Category: Recycle, Upcycle

• Altering a Purse Strap

  It is 4th of July week and I felt the need for a new purse.  I found a pretty snazzy, all-American one but it had a short faux leather strap.  I can never find purses with ample straps for my ample body.  Then it hit me.  I can sew! As a quilter I have a […]

  Aleeah McGinnis

  July 2, 2014

  Alterations, Bags, Recycle, Upcycle, Sewing

  alterations, bag, purse, sewing, upcycle

• Sew-it…Today Magazine Pretty Little Pouch

  I am always on the look out for the “perfect little bag” to carry various objects of necessity in my purse.  Generally, I find that they are all the wrong shape.  I don’t want a large 4in. by 4in. square bag.  I want something long, narrow and easy to toss in a small purse.  (I […]

  Aleeah McGinnis

  March 20, 2014

  Jeans, Pouches

  bag, denim, pouch, recycle, sew-it today, upcycle

• Blue Jean Baby Bibs

  I love working with denim.  The new Re-purpose, Recycle trend really has me intrigued.  I was recycling denim before it was cool.  My mother insists that each family member receive a homemade denim throw on the successful completion of a driver’s license test. This denim throw is to go in the car trunk for anything, […]

  Aleeah McGinnis

  March 19, 2014

  Baby, Jeans, Sewing, Uncategorized

  Baby, baby bib, bib, denim, handkerchief, infant, Pinterest, recycle, repurpose, toddler

• Jeans iPad cover

   This should be a tutorial.  I realize that now, but in the excitement of designing and tweaking and drafting and trimming, I really did not take the time to think of taking photos for each step.  Suffice it to say I bought myself an iPad.  I tell myself and my husband that it was so […]

  Aleeah McGinnis

  September 11, 2012

  Jeans, Recycle, Upcycle, Sewing, Tablet cover, Tech covers