Sunday 19 January 2014

Fings Ain't Wot They Used to Be

They used to be some old pairs of jeans and a coffee sack. Now they are a set of handy organiser pockets and a couple of baskets.
The organiser pockets were made following this tutorial, except that I got David to stretch the hessian over a canvas frame rather than a chunk of wood as in the tutorial.
The denim baskets were made in a similar manner to this one. The one on the right is lined with a piece from a vintage pillowcase, the one on the left I cheated a bit because that pair of jeans already had the ditsy print turn-up so I  just used that and didn't line it.
I must say thank you to Anna at StitchBitch as well, as she posted a round up of upcycled denim projects yesterday which was where I found the two tutorials I used.
Oh and pop over to The Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe where Nancy is having another of her wonderful giveaways. Knock three times and tell them Christine sent you...

13 comments:

  1. Anna van Schurman19 January 2014 at 11:15

    You already did all that? My god, it took me like three days to write the post. Love it!

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  2. Sally20 January 2014 at 00:31

    Love the organiser pockets! You are so so creative.

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  3. Julie20 January 2014 at 01:15

    Fantastic Christine, love the little baskets.

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  4. Stitchabilities20 January 2014 at 03:57

    These are fab!!

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  5. Kate20 January 2014 at 04:52

    Great ideas Christine - love the baskets. Unfortunately we've only had skinny jeans being discarded of late - the boys, not me.

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  6. Kerryp7720 January 2014 at 08:06

    Great makes there Christine. Got to love a bit of up cycling!

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  7. Barb20 January 2014 at 10:13

    Christine I love popping over to see you there is always something a little bit different to see. Well done to the designer and well done to you for a fabulous job on making it all.

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  8. SheilasEmbroidery20 January 2014 at 10:50

    I love your little baskets. what a great piece of recycling.

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  9. Annie21 January 2014 at 05:53

    So clever! I just popped over from Stitch Bitch to see what you made.

    You have a fun blog and I'm about to become a follower!

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  10. Carol22 January 2014 at 07:22

    I so love the way you repurpose things, Christine! I certainly have a lot of old denim that I could be putting to good use--thanks for the ideas :)

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  11. Jo who can't think of a clever nickname22 January 2014 at 11:40

    Blimey that were right quick!

    Love the finish, it's a great idea.

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  12. Coral23 January 2014 at 06:52

    Well done! I'm also here from Stitch Bitch.

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  13. Kaisievic23 January 2014 at 12:29

    These are so clever - thanks for the great idea.

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