Leg-End Recycling 2020

Leg-End Recycling 2020

A quick blog about adaption.

Beyond Repair

A pair of trousers are after originally trying to Repair have now gone Beyond Resewing. Therefore I am going to adapt them into something new.

Pin to Cut

I have cut off the Top and Curved the edge to remove the gusset. I have saved the rest of the material to remove the Zip at a later date. (Incidentally as there are two Legs I am simultaneously copying this process on the other.)

I have a good Inch of material earmarked to use for Hemming. I took this into consideration whilst Pinning.

Initial Hem

I Hem the Top of the material in two Sections. The first section is above the Pocket which I have managed to save as they are always useful.

The second Section is the rest of the Top of the Leg. I started this with a small gap between the two.

Strong Cord

I have Folded the Initial Hem over and Sewn another Hem. The reason I left a small gap between the two Sections was so I could thread a Cord through.

Since I intend to make this the weight bearing area I choose a Strong Cord. In truth what I found was more of a plastic than a material thread. I tied the Ends into a Loop to make a Hanger.

Drawstring

I threaded a piece of Elastic through the Second sections Hem. Since this had a lot more material to go through I used the old trick of putting a Safety Pin in one end of the Elastic to help.

Once I had the Elastic through the Hem I pulled to gather the material. I left some excess Elastic before cutting. I then Hemmed both Ends to prevent fraying and Sewed them together.

Leg-End Result

I now hung up my new Bag ready for use. Luckily it already had a Drawstring bottom. If it hadn’t I would have used the same technique as the Top.

There you have it Leg-End Recycling. I am going to use it as a Plastic Bag Holder.