(upbeat hip hop music)
- What's going on everyone?
Welcome to Make, Thrift, Try.
So if you haven't watched the first three videos
of this series, the Make, Thrift, Try challenge is,
every two months I make a video where I upload
a couple of options that you then vote on
and then DIY yourself.
It's like a community challenge
where you, the community, gets to try out some DIYs
and then you have the chance to be featured in these videos.
If you still don't get it?
You'll get it pretty soon.
So last's month theme was upcycled jeans
and I've really been enjoying seeing
what people have been making.
There's been some amazing creativity going on here.
From denim dresses to backpacks to pouches to purses.
Stuffed toys, plushies, various hats.
I've loved, loved seeing what you're all creating
but as this video can't go on forever I am just--
Oh this piece of hair is driving me crazy.
But as this video can't go on forever
I am just going to pick my favorite 20
upcycled jean projects and show 'em to you all.
These are ones that we're uploaded
to the #MakeThriftTry3 tag this month
and I have to limit it to 20 because otherwise this video
would go on forever because I just want
to talk about everyone's projects.
They're, oh my god, they're amazing.
So if I don't talk about your project?
I still love it and thank you so much for entering.
I hope you had so much fun.
Now I have to choose 20 to actually talk about today
and it is gonna be tough but let's give it a go.
Okay, first off,
I need to talk about this dress.
__spaceghost__ made an upside pair of jeans into a dress.
Now I have seen this kind of thing
from really fancy fashion designers.
I think you've all seen me ranting
about the weird ways that designers try to
upcycle jeans and then sell them for like
literally $8,000.
This one is actually upcycled, which makes it fantastic.
I really like this, it actually looks really cool.
It looks like they put, was it a zip?
Or fleece or something inside the collar there?
Or is it just the teared up bit of the fabric?
I'm not sure but I really like
that you used a light denim color
because it actually looks like quite a cool dress
when you pair it with a black top and pants underneath.
I think this is extremely inventive and it makes me rethink
my hatred of upcycled jeans in high fashion.
No, I still hate them because they are selling them
for $8,000 a pop, but I love this!
This person here made an upcycled Christmas tree
out of denim fabric for the Christmas that just passed
and then made a little beaded ball for a star on the top.
I think this is fantastic and I also want to know
if you put presents under this tree
and if you made any upcycled baubles for it?
Is it like the end of the couple of pairs of jeans
just wrapped around in a spiral?
Or is it several different sizes of cuffs
kind up stacked up on top of each other?
It's fantastic either way.
I really love this idea from louly_lol.
What they've done, it looks like
is get a pocket from a pair of jeans
and turn it into a coin purse
and then embroider a little flower
on the edge of it as well.
I think using a pocket of a pair of jeans
to create a coin purse is really good
cause it's like kind of the perfect size
for a little coin purse wallet.
Oh my gosh, I didn't notice this before
but they've done a little embroidered
or crochet?
A little kind of flower, 3D bauble on the end
to attach to the zip to make the zipper easier to open.
That is such an amazing touch.
Okay the next one I want to show you all
is this person here made their own jacket
out of recycled jeans.
And actually a few people have done this,
so if I don't get to all of you, I'm really sorry.
This person did upload theirs first.
It's so cool seeing how many of you
were inspired to make a project like this.
So this denim jacket was made
from a few different pairs of jeans
and that's how you've ended up with the different colors
and patches here and I think it looks frickin' awesome.
I love how you've managed to line up
the seams of the jeans along the back there like that.
That's, oh my god, and get a seam right down the middle?
You are very good at sewing.
I don't think I could create something like that,
that's awesome!
Oh, this it louly_lol again,
so louly_lol, look at this.
Look at this, I'm freakin' out!
They created, okay, this denim handbag
but wait! But wait!
Then they painted a picture of my face on it!
What? (laughing)
What? My face is on a bag!
This is amazing, oh my gosh, and then they put
a chain as a strap.
Okay, number one, you are an amazing sewist.
Number two, you're and amazing artist.
Number three, oh my god my face is on a bag.
Do you wear this around?
Do people ask who it is and then you're like,
oh some girl from YouTube.
That's weird!
I'm on the internet, I'm not in real life,
this is real life, what? (laughing)
I love it, oh my gosh. (giggling)
I really, really, really love this nappy bag/handbag
but it's a good size for nappies
and putting on the back of a pram.
That allie_fransen_artist created here.
They made it out of different scraps of jeans
of all different colors.
