Des que vaig començar a cosir, l'any 2012, havia provat més d'un cop de reciclar alguna peça, haig de reconèixer que amb poc èxit . Aquest any finalment he reeixit en reciclar peces texanes, una faldilla i dos pantalons.
Ever since I started sewing in 2012, I had tried some upcycling projects, without much success. This year I have finally managed to recycle denim garments: a skirt ant two jeans.
Aquí veieu la faldilla, feia temps que la tenia i no me la posava gairebé mai, la trobava molt encarcarada i poc afavoridora.
Here is the skirt, it was too stiff and I hadn't worn it for a while, it was not flattering on me.
Vaig fer-ne el més obvi: una bossa de nanses. Per no veure la bragueta de la faldilla al bell mig de la bossa, la vaig retallar, i vaig girar la bossa. O sigui que aquí veieu una butxaca de davant (a la dreta) i una butxaca de darrera (a l'esquerra).
I sewed the most obvious: a zippered tote bag. I cut the fly off and turned the skirt, so here you see the side seam in the centre, the front pocket on the right and the back pocket on the left.
Perquè una bossa sigui pràctica ha de tenir folre, cremallera i butxaques interiors, la cremallera la vaig comprar però les butxaques són fetes amb parts de la mateixa faldilla. El folre corria per casa.
A practical bag must be zippered, lined and with inner pockets. I did buy the zipper, but the inner pockets are recycled from the skirt, the lining was a remnant I had at home.
Quan vaig arribar a les nanses ja no em quedava roba, les he tret dels camals d'uns texans infantils, són la cara del revés. Van cosides com un biaix i amb dues fileres de repunts, per no haver-les de girar.
There was no fabric left for the straps, I used the legs from a pair of children's jeans. they are sewn as a bias tape, and topstitched along the two edges. No turning tubes! And the side you can see is the wrong side of the jeans.
Ara a esperar que faci més caloreta, no m'imagino dur aquesta bossa amb un abric...
Now I must wait for the warm weather to arrive, this is not a bag I would wear with a coat...
Per darrera van acabats amb punt de cotó orgànic.
The second project is a set of baby bibs from jeans' remnants. Every bib has different decoration. They are closed with snaps. Really tiny bibs, for babies.
They are lined in organic cotton knit.
En aquest pitet vaig fer repunt tot al voltant, la roba es va ondular una mica per culpa de la cara de punt.
In this bib I did topstitch around all the edge, and the fabric got wavy because of the knit lining...
Per això en els altres no hi vaig fer repunt al voltant, només el de baix per girar-los.
Therefore the following bibs have only topstitiching in the hem, where they were turned inside out.
De moment prou texà, però vaja, se m'han obert un munt de possibilitats!
Enough of denim for now, but I am already thinking of other denim projects!
Moltes gràcies per les vostres visites i comentaris, i bona costura!
Thank you very much for your visits and comments, and happy sewing!
