Blue, Blue…Old Blue Jeans (Uh-huh)
I have worn blue jeans for almost a bajillion years. True story. As the ’south side’ of me expanded sometime between Thing 1 and Thing 2 (and thereafter totally gave up the ghost after Thing 3), I’ve outgrown many a pair. Depressing. But because I have always worn my jeans all the way through the year - yep, even in summer - they have always been a staple item in my wardrobe and thus I was never really concerned with spending up to $80 per pair, as I knew I’d get tons of wear out of them.
However.
Now I can’t bear to throw those stacks of old jeans out. I must have at least ten full size adult pairs and a few children’s pairs to boot. Some I could donate (and still might) but other pairs have minor holes and are unsuitable for that, so I was thinking about recycling them into something in the new year, but I don’t know what. All the tutorials I can find online centre around the very, uh, trendy ‘back pocket change purse’ or ’seat of pants handbag (purse)‘ trains of thought. That might be fun under normal circumstances but I’m also completely useless with installing zippers. And I doubt I’m going to need more than one each of those.
So, I’m relying on you, oh fountains of knowledge, to help me come up with some ideas. I’ve considered a jean quilt but I know if I go to all the trouble of cutting out millions of squares of denim I’ll probably lose interest when I could have used all that fabric in one bigger piece to make something unique. So before I cut anything, I’m gathering the info. The only stipulation is that the project be relatively easy. I can normally fudge my way through the basic level tutorials but essentially, the easier the better :)
Help!
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Just an Aussie mother to three, wife to one, special needs advocate, sometimes crafter, always procrastinator and awesome baker. Well maybe not bread. Bread alludes me.
Jeans quilt! You have 2 boys. They would love them. But you need BIG quilt blocks. Fabric will be thick to stitch - you don’t want small squares!
http://www.straw.com/quilting/articles/bluejeans.html
http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltpatternsprojects/ss/denim_quilts.htm
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ainsworth77.html
Use red for binding - will look sensational!
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U could always go the denim bucket - http://www.graceviolet.com/2008/06/how-to-make-fabric-bucket.html
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I have made a jeans quilt before just using strips of jeans. If some weren’t long enough I just pieced them together. I didn’t measure the strips, either, I just cut them, sewed a couple end to end, and then sewed along the edge and trimmed off the excess. Sort of like this: http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.35472022.jpg (only, obviously, denim…) It made for a really easy, really quick quilt and it’s easy to use pant legs. =D
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Denim cushion covers look great, one of my daughter’s friends has them on her couch. Book bags, the drawstring type that kindy kids take, denim skirts for tiny girls, BBQ aprons, potholders, kneeling pads for gardeners, bib overalls for baby boys, (my youngest had plenty of these), with large colourful buttons. Placemats and drinks coasters. If the jeans still fit and there is a hole at knee level, cut and hem to make shorts.
what great ideas !
Old brand names jeans sell well too.
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