How many jeans was this made out of?
That's what I want to know.
This is absolutely fantastic.
And wow, it clips on to the handle bars
of the pram using a different strap
and then it can also go over the shoulder
as well, as a handbag.
This is fantastic!
It's really functional and it is so cool.
This person here has made a bustier top which,
is worn here over this white blouse,
out of upcycled jeans. (laughing)
And they've written in their caption,
"Rumor has it if you manage to say
"Make, Thrift, Try three, three times
"really fast in front of a mirror,
"littlepineneedle will teleport to wherever you are."
It's true, I tried it the other day
and duplicated myself when I traveled
from an opposite dimension.
Guys it's 36 degrees outside, I don't make sense anymore.
Anyway, this looks absolutely fantastic.
I can't imagine that doing a bias binding
or is it a hem, using denim?
Is your bias binding using denim?
I can't imagine that was easy but the effect
is really frickin' cool.
Good work!
This is absolutely gorgeous.
And you made it out of a pair of jeans
your brother had destroyed so very good upcycling.
This is gorgeous.
This person has made a little vest, I think it's a vest?
No, it's a romper!
Ah, it's a little romper and that's the legs!
(inhaling sharply)
This person has made a little romper,
with little press stud buttons for their nephew.
Who I am guessing is a child.
And it is also lined with blue polka dot fabric.
They made if for their sister,
oh they made it for their nephew
out of their sister's old jeans, so I'm guessing
it's your sister's child?
This is so sweet.
Oh this has warmed my heart.
And they also made a dinosaur version as well.
This isn't made out of jeans but it's the same pattern.
It's adorable!
Okay so a few people actually did
a similar upcycle to this.
Again, I am showing ireland_jensen's one
because it's the first one that was uploaded
but a lot of people tried it.
You should all go and check out the #MakeThriftTry3 tag
because it's amazing.
Anyway, ireland_jensen turned an old pair of jeans
into an overall dress.
Seriously? Wow!
It looks fantastic though.
Like it seriously just looks like you bought
and overall dress, this is amazing.
And the pocket on the middle?
Did you just pull a pocket off the old jeans
and attach it to the middle?
That is such a good idea.
This is so cute.
Are you from Ireland?
Where are you from?
No your name is Ireland.
Where is it snowing where you're from?
It's very pretty where you're posing in front of
and cause it's 36 degrees right now
I want to be where you are.
That's 36 degrees Celsius by the way
which is 100 degrees Fahrenheit?
I'm melting.
Anyway, this is very cute ireland_jensen, good work.
threadingflowers has upcycled a pair of jeans.
The embroidery is beautiful.
These kind of flowers, if you know how to embroider
they look so effective but they are actually
relatively easy--
Nor trying to demean your project!
I'm just saying if anyone wants to try this,
they're relatively easy to stitch
but it look so delicate
and like you spent so much time on it
which I'm sure you have because I know embroidery.
I know form experience that embroidery takes a long time.
I really, really particularly love these,
what are they called?
Dandelions!
I really, really particularly love these dandelions
that you've embroidered here.
I really want to go and embroider dandelions now.
I've never thought of doing that before.
This has definitely inspired me.
This is such a gorgeous pair of jeans.
Do you wear them all the time?
Because I would.
Oh my gosh, okay, so they've done another pair of jeans.
I'm not counting this as an extra one
because I have so many to talk about
but threadingflowers has done a second pair of jeans here
and this time they have used flowers
to cover up holes in their jeans.
You can see the little bit of darning
that they've done there
but then they've just put cute little flowers
all around it so you can't tell that there's a hole there.
This looks so cool!
It almost looks like a constellation made out of flowers.
I love it, it's beautiful.
This must have taken such a long time
and the dedication to denim in this outfit is amazing.
This person is wearing a denim headband.
A denim jacket.
Is it a dress?
Wow, okay so they were trying to make a denim jacket
and it somehow turned into,
and it somehow, turned into a wearable denim dress.
And a shoulder bag.
You have blown Brittney and Justin right outta the water.
This denim dress though?
(laughing)
And thank you very much for including
a photo of your dog at the end there.
You know that that's the way to my heart.
I am wondering how heavy is the denim dress?
Like it must be a little bit heavy, right?
I mean, it would be warm,
that would be a great thing about it.
How many pairs of jeans did you use?
That is what I want to know.
Wow, okay, so on the bag that they made
they used the pockets from a pair of jeans
as pockets on the back of the bag, which is ingenious.
