Turning Blues to Beautiful - since the start
With each new experiment comes experience. Crafting by recycling and repurposing means planning yet being adaptable and creative. Quilting, weaving, stitched patterns, frayed edges or crisp patchwork? Here are some of my favourite outcomes and one-off experiments and also some design ideas which are still evolving.
'The Weaver' wove denim strips drawstring bag
'Simple quilt' shopper from recycled jeans
'Frayed around the edges' tote in distressed denim
'Scrap Blues' recycled denim drawstring bag
White denim woven drawstring bag
Denim birthday cupcake
tie top handles with gingham lining
'Scrap blues' patchwork recycled jeans shopper
Scrap Blues shopper
fray detail
Crazy patchwork of denim offcuts and sample sections
Tartan stitching experiment
Tartan Party stitching
'Scrap blues' Boule bag
straps from scraps
Tuck in market shopper
denim offcuts crazy patchwork
quilted denim tote bag
Based on the humble carrier bag
'Check my frills' Tote
The Walk backpack
Patchworking the details
'Elements' Quilted front backpack
'A little fuzzy' pouch
'Fisher' Fly bag - underwater tones with 'fishing net' stitching
'Lazer' stitching decoration
'Weathergirls' pouch