Priority mail clutch January 14, 2007
I have always been fascinated with how tyvek gets softer and softer with use while maintaining its durability (kinda like leather?). I decided that a used Tyvek USPS Priority mail envelope wasn’t trash, but actually quite a lot of usable fabric. I have a habit of saving all kinds of fabric, yarn, and fiber scraps for use as stuffing, but some of the yarns are pretty on their own. So I sewed up a clutch using the material and decorated it with felt and yarn scraps.
It’s kinda fun for me to look at because I can recognize all of the yarns and I remember which projects they are leftover from.
I really wanted to add a zipper, but I wanted to try and use only recycled items and I didn’t have any zippers destined for the trash and I was really trying to stick to the rules. So I used a craft punch and a hole punch to fashion buttons out of a plastic lid.
This is my second entry in the Upcycle contest over at etsy. Unfortunately my first entry suddenly looks a little less original…. I’m supposed to be flattered though, right?
That’s an amazing idea!
Wow, I never looked at priority mail envelopes that way! That “less original” link isn’t working right now…
That pouch is great! I have all sorts of leftover zippers/fabrics etc. if you want them.
And, uh, $50 for the ipod case? That is not only a blatant copy but a bit unreasonable for said copy.