#TBCCrafters Craft Hop - Upcycle Jeans into a Charging Station

Check it Out!   Last week I was working with denim and created my Dyed Denim Wrapped Gift Bucket.  This week I was trying to come up with something to craft and realized I had some leftover denim pieces.  I love using denim to create bags because you can bling them up in so many ways.  I had a ton of different denim bags before the fire, but not one of them made it out and I have been wanting to make some more! 

My daughter is constantly looking for a place to set her iPod while it is charging, so I decided to make her a charging station from some upcycled jeans.  

My supplies for this project were super simple:

• 2 Pockets cut off some old jeans
• Denim trim from the left over leg
• Lace
• Felt Embellishment
• Hot glue with fabric glue sticks

To start I heat up my glue gun and load up my fabric glue sticks. Then I laid one of the jean pockets face down on my flat surface.  I attached my lace around the side and bottom edges of the pocket as shown with the hot glue and then attached the handle.  My handle is a piece of jean seam that was cut from the hem of the leg.  I cut the length of handle just long enough so the pocket would hang just beneath the charger plug in.  I then glued the other pocket on face up.  To finish it off I glued on my felt embellishment. 

I love the way this little bag looks and it is so functional too.  You can check out a bunch of other denim bags I made a few years ago on this Make It Monday post HERE.  See how I used other parts of jeans to make different bags.