Jeans Drawstring Backpack

I like to recycle my old jeans into new products. This is a easy way to create a cool drawstring backpack from some jeans. I hope this will help you. It's pretty straightforward and not to difficult to create.

I hope this video will help you create this cool drawstring backpack.
Along with the video you can follow the (easy) steps below :-)

Youtube Video

For this project you need

• Jeans (I used an old ripped jeans to recycle).
• String

The tools I used are:

• Sewing machine
• scissors
• marker
• ruler

• Turn your jeans inside out
• Get the 2 legs of the jeans; measure and mark the width of your bag.
  Mine will be about 35cm
• Get your scissors and cut the 2 pieces.

Cut the seams to open the legs.
It will give you 2 pieces of fabric, something like in the image above.

Create 2cm cuts about 4cm from the top

Fold and sew the sides above the cuts.

Fold the top part horizontally and sew it to close the tunnel.

Get the jeans and take 2 belt loops.
We will use them to secure the string at the bottom of the bag later.

• Place in each bottom corner of the bag one of those belt loops
• Close the seam with the sewing machine. The left, right and bottom.

Turn your bag the right side out

• Attach the string as shown in the image.
• Make your string the desired length and get it through the belt loops.
• Secure it with a knot.

Now your bag is ready to go on adventures. I really find it handy to take those kind of bags with me when going to town or on a hike.

Thank you for having a look at my instructable ;-)

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