I save old clothes for using in my scrapbooks. I just made these fabric scrapbooks out of an old pair of khaki shorts (4 year old size) and old jeans, my size.
These were cargo shorts, so they had different size pockets that I used. I love that you can put things in the pockets too, kinda fun! :)
I cut strips of the fabric and sewed down the middle of it for the ribbon on the rings and the tabs.
I did allot of stitching, which I think added allot to the look of the album, so worth the time.
This is the back of the album. I did the pocket backwards, so it looked cute from both ends.
This is the denim album from my jeans. I left the pockets whole and put paper from an old manila folder cut to size in the pocket with a tab sewn on from the jeans.
I cut out and used some of my favorite and most interesting parts of the jeans. It was really fun to make!
I sewed the red "Seven" tag on, to make the back side of this piece more interesting.
The last page with a pull out page in the big pocket. The pictures can be added to the jean pages by sewing them or using a strong glue such as glue dots.
I'm linking up to these parties...
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I would love if you came over and linked this project to my weekly Round Tuit party at:
http://jembellish.blogspot.com/
I also have a page that I've just started which is dedicated to clothes upcycling projects. It has a long term linky list on it so that I can create a resource that people can come to for inspiration on what to do with their old clothes ! This would be a perfect project to link up! Please do come and take a look!
Have a great week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
Jill, I linked up to both your parties, thanks for the invites! :) Great Clothes upcycling link! I enjoyed looking at many of the great ideas there!!
Just stopped by to let you know that I featured this fun scrapbook on my round tuit post this week!
http://jembellish.blogspot.com/2011/04/round-tuit-44.html
Thanks again for linking up! Hope you have a great week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
Best wishes and thanks for showing us how to do this cute project.
Linda
ash@sn4g
shabbynot4gotten.blogspot.com