Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes

Overview

“In this final lesson of the unit, we'll cut and sew the lining for our backpack and complete the final assembly. I'll show you how to give your backpack a professional finish, ensuring it looks great inside and out.”

In this video lesson Luisa Hurtado addresses the topic: Lining and Finishing the Backpack, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes. Transform second-hand garments into unique fashion pieces! Create your own upcycled backpack and accessories..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we are going to finish our backpack and create the lining for it. Grab your sewing patterns again and cut all the pieces exactly how you did with your jeans. Mark the centers of every single piece for the body, the base, and the zipper. And remember that the zipper piece, we have to cut it in half long ways. Take one of the eight pieces and then grab the other pocket of your jeans and place it in the center, then secure it with pins, and then we are going to sew all along the edge, just like we did with the front of the backpack. The more sewing pins that you use, the better...”

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Course summary for: Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes

• Level: Beginner
• 170 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (2h 26m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Fashion

• Areas

  DIY, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Upcycling