Absolutely nothing at all, say it again...
But wait a moment there, apart from the obvious leg-covering aspects, this week I'm discovering a whole battery of uses for old trousers. This is my first real foray into upcycling/refashion, call it what you will, so I'm pretty excited about it all.
It all started when Ruby requested a bat costume for Halloween and I found myself reluctant to splash out on new materials. Out of nowhere (or the laundry basket) appeared a knackered pair of husbands black trousers just waiting to be harvested. Along with a piece of brown fleece leftover from Ruby's Hobbit costume (from Middle Earth weekend, a regular date for Brummies!) these formed the basis of a rather decent bat costume (pictures of both costumes to be posted shortly!).
After cutting off the legs to make said costume, I decided to use as much as I could of the rest of the trousers for creativeness.
It did cross my mind at one point to set myself a special project - to make all my Xmas gifts from this one pair of trousers - but I saw sense in the end... :)
So, this is the first item I made, after the bat costume, a rather lovely bracelet using the tape-measure printed ribbon from the waistband of said trousers, with a bit of new pink cotton to liven it up. I also re-used the trouser button to fasten:



Coming soon - images of that bat costume, some trouser-pocket patchwork and probably some kind of little stuffed animal, all made with discarded trousers! I love it!
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