And the fly on the front is still functional?
Or it's another pocket?
That's really cool!
You have made me one proud Make, Thrift, Try mum.
This person here has done something really interesting
which was attach some denim sleeves onto a hoodie.
And the denim has kind of like rips
in the shoulders?
That is not shoulders, that's not anatomy.
Elbows, the denim has holes in the elbows.
So what do they say about it?
"Two years ago I bought the jeggings from Zara
"and from the beginning it started to rip several times."
Okay so you bought jeggings from Zara,
that became the sleeves of this.
And you know what?
The rips, you've placed them perfectly at the elbows
to give it that distressed look
and it's a really frickin' cool jacket.
And here's the original jeggings, the offenders
and the finished jacket.
I love this, I love when people put in
progress photos like this.
It really just like tells a little story.
This is such a cool upcycle.
Well done for making use of a pair of clothes
that fell apart.
This is Oswald the plushie
and Oswald is so cute.
Oswald is wearing a bright purple jacket
and has super cute little emo hair going on
and I love it, I love Oswald.
Who's Oswald Cobblepot?
Oh, this is a thing, this is somebody.
I literally had no idea who Oswald Cobblepot,
this is a Batman villain.
Is this the Penguin?
Is this the dude that plays the Penguin?
I know nothing about super heroes, I'm sorry.
(laughing)
If you want to see me know even less about superheros
you should go and listen, I'm gonna show you,
a little plug, to mine and Luci's Podcast episode,
Watch Read Listen, you listen to episode 18.
It's an episode when I know nothing about superheroes
so you can all laugh at me even more, so.
Little promotion!
Okay, let's move on to the next one.
This person has made an absolutely gorgeous wrap dress
out of, are these both all denim pieces?
This dress is absolutely gorgeous.
I actually have a pattern for a similar dress
that you have inspired me to now do two toned
because it looks so cute with two different tones.
The light denim and a dark one.
I love how you've done this, this is awesome and I want one.
Where do I put in my order?
This person here has made a backpack and actually,
quite a few of you have made backpacks
so I'm gonna count this as one entry.
I'm gonna go through all of the backpacks.
So this one is from dareiadubdub,
and I actually think that they put a tutorial up
on their YouTube channel so if you want
to go find dareidubdub's Instagram and find their video
if you want to know how to make this,
cause it's look so good.
This is such a cute backpack.
So many of you made backpacks
that it's made me really want to try
to make one myself.
I've never made a backpack before
cause I thought it looked really difficult
but because so many of you have tried it,
I'm like, I want to try this out now.
Maybe even out of denim scraps.
This person here has made a very cute little backpack
and this person here and they lined it with gingham
which looks awesome.
Oh, progress photos, love it.
Another backpack from animalsinsuits,
I love that username, you made it from these two tone jeans.
Wow, amazing jeans but they also look great
as a backpack.
Another backpack here from _sunny.peach_.
Like these are all so good!
I really want to try and make a backpack now.
makemecookies90,
didn't you?
Aren't you the person who made the pizza bag
in episode two?
Yes, oh my gosh.
So makemecookies90 is prolific in the Make Thrift Try world
and has this time made a pair of overalls
out of, you have a bin?
Hang on, okay, the caption says,
"So for the Make Thrift Try challenge
"I had to first find my entire bin of old jeans."
You have an entire bin of old jeans?
How did you lose it?
So the first one is a really cute overall dress.
And you have a very, very cute dog.
Please give them a kiss from me.
And the second project is this really cute gathered skirt
that uses a couple of different pairs of jeans
to add extra panels to the skirt
which is a really cool idea.
Oh, there's your dog again.
Oh, I love your doggo. (laughing)
So many cuddles from me, to you dog, thank you.
Oh this person's username is makethriftfan.
That's awesome.
So I really love what this person's done.
They took a gingham shirt and a pair of old jeans
and they chopped the bottom off the gingham shirt
and made just cute little cuffs
on the bottom of their jeans which is such a good way
to give new life to pair of old jeans.
It is genius, I want to do that to a pair of jeans now.
That's amazing and you ended up with a cute crop top
to wear with it as well, so win, win.
(exhaling dramatically)
Okay.
Everyone, stop, if you're looking at your phone, stop.
You need to look at this, look at the screen, look at me.
This person has made the most amazing,
the most extra, the most early 2000's item.
This is just the epitome of early 2000's fashion.
