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Here are directions for making the Jean
Book Bag that I made for Sam! The book
bag is more detailed than the Jean Purse --I
will try to get Jean Purse directions up soon.
If any of this doesn't make sense, please
drop me an email and I'll try to explain better.
DISCLAIMER: <grin> This is just the 'Dana' way...I'm
sure there are several different ways to accomplish the
same end result!! Use your own common sense and
creativity -- and share your ideas with me please! :-)
1. cut legs off leaving 4
inches of the leg
2. use seam ripper to open crotch seams, front and back. Press
open.
3. starting where the crotch begins to curve, front and back, use
seam ripper to open up the seams
4. cut off excess, following
a straight line
5. they looked a little too 'triangle-y' to me, so trimmed the sides a little to make the bag 'boxier'.
Sewed this seam and sewed the crotch/leg seams down, front and back, stitched over the original
stitching lines.
6. laid the finished bag on the lining fabric and cut around it
allowing about a half inch for seam allowance all around.
7. fashioned a pocket, folded down the
top and stitched. Ironed in a quarter
inch on the sides and then stitched the
pocket onto one piece of the lining.
7. used the leg to cut straight strip/s for the handle/s. Sam
wanted his bad to fit over the shoulder like a satchel. I lined his
handle with camo.
8. stitched the lining front to back, right sides together and then slipped the lining into the bag.
folded in the top seam allowance and pinned all around. Unsnap the snap, sew lining into bag
beginning at back of snap. Pin handle in place between bag and lining.
