Sewing a bag made easy: A shoulder bag that is cool, colorful, individual - and easy to sew as well? Sure! Even beginners can master this beautiful bag made from old jeans!
For example, by recycling old jeans and cargo pants and sewing a SewSimple Bag!
Does your pair of jeans already have a few holes? All the better! Simply place a colorful piece of your favorite fabric over them, sew it down with a zigzag stitch, and continue following the pattern. You can also simply sew fabric scraps together into a sufficiently large piece, iron it well, reinforce it with interfacing if necessary, and then continue processing it.
And because you save on the main fabric this way, you can go a bit bolder with the pockets and use some high-quality fabrics (or fabric scraps).
This is how you give the bag a cool look. Cork fabric, leather, or plaid fabrics, for example, go very well with jeans. But tone-on-tone or strong contrasts also make your bag something very special.
By the way: You can find out everything about bag closures in our Sewing Knowledge post: Finding the right bag closure.
For the closure, you can choose between different variants: We have a teardrop-shaped and a rectangular clasp for you. Alternatively, you can also attach a simple Velcro fastener or a button.
The pattern sometimes says "teardrop bag" - that's what we actually wanted to call the SewSimple bag at first because of its shape. But then we christened it what it is: Sew simple! ;o)
You can wear it casually over your shoulder - but it also works wonderfully as a cross-body bag because it fits perfectly against your hip. And we don't want to fail to mention that it holds a lot, too. ;)
The finished bag measures approx. 43*47 cm - depending on the seam allowance used.
Unfortunately, the pattern has vanished into thin air after all these years. :)
Here you can see the felt version of our SewSimple bag - without pockets, but with little birds and flowers instead!
Have fun sewing and
Happy Simple Sewing
yours, Sabine
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