This person has made platform shoes covered with denim
with denim ties around the ankles.
So the shoes were thrifted
and they were apparently lace covered
and then, how did you get the denim on?
Is it fabric glue?
Is it stitched on?
Wow, I love how you'd done kind of a striped pattern
around the strap on the back using the raw edges.
They also said this is the first time they've done this?
First time you've done what?
Made something?
Or made shoes?
Either way, I seriously thought you've done
like thousands of times before because it looks so good.
Like how did you do this without knowing
what you were doing?
This is amazing, I can't get over this,
I love this so much.
You win, you win Make Thrift, you win Make Thrift Try.
This is not a competition, you don't win anything,
everyone wins.
khaosbykey has made this amazing denim jacket.
I love the video showing how it all works
and everything as well.
Oh cool, on the back they've used some of like
the jean loops to make loops on the back of the jacket
and on the front here around the collar.
Wow and the top fly part?
And the button closure on the jeans
has become the top part of the jacket?
And the pockets from the jeans are two pockets on the front.
This is so cool, I would absolutely wear this piece.
Oh good, they actually said how many pairs of jeans
they made it from because I have been so curious.
I wish more of you had said.
This is from three to four pairs of old jeans.
Apparently they have it for purchase.
Maybe I should go buy it?
It's not on their eBay.
Have they already been sold?
No.
I don't know where I'd wear it because
it's so hot in Australia, as I've mentioned.
One day it might be cold again?
(laughing)
oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.
What?
Oh my god.
That's Ella.
Oh my god, okay.
You made a bag with my dog's face on it
louly_lol, it's louly_lol again!
This is your third featured entry in Make Thrift Try
but oh my god.
You painted me on a bag and now you have a bag
of my dog as well?
And you are so amazing at embroidery.
That is such a detailed picture of my dog's face.
Like I immediately knew it was Ella.
And she looks so sad in that picture
and so grumpy, she was having such a grumpy day that day.
Oh, I love grumpy dogs.
This is possibly the greatest thing to ever have existed.
Is there any way you can send this to me?
Totally fine if you want to keep it for yourself
but oh my god, and it has a little tassel on the side?
You are so good at sewing
and at embroidering and at painting
and everything, like holy heck.
Also I really appreciate the progress photos
cause it just shows all the hard work
that went into it as well.
This is incredible!
louly_lol you have won Make Thrift Try.
There are no prizes and I don't,
there's nothing that you get out of winning
and you haven't won cause everyone wins
and that's unfair, no one wins in this system,
everyone wins, but you've won.
Oh, look at the puppy and look
at the really, really frickin' cute bag.
This person made a handmade denim bag from old jeans
and also the lining material and the hardware
are all thrifted as well.
Ah, it has tassels on it!
Wow!
This is such a cute design.
Oh and the back, I didn't know,
oh I didn't see the back before.
This is so cute, are they like cut out bits of fabric?
This is awesome.
What a cute bag.
I think, oh my gosh, this would go absolutely perfectly
with those denim platform shoes.
You and the denim platform shoes person
need to get together and make the coolest 2000's outfit
of all time.
The universe might explode, but it would be worth it.
Whoa!
Okay this person here, they have made,
okay this is a work in progress, still, of a blanket.
So apparently this is the front side of the blanket.
They have cut out how many squares?
15 by 11, 180!
180 denim squares?
This is dedication.
Oh, I am so glad that you have an industrial,
semi industrial, industrial?
It look pretty industrial, your sewing machine.
I'm glad you have an industrial sewing machine for this.
Wow, this must have taken a long time.
This is gonna be such a nice, heavy,
like weighted blanket with denim.
They've also written and entire thing
about their process and how they've made it.
You should do read it on designed_by_gmp's post.
frau_carlson has made a gorgeous upcycled skirt
out of some old jeans.
Wait, what?
(gasping)
It's not, it's not a skirt!
Okay, you definitely tricked me.
Apparently it's ruffled jeans but it looks like a skirt.
I love it!
Apparently they also made a prototype on a Barbie boll
which is awesome.
Look at the prototype Barbie!
Oh my gosh, I love this.
This is so fantastic.
Everyone should make prototypes of their clothes
on Barbie dolls first.
So here's the Barbie doll version.
And then, oh, progress photos, yes!
And then they look like,
looks like they chopped off the legs
and then turned it into a ruffle
and sewed it on the bottom.
