Ol turns new!

I love recycling things... And if that makes old stuff look like something new and different it should be good not just for the environment but also for the wardrobe! ;)

Last week my ol' pair of jeans were reincarnated into..... a trendy handbag!

For a video tutorial check here.

Cut the pair of jeans and stitch as shown in the video. I then used a belt from an old shirt and tied it to a loop to look like a bow. Using fabric paints I then painted a red and yellow flower on one of the pockets. In my sewing kit I had a few colourful cloth flowers which I hand-stitched on the rim of another pocket.
If you like you could use velcro, a zip or buttons to close your bag.

pingu key chain

A non-working day plus public transport strike results in this cute Pingu keychain.

All you will need is black felt cutout as body, yellow or orange felt for the beak and feet, white for the tummy and loop. These will look like this...

I had saved an old keychain ring for this project. Get two little beads to look like eyes.

Once I had cut the felt, I stitched the white piece of felt for the loop on the back side top end of the body. The eyes, beak, feet and stomach were stuck using craft glue. 

This took approximately 20 minutes to complete.