DIY Spring Turtle Basket | Upcycle Jeans | Great for gifts & house decor

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One of the special projects I made for my sister-in law was this turtle basket. She wanted me to make this out of her late Dad’s old jeans, one way of upcycling jeans and bring it back to a new life.

MATERIALS USED:
:purple_heart: HTVRONT Auto Heat Press 2
:purple_heart: Sewing Machine
:purple_heart: Pair of old jeans
:purple_heart: Fusible fleece
:purple_heart: 6” cord, 2 black buttons, 0.5” circle white felt
:purple_heart: Matching threads & needle
:purple_heart: Schmetz Sewing Machine Jeans Needle Size 16
:purple_heart: Point Fabric turner, hem gauge, tape measure
:purple_heart: Frixion pen/fabric marker or pencil
:purple_heart: Pins and stuffings

HEAT PRESS SETTINGS: 305 F, 10 seconds with 150 # of pressure

Finished size: 4.5 x 8 x 6 Inch (Height x Top x Bottom) without head + arms
Time expenditure: approx. 4-6 hours (depending on sewing experience + face variant)
Sewing difficulty: Medium

NOTE: Full video tutorial is available in my YouTube Channel.

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Wow this is beyond creativity :heart_eyes::heart_eyes:

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Thank you so much! I spent 5 hrs and 30 minutes to finish the turtle basket :wink:

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Wow incredible :tada::tada::tada:

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WOW!! :open_mouth: This is totally absolutely adorable! Worth of the time you spent to this project! I love it very much to the point that you turned the old jeans of your Sister-in-law’s Dad’s to a new product! It was creatively done and very smart! I’m sure she will love it! I wanted to try this! This would be a great Mother’s gift idea. I will be putting a full basket of love treats inside. Also, I love your video tutorial. Well done :smiley: Thank you for inspiring us once again!

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Tedious work but very much worth it :heart_eyes: t

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I love it so much. I totally would love to have a sewing session with you :heart_eyes:

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I would love to have one too!

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Another WOW creation of yours! This is so stunningly beautiful and creatively done. Thank you so much for sharing and thank you for the great video tutorial. Love watching upcycling projects such like this :heart_eyes::heart_eyes:

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Very nice idea for up cycling jeans! So lovely :star_struck: and your so talented! Thank you for sharing your video tutorial! Love it as much as your adorable turtle!

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The more the merrier :smiley: I would love to have a sewing session with you both @BellethehowtoGuru and @kat! We just need to find time :wink:

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Appreciate your wonderful comments! I hope you enjoyed my video tutorial and thank you for your support to my Channel :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: The turtle basket will be picked up this afternoon by my sister-in-law and she will name him/her. She asked me to make it for her to put in her study room and of course I got paid for that :star_struck: lol

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