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UPCYCLED JEANS ANDCROCHET BAG
LUZ PATTERNS - CROC HET PATTERNS
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Please make sure you read all the instructions first.
All my patterns are written in standard American terms.
Size:
The bag measures 17.5 inches wide by 14.5 inches tall, the handle has a 23
inches drop, the mandala is 11 inches in circumference.
Materials and notions:
I used DK Special by Stylecraft in 7 different colours, I used between 30
and 50g per colour.
Hook size E (3.75 mm)
Tapestry needle
A pair of old jeans,
1 yard of cotton fabric for the lining,
2 pieces of fusible w oven interfacing 17 inches square
2, 2 inches circumf erence handbag rings
1 magnetic clasp
UPCYCLED JEANS AND CROC HET BAGS
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Sewing machine, matching sewing thread and needle.
Abbreviations:
ch = chain
sc = single crochethdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
hdc puff = half double crochet puff
fpdc = front post double crochet
bpdc = back post double crochet
tr = treble
Gauge:
6 sts and 6 rows = 1 inches
Mandala:
Pattern note, you could either fasten off every time you change colour or
simply carry the colour if it is used later in the mandala.
With purple ch4 and join
Round 1: ch1 and make 8sc in the ring
Round 2: ch2 (counts as first st) and make 1dc on the same st, make 2dc
on each st all around, join with a sl st to the first st.
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With green
Round 3: ch3 and make a 2hdc puff st in the same st, *ch2 skip 1st and
make a 3 hdc puff st in the next st, repeat from * till end of the round. Join
with sl st.
With baby blue
Round 4: ch3 and make 2dc in the same st, *ch1 and make 1pfdc on the
next st but two rounds down, on the purple round, ch1 and make 3dc in the
next st, repeat from * till end of round, join with a sl st.
Dark orange
Round 5: Join with orange and pull the loop larger (see picture below),
make 5 hdc puff st, *ch3 skip 2sts and make a 5hdc puff st in the next st.
Repeat from * and join with a sl st.
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Denim blue
Round 6: ch3 and make 6dc in the same st, *skip until the top of the next
puff, make 1fpdc on it, skip until next puff *7dc in next, repeat from * till
end, join with a sl st.
Purple
Round 7: *ch4 make 5tr in the same st, skip 4st and make a sl st in the
next st, repeat from * till end, join with a sl st.
Light blue
Round 8: *make 5hdc puff st, skip the first tr from previous round and
make 1bpdc on the next 5 sts, repeat from * till end of round (see the next
two pictures)
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Dark orange
Round 9: *make 5dc on top of the
puff st from previous round, skip 2
sts and the next st make (1sc, ch3,
1sc) in the next st, skip 2 sts, repeat
from * till the end, join with a sl st.
Light orange
Round 10: Ch1 and make *1sc on
each of the next 2sts, 3dc on next st,
1sc on each of the next 2sts, on the
ch3 space from the previous round
make (1sc, ch5, 1sc), repeat from *till end of round, join with a sl st.
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With green join on top of the ch5
space
Round 11: make 9tr, *skip until the
next ch5 space and make another
9tr, repeat from * till end, join witha sl st.
With baby blue again.
Round 12: Join on the middle of the 3dc on the orange round, and pulling
the yarn to the high of you work, *make a 5hdc puff st skip 4st and make
9tr on the next st. repeat from * till end, join with a sl st. Fasten off
Sewing the bag:
I used an old pair of jeans, I like this
one because it has a really light
wash out kind of look about it, I also
saved the embroidery for another
project! :)
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Pattern note: The template for the bag already includes 1.5 cm (1/2 inch)
seam allowance.
To create the ‘fabric’ from the jeans, I cut the legs off and opened the outer
seam. My pair of jeans had a flair, so I unpicked the seems and sew them
flat.
I lie down the template on top of the wrong side of the fusible interface (the
none shiny side) and cut two pieces, then I positioned them on the wrong
side of my jeans fabric and iron them into place, when you iron the inter-
face be sure not to drag the iron but to place it in the middle and work to- wards the edges, lifting the iron as you go.
Cut two pieces for the lining, do this on the wrong side of the fabric as well.
To make the inside pockets, fold the fabric in two (right side facing each
other) and cut a rectangle of 10 inches by 5 inches,
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For the strap from the jeans cut about 23 inches by 4.5 inches and 23
inches by 1.5 inches of interfacing as well.
Place the interface right at the edge of the strap and iron it, fold it over on
itself and iron again, finished the raw edges with a zigzag st, fold it once
again, finish it with a top stitch on both sides of the strap, insert the ringsfold over the ring and sew the strap into place, do that with both ends of
the strap.
To make the pocket, sew three sides of the rectangle and turn it inside out,
place the rectangle in one of the lining pieces close to the opening and sew
both sides and bottom, sew right in the middle as well to make two pockets.
Sew the darts together in each of the lining pieces and with right sides
touching sew the sides of the bag leaving a large opening at the bottom, (be-tween the darts) open.
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Place your finished Mandala onto one of the jeans pieces, and sew it into
place by hand. I unpicked one of the pockets and sew it to the other side.
Sew the darts on each of the sides of the bag and placing both right sides to-
gether sew the bag all round.
Place the magnetic clasp onto two jean pieces and sew them to the lining,
making sure you place them right in the middle. Place the lining inside the
bag with right sides touching (as shown in the picture) and sew all around
the opening of the bag. Turn the bag inside out and sew close the bottom of
the lining.
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The crochet ‘cover’:
I made a crochet cover to covered the denim strap, I made it first and then
pull the strap through, also I used all the colours for the mandala in not par-
ticular order, I was quite random with it.
Ch20 and join.
Round 1: ch3 and make 1dc on each st, join with a sl st.
Change colour
Round 2: ch3 and make 1bphdc on each st all around, join with a sl st.
Repeat round 2, changing colour until you have a cover long enough for the
strap, place the strap inside, you might want to give the cover a few
stitches to secure it to the jeans fabric.
To attach the strap to the bag, we are going
to make 15hdc around the ring, make sure you pull the yarn tight after each st, ch1 and
turn.
Rows 1 and 2: make 1sc on each st, ch1 and
turn.
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Continue repeating these rows but using the following colours, green, light
orange, dark orange, purple, blue, green, light orange and finished the last
2 rows with the blue colour, make 1sc row going around the whole piece,
leaving the first two rows as they are. Fasten off
Note about printing the template, please note the template is only half ofthe bag, so you can print the files (top and bottom) twice and tape it or
place it on the fold of the fabric. Make sure you printer is set to 100% and
the ‘Auto Rotate’ setting is turned off.
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