New in thee Shop: Upcycled Jeans Woven Lattice Patchwork Bucket Hat

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In its past life: remnants of jeans

Found new life as: An Eco-friendly upcycled denim bucket hat!

This hat is a patchwork made with various upcycled jeans. Can be reversible if you want with a simple light blue solid denim look cotton on the other side. One size will fit most.

You can find it in thee shop here: Upcycled Handmade Bucket Hat

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New in thee Shop: Upcycled Jeans Patchwork Tote Bag

In its past life: remnants of jeans and black cotton for lining.

Found new life as: An upcycled and spacious shoulder bag!

This bag is a patchwork made with various upcycled jeans. There is a big slot/pocket on the backside of the tote. Please note that there is no stable/stiff bottom base, the entire bag is fabric.

Find it in thee shop here: Upcycled Jeans Patchwork Tote Bag

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Refashion Idea | Adding Jean Sleeves to a Sweatshirt for Textural Contrast

thee inspiration:  Womens Patchwork Sleeve Knit Blouse by SooLinen 

I had leftover jean jacket sleeves after making this denim jacket with contrast chunky knit sleeves. The sleeves were perfect to refashion another top. So I found that blouse on Pinterest and I loved the idea.

(this jacket available here in thee shop)

I took a plain black terry sweatshirt style top and exchanged the sleeves for the jean jacket sleeves. It was important to pick a shirt with drop shoulders so that the sleeves would fit no matter what.

With a seam ripper I took off the bottom portion of the sleeves on the sweatshirt and then cut the jean jacket sleeves to that length.

I sewed the jean jacket sleeves onto the black sweatshirt, serged the raw edges inside together, topstitched and that was it. Came out looking pretty similar if I do say so myself.

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