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Deconstruct and re-use a pair of jeans to make this fun purse liner. Join us as we sew and free-motion quilt two versions of a beautiful art tote bag. Although your jeans liner is not the most exciting part of your bag, it determines the size, and so we make it first.
0:00 Intro: VERSION A) Watercolor or colorwash with free-motion quilting and embellishments VERSION B) Easy stencil with free-motion quilting and hand-painting and Raw-Edge Applique options.
0:19 STEP 1. RECYCLED ON THE INSIDE (VIDEO ONE) – Making the jeans liner or bucket & what jeans to use
1:27 Quilted extension will taper down to the liner
2:32 Deconstruct Waist - rip off the belt loops and waistband. Don’t sweat the small stuff. We can add cute patches to holes with brights or jewel tone fabrics. With practice this can be easily done in less than 10 minutes
5:02 Trim off any extra zipper teeth (above the waist seam) and then trap zipper head on by sewing the waistband together if needed.
6:02 Chop the legs off the jeans if you haven’t already 2 inches or so beneath the crotch area. If you go shorter, WATCH OUT FOR YOUR POCKETS
6:46 Cut out and discard inseam
7:20 Turn inside out and then square off zipper area with front seam. Stack pockets and square off lower back area with back seam. Use a large enough seam that you can rip it later if needed.
11:05 Ideally, the waist area is the approximate width of your bag. You will need to check this back and forth with your art cover as you finalize the purse size. We will size the bottom of the denim liner in PART 7
12:21 Pizza boxes to store 2 x 2" prints cut for watercolor or colorwash quilting
12:33 My colorwash stash is several years old
This seven videos in this playlist:
Art Tote Bag OUT, Recycled IN | Sew Denim Jeans Purse Liner | Part 1 of 7 | Adv Project ZSA Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRBufarmbGQ
Art Tote Bag OUT, Recycled IN | Colorwash Watercolor Piecing | Part 2A of 7 | Adv Proj ZSA Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQmPcKK7Dkw
Art Tote Bag OUT, Recycled IN | EMBELLISH Purse Top | Part 3A of 7 | Adv Project ZSA Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXLG0SZaTNU
Art Tote Bag OUT, Recycled IN | EASY STENCIL Purse Top | Part 4B of 7 | Adv Project ZSA Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiMaASKTGR0
Art Tote Bag OUT, Recycled IN | Quilt & Paint Purse Top | Part 5B of 7 | Adv Project ZSA Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GRFnaNnpM
Art Tote Bag OUT, Recycled IN | Make Purse Parts | Part 6(A&B) of 7 | Adv Project ZSA Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAyJDYExPCw
Art Tote Bag OUT, Recycled IN | Assemble Purse | Part 7(A&B) of 7 | Adv Project ZSA Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtajPZ4zM2E
To check out my fiber art techniques playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaGo_8Zz-f0ZlD3jxlDP_TAN-QbMmwHbt
Art Bag OUT Recycled IN Jeans-lined Tote Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaGo_8Zz-f0Zm4f5p9EL-QqhibfjwBta6
To learn more about my favorite tools for the techniques I do, please watch 12 Pro Tips to go from Homemade to Handmade: https://youtu.be/--npARjukAA
My best pro sewing tip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXF5H885eyo
My most popular gift project: https://youtu.be/VEOw8Xu0ncY