Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Repurposing old clothes

Emily had this skirt that was clearly too small for her but she just loved it, it also had a matching tie.  So we decided to make it into a purse. 
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It had shorts underneath it, so she would sew the shorts closed and add the tie for a handle. 
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She did most of it by herself. 
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Then we traded places (she took the camera and I took the sewing machine).  She only needed help with the backstitching.
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Here it is finished. 
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She just loves it and it is a pretty decent size bag. 
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We love repurposing old things, and Emily loves sewing.

1 comment:

Heather said...

Very clever. I love this idea. I will have to try this one next time I see a skirt like that on the 50 cent rack at the consignment store. Thanks for the great idea. It looks adorable on her!

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