Diy denim vest from jeans

I have a few pairs of jeans some are as good as new and get sold on Getthrifty, others however are suitable for the bin - but I dont want to send clothes to landfill. You need to see 'Clothes' as 'Material', unpick the original sewing and you have a blank canvas to work from, right? I recently bought a denim waistcoat from Topshop - and I didnt like the price! not one bit! but I really wanted my daughter to have one too. So this will be my first project. Where to start... Remove the legs…

Here we have a DIY project of a very cute jeans waistcoat that can be worn over a silk dress to make it look more casual or over any other shirt or tee shirt that you want to use for your everyday outfit. You will need: – an old pair of jeans; – scissors, thread […]

One of my very first sewing projects with a pattern was a denim jacket… I know very ambitious of my 13 year old self. I remember having to ask the teacher to help me with just about every step. After it was done I was unimpressed by the end result. To me it looked handmade (in a bad way), bulky, and wasn’t what I was going for with all that work. From that point on I decided I didn’t want to try another denim project (jeans, jacket, etc). And I pretty much stayed true to that until now… I…

Jean jacket and vest