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Summary: You can make your organizer long or you can cut it shorter, whichever you prefer. Learn how to make a multi-pocket, hanging organizer out of recycled jeans in this free crafts video.
Karen Weisman graduated from Boston University with a degree in Hotel and Food Management. Since then, she has helped a national grocery store chain develop and launch a gourmet food...read more
"I finished sewing all the pockets and things on our recycled jeans pocket wall organizer, and now we'll just finish it off. I'm just going to cut off the bottom. You could either fill it up with pockets all the way down, or at any point you can just cut off the bottom. Because it's denim, you really don't need to finish it off in any other way except to cut it, and just cut through the whole thing. And then we can fill it up, and get it ready to hang on our wall. I've got all kinds of pockets here that'll hold lots of different things. I've got some cargo pants pockets, these nice narrow ones, these are great for pencils and pens and scissors. And these belt loops, here I sewed on just a plain...you know, I just cut the belt loop off of one pair of old pants. These are great for hanging keys like that. Or even up here I have more belt loops, these clip key rings are great, you just clip them on. You can clip anything on there. You've got some big pockets, these are great for different toiletries. You can fill them up and really organize things. You've got pockets for your cell phone. You've got pockets for your iPod, your music. Even games you can find a spot for with the pockets. These buttons here are great for hanging jewelry, for hanging necklaces, or anything else on a string. So, be creative with your old jeans, and use those pockets. We've even got...you can even use it for a message board, and you can clip messages onto your pockets."
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