The Elle Puls Chobe Bag pattern is original designed to upcycle a discarded jeans. I was already looking for an old jeans when I came across an UFO. TMS announced in November 2014 an outwear challenge and I decided to make a bag. I bought some black upholstery fabric and a coupon curtain fabric after seeing carpet bags on the internet. My version of a carpet bag was never finished and ended in the closet waiting for a moment to be finished.

Preparing my Elle Puls Chobe Bag version
I decided to try if I could use the never finished carpet bag for this make. After some careful measuring I found out that I had just enough to make my version of the Elle Puls Chobe Bag when I made some minor changes. A couple of weeks ago I bought some cork fabric after seeing handmade cork bags. I thought about to use it for this version but after a good look I didn’t liked the combination of the cork fabric with black upholstery fabric. Another new type of fabric is SnapPap. This also available in black and when I was about to buy it I found a discarded black bag that used to belong to our youngest daughter. This was perfect because I now even had a handle to carry the bag.

Er is ook een Nederlandse versie. Deze vind je aan het eind van de Engelse tekst.
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