Fun With Reconstruction

Last weekend, I went shopping with my mom to a discount clothing store. I was browsing through the petite section when I found a size 24, irregular, pair of Liz Claiborne jeans for $2.99. They must have been reduced at least four times - I couldn't even remove all of the stickers to see the original price! It was such a good price and such a nice, lightweight denim that I had to buy them and give them new life.

This purse is made from the bottom of one pant leg and one of the rear pockets. I thought the pocket made a super cute flap. Of course, I had to embellish it with some applique and embroidery. I must say, I'm really loving the embroidery on denim. It works really well.

The interior of the purse is made from a sweet 1930's reproduction floral print. I bought it at least two years ago because it was on sale and I loved it, but it remained in my stash because I couldn't decide what to do with it. Finally, these jeans forced me to free it from the stash. Seriously, this was one of those projects that just demanded to be made. It wormed itself into my brain and I obediently created it. Now I'm afraid I'm in love with it. I never realized I was a purse person until I started making them. Now I want all the purses. Who needs shoes - give me purses!