Hello everyone, Giovanna here! Today, I’ve combined recycling, my passion for gel printing, and slow stitching in a video. I’ll show you how to create a beautiful purse out of an old pair of jeans. It’s perfect for holding pencils, make-up, or – just like me – a small kit for gel printing on the go.
I used regular acrylic paint. If you’d like the fabric to be washable, you can add fabric medium to it or simply use fabric paint instead.
Enjoy 😊 Wishing you a 2024 full of creativity and a lot of gel printing!😊
Step by step:
-Cut a large chunk of the jeans leg
-Adhere a stencil on the jeans
-Spread a blob of white opaque acrylic paint on the Gelli® plate, flip over the plate and press over the plate. Let it dry a bit.
-Leaving the stencil in place repeat previous step using bright acrylic paint.
-When dry- embellish with slow stitching and beading.
-Sew closed the bottom of the purse and adhere a self-adhesive Velcro strap on the top to use as closure.
Materials I used:
–Gelli Arts® 8×10 Printing Plate
–Gelli Arts® ‘Hellebore’ 5”X7” stencil
–Gelli Arts® Brayer
-Acrylic paint
-Embroidery floss and needle
-Beads
-Old Jeans
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I would love a to make this project; are there directions on how to make the “purse” and I’m interested in the clasp too.
Thank you,
Gwen Ziegler
I am also interested in the “finishing.”