How to Make Personalized Purses

Almost any homemade or store bought purse can be personalized with embellishments, such as jewels, beads, ribbon and sew-on patches. Embellishments look especially attractive on denim purses because of their simplicity. Hundreds of patterns can be found online for denim purses, many of which do not require sewing.

• 1

  Cut off the legs from your pair of jeans.

• 2

  Cut straight across the crotch for an even edge.

• 3

  Turn the jeans inside out and evenly glue together the opening in the crotch.

• 4

  Wait for the glue to dry or sew the section closed.

• 5

  Turn the jeans right side out and make sure the bottom is evenly glued or sewed. Make corrections if needed.

• 6

  Cut out the inside seams from the pant legs to use as handles. The length of the handles is based on preference.

• 7

  Glue the handles or sew them from one side of the waist of the jeans to the other.

• 8

  Glue or sew in a bandanna for a lining.

• 9

  Attach Velcro or a magnetic closure to the top of the purse.

• 10

  Personalize the outside of the purse with jewels and other embellishments.