all understand the instruction that I give. Okay, let's get started!

Updated : Matryoshka Felt Bag

Since my daughter was a bit not satisfied with the matryoshka's face on her bag, I made a quick fix so it would look like the matryoshka pillow I made.

Do you remember this?

the old one ...

With a little embellishment, now it looks like this.

the new one.

And my daughter loves the new one. Which one you think is better?


Happy crafting!!!

Felt Hello Kitty Face Bag

My daughter loves everything about Hello Kitty but I rarely buy her hello Kitty stuff. So, I had a plan to make her a Hello Kitty face bag. I made it from felt and hand sewed it. To me, sewing felt bag is quite tiring since I always use double felt on each side to make it thicker and stronger to carry lots of things. However I do still enjoy sewing it. The size of this bag is about 40 cm wide and 35 cm tall.

Felt Matryoshka Bag

I finally had time to make this matryoshka bag because the pattern for this bag had been laying around on my desk for months. The good thing about having a  daughter is you can make anything cute for her to wear. So this one, once again, goes to my daughter. She's so happy with it. They both are happy.

Though it's a bit small at the top of the bag but it's not too bad, isn't it?

My daughter and her matryoshka bag.

Happy crafting!

Another Cupcake felt bag

After begging and begging, finally she got this.

Pinky bag for my queen.

Cupcake felt bag

Black bag for my tween.