Denim Quilt

Most of us wear jeans and often times we wear them out too. You can do cool things with visible mending (see this post for some cool books about mending) to prolong the life of your jeans, but sometimes your old jeans are just past their life of being an item of clothing and it’s time to give them a new lease of life. That’s what this section of the website is all about! We’ve compiled all our ideas for upcycling old jeans in one place. Scroll down to find our latest upcycled & repurposed…

Do you have a bunch of denim collecting dust? Turn it into a quilt with these instructions for how to make a denim strip quilt.

by Robin How have I not shared this recycled jeans denim quilt with you yet?!? It's one of my absolute favourites. It combines so much of what I love: making something beautiful and useful for

Sew Blue Jean Quilt Blanket Craft Project is a great way to recycle your old blue jeans into a second functional item on your homestead. On a freezing cold winter night, a heavy warm quilt will be welcome. (Sandy In Iowa) We like quilts. They are soft and warm and…

I've had this log cabin quilt sewn from upcycled denim in mind for years, but it's the state of my fabric stash that prodded me into action.

Quilting with denim is not the same as quilting with other fabrics. This list of 15 tips for quilting with denim will help guide you. Denim quilts are a great way to recycle those old blue jeans. D…

Here's a super cute denim I spy rag quilt I made last week. This quilt is made from my husband's old jeans so I'm calling this quilt, "The Fart Quilt". What a perfect q

59" x 71" My second jean quilt is all finsihed! And it is the last of the tops on the rail for me to quilt. I am officially all caught up on everything! Haven't had the rail clear for quite a while. I even got all the scraps cut and put away and my sewing room is clean. Pat me on the back, would ya! This one seemed harder than the last one. I didn't want to pull anything too hard because of the minky I used on the back and I think I may have allowed for a little puffiness to sneak into the…

You guys! I just finished this beast-of-a-quilt, and it is gorgeous, even for denim! I don't normally do commission quilts, in fact, never. I don't have time. But my sister had a friend who begged to have a quilt made from all his old Levis. I quoted a price that I figured would change his mind, and he accepted! Now, I just needed about 50 hours to do it. At first, they brought over a bag of jeans that had basically one tone of denim. He must love a certain brand! To create any kind of…

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