Bruce the Chef

Accented with trims from the hardware store, this fashionable purse is made from the leg of an old pair of jeans.

what you’ll need
Old jeans; scissors; ruler; sewing machine; thread
Approximately 32—3/16-inch washers
Jewelry glue; pliers
2 feet of twisted nickel chain; carpet thread; needle
Two 3/4 inch-diameter circular closures, such as Velcro

1 Cut 91/2 inches off the end of one jean leg. If the hem is frayed, cut it off and turn the edge over to the front, turning under the raw edge. Stitch.
2 Turn the jean leg wrong side out. Line up the outside and inside seams so they run down the center.
3 titch across the bottom cut edge using a l/t-inch seam. Clip the corners and turn right side out. ‘ Glue washers in offset rows on the front of the purse.
4 Open the last links on each end of the chain and slip a washer on each link. Pinch the link closed. Hand-stitch washers to the top corners of the purse with carpet thread.
5  Glue closures to the inside edges of the purse.