Bag Made From Brown Cargo Pants

Based  loosely on  a  pattern from this book .........

.....made from a pair of second hand brown cotton cargo pants. i made use of the pockets from the front & the back of the top of the  pants as i wanted to have pockets on the outside of the bag, four in all, ,......i stitched  the lining from a scarf.....added a pocket to the lining (inside pocket).

 stitched some loops from braid on to the top of the bag to hold the circle & square plastic thingys ( from swimwear), to put the straps through to make handles......

 then stitched the hand printed "ess-arr" label on to a pocket flap...... then stitched the lining to the outer part of the bag........cut the top from a pocket & pocket flap that was on the leg of the pants & stitched it onto the top of the bag .......this became the snap closure .......

 the gusset of the bag is made from a sample piece of floral cotton furnishing fabric......then piped around the edges with a stripey cord......added a bit of bling with a broken brooch.........ready to go.......all of the materials used were either given to me or bought from op shops.

(raylee).