Upcycle project: cargo pants into a shoulder bag

Thank you my steemit friends for ideas on how to transform pants into a bag on last post!

There was idea for using pockets as a focal point, great! And also making inner layer with different color fabric. I thought about it, i didn't make inner layer to avoid becoming heavy, but I did think of color combination!

My son's cargo pants is gray with a bit of orange stitches so I prepared additional orange fabric and orange kids belt that was lying around the house.

First.I cut out the big pockets.

The length of 2 pockets together was almost 30cm/12 inches. Perfect and just the length that I was looking for!!

The zipper on the pocket was broken, so I cut a bit of the belt just to cover up the zipper and sewed on.

Then sewed 2 pockets together, so this will be the front side.

Then I made the side piece which is on the left of this picture, and backside which is on the right.

Both had to patch a little bit to be the size that I wanted. And for the side piece, as you could see, I sewed on a strip of orange color for a high light.

I sewed on the side piece to the front first. The corner, it was sharp straight angle in the beginning, but it looked too sharp. This bag is for casual so I redid it to make a round corner.

Backside also stitched on. By this time, my thumb skin became so thick like a crab shell of over working on dense textile😅

This is where the bag would close using zipper. I looked at the remaining fabric which wasn't much so I withdrawn the flappy lid to close like postman's bag. I cut out the waist area and undone the stitches to take the elastic off.

Now it is sewen on the body.

Lastly, with the remaining materials, I patched up the shoulder strap, and I'm done!!

It's all done by hand sewing. It took about 3 days and maybe tomorrow because I'm still taking care of the edges😁

Still, a fun project, a puzzle, to take my minds off for a change❤

All the images are taken by me, and first time to share online.