(laughing)
I think the best thing about this is that you posed
next to you Barbie doll so it could show
both the prototype and the finished version.
I really like ruffles at the moment
so I would love me a pair of ruffly jeans.
I think I should try and upcycle some jeans.
You have all inspired me so much.
Get outta town!
I can't believe this is louly_lol again.
louly_lol has made another upcycled denim piece.
You are a person of a million talents!
They have made a plush doll.
Apparently it's a french character called,
I'm gonna butcher this pronunciation, Oribillis.
It's so cute, I love it's little mustache
and it's little, not little, big eyebrows!
Oh, what a sweet gift to make.
louly_lol, you have blown my mind.
I'm gonna be friends with you because you're fantastic.
Be my friend please, because you are amazing
and I love all things you create.
myhandcraftedcloset has made the most amazing bustier.
Apparently this top has been inspired by lazy oaf.
They said that their jeans got really old
so they bleached them and then made a bustier
and then appliqued on this really cute
Mike and Sculley from Monsters, Inc. applique.
I really love the bright green thread you used
as the applique, so the bustier kind of reminds you
of overalls or a pinafore with that pocket there
on the front, except it's just a bustier top as well.
I really love it, it's really creative.
You're all amazing. (laughing)
Like, holy heck, I couldn't stop, they're all so good.
So thank you so much to everyone who entered.
I really, really enjoy looking up the #MakeThriftTry tag.
It just makes make my day every time I look at it
and I've just really enjoyed using it as a place
to interact with you all and get
to know you all a bit better.
Now it's time to vote for the theme
for the next Make Thrift Try challenge,
#MakeThriftTry4.
Here are the options, give a click
on the one you like the best at the I in the corner.
The first is gingham and/or plaid.
Now I know these two prints are really similar.
Gingham and plaid, checkered prints,
whatever, tartan, similar prints, right?
But they are quite different.
Gingham makes me think of picnic and sunshines
whereas plaid makes me think of grunge and oversize shirts,
so I'm kind of putting the two together
in the same category which is just category fabrics
with crisscross patterns.
And if it wins, you'll get to pick either or or do both.
Number two is mesh.
It's almost won twice but it always just misses out.
It always comes second.
Obviously there are a proportion of you
that do want mesh to win so I'm putting it up
for one more go, to see if enough of you want to do it.
Maybe it'll win?
Number three, fluffy fabrics.
I personally hate faux fur and anything fluffy
as I'm sure many of you watching this channel,
I'm sure many of you've seeing Make Thrift Buy
number 4 and you know this, however I guess some of you,
want to suffer. (laughing)
You all keep sending me suggestions of fluffy things
for Make Thrift Buy.
Instead of me suffering I thought you could instead.
So fluffy fabrics could mean anything
from faux fur, plush, velvet, toweling.
Basically any kind of fabric with what's called pile.
Number four, living coral themed.
So Pantone announced that 2019's color of the year
is this color here, called living coral.
So the brief is gonna be quiet broad.
You can basically make anything you want
as long as it's the color of living coral.
So vote for that if you want that to be the option
for the next Make Thrift Try.
And then finally, number five, the last suggestion
is bumbags.
I am of the opinion that everybody should own
a good bumbag.
They are so useful, you can reach things really easily
and also, they've become really trendy lately
so now is the time to make one.
So vote for this if you want to make bumbags
in any color, size or shape.
Even though it's just one item of clothing
I'm sure you'll all get very creative with this
if it wins.
So cast your vote now with the little I
at the corner of the screen
and after 48 hours, I will pick the winner
from whoever has the most votes.
And if there's two that are really close,
then there will be two themes again,
like there has for number one and number two.
Now obviously, if you don't want to,
you don't have to share this on social media.
You can just do it for yourself.
It still exists even if it's not on social media.
But if you do want to share what you've made
with the community, and get the chance to be featured
in a video if you want that?
Then upload it to Instagram using the hashtag,
#MakeThriftTry4, the number four at the end.
I'd love to see both the finished creations
and also the works in progress, so please upload both
and do progress photos if you can.
So #MakeThriftTry4, with four at the end,
I absolutely love what everyone created
for the denim upcycling project
and I just can't wait to see what you all choose
and what you all create for this one.
Get voting and I'll let you all know who wins
two days from now on my social media,
so that's Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.
Also on the YouTube community tab
and also in the comments down below
if you come back in two days time, you'll see it.
And then it's time to get creative!
I'll see you all in my next video, bye.
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