From Jeans to Pillow, Potholders, & Apron: Upcycling & Reconstrucred Clothing

I wanted to share a little of the upcycling I've been doing lately. Or actually reconstructed clothing, ahem. This falls into both the frugal category and the green category, as this saves me money and I'm not contributing to the production of these things. I had an old pair of jeans that my kids called my 'crack jeans' because I lost a lot of weight this year and they slide down and reveal my backside. This happened one too many times, and I can't abide belts, so they had to go. I was going to just a make a pillow out of them but then had excess fabric so I made a few potholders too and used one of the pockets for an apron! Here are the jeans (you can click on the pics to see them bigger):



Here is the old sheet I used for the apron. It was clean but had set-in stains:



I've had this skirt for awhile and liked it for it's raggedy, hand-made look, but it is too short for my tastes. I like long, ankle-length skirts and never felt safe or comfortable in this skirt. So this had to go as well. I used the material for the apron waist and handle-ties:



Ok! Now here are the potholders I made with some of the jean material. It took about a half hour to make them. I sewed them during an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, LOL:



This is the pillow made with the jean material, it took about an hour. I made this last week and it was the first thing I did:



And the apron pinned before sewing, it took about 20 minutes to get it all hooked up with straight pins:


The apron all done! It took me about 3 hours in total, but I did it in bits and pieces starting last week. I finally finished it yesterday:



I forgot to take a pic with me wearing it, will post ASAP

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