Are you waiting to recycle old jeans? Whether you have a pile of jeans
that no longer fit or need to collect some from second hand stores, we
have
some great ideas of what you can create out of an old pair of jeans.
Cut out the front leg of your jeans including the waistband and front
pocket. You just want the front panel for this project.
Fold jeans in half, if it is longer than you'd like trim off excess on
the end. Hem the bottom of the pant leg.
Fold
jeans in half right sides together. Trim to match edges if needed. Pin
sides and sew along two side edges. Turn right sides out.
Attach
a strap by sewing it onto the sides of the bag. We've used tote bag
straps but you can also try a belt, tie, cording, strip of jeans, etc.
Jean Drawstring Bag
Cut out the pant leg from the knee down, or as long as you'd like, of
an old pair of blue jeans.
Turn
right sides together and sew the bottom leg together. Turn the top edge
down 1 inch and sew along bottom edge. Leave 1 inch opening for your
casing. (see this drawstring
bag project for help)
Attach a
safety pin to a long piece of cording. Insert your cording and push
through the other end. Tie a knot at the end.
Recycle Old Jeans Quilt
You will be using the same directions from the scrap patchwork
quilt.
However you will cut your squares out of old jeans and cut them 8x8
inches. Include some squares on seams and pockets for more character if
you'd like.
Sew your squares together in rows of 9. When you
are done you will have 9 rows up and down. You'll need a total of 81
squares we've supplemented old blue jean squares with different shades
of jean material bought from the fabric store. You can make your quilt
smaller if you choose. We left our quilt without a backing and hemmed
the edge, to use as a picnic blanket.
Jean Pillow
Save a
few squares from your jean quilt and you can make an easy pillow to
match. Attach two squares together. Make four rows of two squares. Sew
two rows together.
Place your two larger squares together and sew right sides together
leaving one end open. Insert a pillow or stuff. Hand sew the opening
closed.
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