Mini Pocket Bag: A Story of Creative Reuse

The beauty of creating with our hands goes far beyond the final result — it lies in the story each material carries, in the intention to give new life to what was once discarded. This project is precisely about that: transforming scraps and salvaged pockets into a mini bag full of meaning.

Cell phone wallet

As always, my most recent project started with a simple idea (a cell phone carrier) but it evolved into a cell phone wallet, with a card holder, zippered pocket for coins, an open pocket for bills and a velcro pocket for keys.

Mending and tightening winter pants

This winter, when I put on my wool pants and had to look for a belt to hold them up because the waist was too wide, I decided that this would be the last time since I don't like wearing belts on pants because they create volume in the belly area.

Now that I have more experience in arranging clothes I thought it would be a good time to try tightening the waist of my pants, and as the brown ones were used so much that the fabric between the legs was worn out until there were holes in them, I decided that I would start by trying to mend them and if all went well I would tighten the waist.

6 in 1 wallet

After several months off I returned to creative sewing, this time with a 6 in 1 wallet.