Fleur Farm: 1 pair of jeans...

for the longest time now i've been wanting to make one of those school desk bag things. do you know what i'm talking about? it goes onto the school desk- you put your books etc in it. today was the day that i made it. i started with one and it came out good... not perfect but good enough. i was happy. so i decided to do another one but take pictures along the way. i'm not a pattern person. i wish that i was but it's very difficult for me for whatever reason. so nothing is exact. my apologies. anyway, besides the obvious material of sewing machine/ needle and thread, scissors, and so on, you just need 1 pair of adult jeans.

i had this pair from high school and thought they needed a new life...

first you cut off the legs, probably about an inch away from the middle seam. you only need one leg for this project, so you can save the other one for later

then you cut up the leg along the seam

open up the cut leg and iron smooth

after it's ironed, fold it in half and cut the sides even

cut the back pocket section off from the front section. i cut along the seam. this will be the big pocket section and the two smaller ones for pencils, crayons, etc. you don't need the front part for this either.

cut the back section sides straight

. i used the bottom of the pant for the shorter end, the one that faces inside the desk. plus i didn't have to sew anything because it was already nicely done.

this is where i did my accurate measuring, NOT. i put the two ends where i though was good and pinned one side, but not together so you can sew in the back pocket piece.

i thought that the L hand shape was a good distance from the pocket starting to the ends meeting. (my thumb is on the green pin)

i placed the pocket piece on and pinned it, then i turned the whole thing inside out and sewed them together.

in hind sight i should have put the bottom back pocket piece and the bottom leg piece together first. i was just so excited that i wasn't thinking clearly. live and learn right