Now that i got your attention I will show you how!

things i used..

Breastfeeding cooler bag  (sometimes they come as a gift from the hospital)

scissors, needle, thread, sewing machine, all that kind of stuff.  

sillicone adhesive caulking.

marker

drill and small bit

nips for cutting heavy plastic  

old cell phone holder with belt clip or anything like this.

All of that made my husband a beer cozy good for wearing on your belt in istuations where you have no cup holder.. like mowing the lawn …

also this cozy will keep the beer cool and the sweat off the table.

 here are the bag i used and the cell phone clip i used. 

 I started by cutting the plastic that is around the clip so i just had the clip .. i made sure there is enough parts of the plastic to drill holes to use it to attatch to the cozy.(hope that makes sense)

 Here is what i have left.. you can file the edges down if you choose

 Here is the part of the bag i am using .. it has a nice layer of insulation and a cool pattern for the cozy

 Using the rigid bottom of the bag i cut a piece of the cardboard that is exactly the size of the base of a standard beer bottle and then glued some of the vinyl, with the sillicon, all around †he piece of cardboard to help make the cozy more rigid on the bottom.. after i gued mine i put it under my heavy candle to help it adhear. 

 Measuring the fabric around the bottle i pinned it and set it aside…

 Using a small drill bit i drilled three holes (shown by arrows) in the clip so i can stitch it to the cozy.  

 Start by sewing half way up the cozy side inside out… cut a round piece to stitch to the bottom and attatch……you will probably have to do this by hand and make sure to double up (by folding)  the bottom of the big piece of the fabric  so that the raw edge is hidden and also it willl provide more support. 

 You can leave the top open but i found a pull close part on my bag that i attatched to the top of the cozy and stitched in place .. then turning inside out i finished it by sewingall the way up the side. 

 After finishing the seam then insert into the bottom the rigid cardboard circle to help the bottle sit on a table when in the cozy.. also stitch the belt clip by hand to the side of the cozy and there you go! functional beer cozy!

Turn your husband's old pants (or new if you have some spite in your heart) into a tote for yourself!

MAKE THIS…. 

 FROM THESE!

The tutorial will slowly be appearing when i get the pictures around and loaded so keep on checking back.

First you Need to think that you will be working with two rectangles that are sewn on three sides. That is a bag. Simple.

SO here is goes..

I took the scissors and the seam ripper and took the pants apart on the inseam. all the way up the crothch stopping at the bottom of the zipper.

Then I cut (horizontal in the photo) across the pants above the pockets that the arrow is pointing at, then I made the same cut below the pocket to give me a piece of fabric to work with from each leg. 

The sides are not quite straight so when I sew up the seam I have to draw what would be the straight line up the side and sew along the line drawn.  

I start that by placing the two piece of fabric face together and then pin the edges together to get the fabric to stay straight when drawing the line. (make sure to start pinning along any seams in the fabric that you want to match)  

Then you figure out where a straight line is and draw it with a fabric pen or pencil (I just used a sharpie because that is what I had on hand already but I do not reccomend it because it might bleed through the fabric and not come out)  After drawing the line, sew along it. repeating for the other side. 

 Cut off the excess from the sides and then continue to to do the line and seam for the bottom, cut off the excess from that too. 

This is what the bag looks like so far. Now it is time to cover the ugly edge at the top. I thought it would be best to use the waist band from the pants. I cut the wait band out and cut off the belt loops. I stitched along the stitching that was already in the waist band connecting it to the top of the bag. 

 And then the final step was to sew in the handles to the bag (easy) the handles were just the hem lines cut out of the legs of the pants and then sew a line back and forth to attatched them to the top of the bag. 

And here you go!

Side note

-you can do a lining, actually should but That will be for a different tutorial. I am leaving my bag with out a lining so i can sew decoration onto the bag then put on a lining.

Here is a nice and simple project to do to old jeans of slacks or whatever.. I personally know of some of my fat pants or some of my ripped jeans that will be perfect for this project!!

I have an old pair of pin stripe pants that are really 5 sizes too big for me and i need a nice black purse for my black slacks i hve now. Awesome solution.