About a year ago I was in Walmart, in the clothing section, and saw they had a rack of clothes on clearance. There I found a very pretty ruffle skirt for $3. I didn’t know which size would fit me so I took two different size skirts to the dressing room to try them on. One of them fit, so I took it and left the other one.
When I got home, however, I noticed that I had mistakenly purchased the one that was too small. So I ended up with a brand new skirt in my closet.
A few days ago, as I was putting away the laundry, I saw the skirt again and decided to make a handbag with it!
This is the skirt:
It’s pretty simple, but I figured I could add some things and make it look nicer. So I started searching in my craft supplies to see what I could use.
I found some fabric that I could use for the lining, some ribbon, and a few buttons.
I also made a yo-yo from a piece of scrap fabric and sewed a button I had lying around in the middle. You can see a tutorial on how to make fabric yo-yo’s here.
Added some pockets to the lining.
Then made the inside of the bag.
After closing of the bottom of the bag I sewed the lining on.
(Sorry for the bad quality of this picture)
After I was done with that, I sewed some ribbon all the way around the skirt leaving a spot where I was going to put the yo-yo.
Used the rest of the ribbon along with some fabric to make the straps.
I sewed the straps to bag, and decorated the front with the buttons.
Finally added the yo-yo in the front.
And that is how I transformed a simple skirt into a lovely little handbag.
There you have a lovely idea that can also be used to recycle old clothes. I hope you enjoyed.
Total Cost: The skirt was only $3 and the other materials I had lying around.
I’d say around $8 counting the rest of the materials.
Time Spent: About 2 hours.
Your skirt bag is adorable! I like how you added the yo-yo with a button to jazz it up.
Thanks for sharing a link to my yo-yo tutorial
You are very welcome.