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Bag - recycled trouser legs.
Nine days ago my husband tripped and fell. He had a 7" tear in his trousers and a nasty wound beneath the knee. The wound is healing after much TLC and sterilised dressings, the trousers were irreparable and I cut off the lower legs. Using the bottom seam for the top I made a tote and decorated it with a combination of two of the bamboo designs at right angles and an extra leaf in the corner. The design is 226x182 mm or 8.88"x7.17" and has 23,305 st. It stitched out perfectly if I may say so myself.
Now all it needs is some handles.
Husband told me he won't use it even when wearing the now knee length trousers :)
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graceandham
01 Jul 2014
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Good save, So, your pretty little design came in quite handy. Sorry to hear about the fall. Hope he continues to mend.
My gardening jeans have a nasty tear at each knee, but there's not enough quality left in the fabric to stitch upon!
My gardening jeans have a nasty tear at each knee, but there's not enough quality left in the fabric to stitch upon!
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Thank you. Well, his was fairly new, so it was worth saving both the top part and the off-cuts.
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good idea! hope hubby is doing good.
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Thank you, he is.
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basketkase
01 Jul 2014
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Well, Martine.......tell your hubby he has no class...LOL!! This is truly one classy bag! Tell him he can use this to carry his first aid stuff in!
Glad he is healing up and this is beautiful work!
Glad he is healing up and this is beautiful work!
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Thanks. Actually it's me always carrying first-aid stuff. We met working at the same laboratory and at least twice a week he came with some cut or nick that needed attention. Took me a while to realise he was extra careless for a reason. Nowadays it happens less often; fortunately, he would be a bunch of scars if he still tried to get my attention that way LOL
Beautiful love story! :0 Smart man!
Love your story....he's very clever.
Sweet story!
I love your story too :)
ah what a sweetheart I love hearing how we met stories & this is just as nice! ~hugs~
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Beautiful save. Now - second leg -second bag or just straps for this bag? Glad to hear Hubby is mending.
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I used the second leg for the back of the bag, so it is fairly large, large enough for some serious shopping. You can see both seams, the outside and inside leg seams. I cut each leg through the middle of the front as the backside always looks less worn. So I need some webbing or other sturdy stuff for the handles.
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That is not how we like to get our fabric, but I think it is a great save. Maybe if there is a next time, you can embroider a manly type of design for his bag of bandages.
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Thanks. I'll think about a manly design, nice to have one handy, just in case.
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highlandermom
01 Jul 2014
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Very lovely bag. Hope your husband mends fast and does not contribute to your fabric stash this way again.
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Thank you.
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Hoping he doesn't fall again! I love this design!
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Thank you.
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It just shows that it is good that trousers don't heal like skin!
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Exactly, especially when they are newish.
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Perfect save, design worked well on these. He wanted cut offs so falling was his excuse to have you create some. :)
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Thank you.
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You have created a new wonderful design, Martine. Love it.
Best wishes to your Hubby.
Hugs, Lidia
Best wishes to your Hubby.
Hugs, Lidia
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Thank you. Hubby doing well, just misses his daily 1500 m swim - a few more days and he can do that again.
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Aw, he's GOT to carry it so that he will be coordinated. ;)
It looks wonderful and I'd sure carry it!
It looks wonderful and I'd sure carry it!
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We will have to go shopping together to coordinate :)
Thank you.
Thank you.
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shirley124
01 Jul 2014
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You have done a lovely job creating this design. I love it. So elegant. Pity your hubby won't use the bag. Shirley
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Thank you. It is not a bad thing he won't use it, this one's mine.
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vickiannette
01 Jul 2014
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looks great, and nice and strong. You lovely flowers are beautiful.
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Thank you.
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snowbird42
02 Jul 2014
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T he men are so precious,,,wont carry a bag with flowers.etc. on it but i will give you my address i would be proud to carry it....soozie
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Thank you, soozie.
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Great thinking and I love your designs. Hope hubby's knee is ok now.
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Thank you.
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Your design is very pretty! I like to repurpose things myself and have embroidered scraps from cut off pants too, very good way to do the test stichouts!
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Thank you. I have used the best parts of old jeans for pencil cases, book covers, and so on after they had served him in the garden. So usually only parts of the back of the legs were usuable. These were the largest pieces ever.
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Lovely design and I am glad he has you to take care of him! Nice work on saving the fabric and putting it to good use!
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flowers for all!
Thank you. He's quite good at taking care of me too :)
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Nice saving with a beautiful design! Hope your husband is doing well now. Love, Yoriko
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Thank you. Almost as good as new, and worth keeping :)
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Great way to recycle your husband's trousers. Sorry to hear about his fall-gald to hear that it is healing nicely.
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Thank you.
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So sorry to hear about your DH - hope he is healing well. Love what you have done. Sewing on denim is a joy. Very pretty Martine.
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Thank you. This was a stretchy one but it behaved nicely.
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Thank goodness he didn't break anything. Glad you took such TLC of him and he is healing. As always a beautiful job . The bamboo looks great and you know I love to recycle. Great job Martine/Lillian
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Thanks, Lilian. I do love recycling too, comes with our age I think, make do and mend was the order of the day. Now it has become a sporting challenge not to throw things away but use them. Problem with hubby is his wounds don't heal fast or without infections, especially on his legs, but it is almost clear now.
Hugs, Martine
Hugs, Martine
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So sorry to hear about your DH - hope he is healing well. This is a lovely upcycle. I love to recycle & like you I think it is a challenge & I am a bag lady so this is a perfect design for one too! ~hugs~
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Thank you. I made the design specially for the bag, but I think it would be nice ona cushion cover too, I'll try that next.
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Glad hubby is ok and nice design from his old pants .hugs
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Thank you. Now it is back to my own stash - and there's plenty of it. I think I'd have to work day and night to clear half of it before my 80th birthday... which gives me some time.
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Love the design! Glad hubby is ok.
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Thanks!