Denim crazy quilt

I have the denim crazy quilt top finished and am taking a deep breath (and short rest) before tackling the quilting. This thing is heavy! Just sewing the top felt like I was wrestling - a good upper body workout! I decided to separate each of the squares out - I sewed strips of a white on white printed fabric with squares of the backing fabric, sewed strips of the quilt squares with the white fabric, and then sewed these together. The hardest part was making sure everything lined up - it…

Okay - I'm still working on denim crazy quilting! I've wanted to make a whole crazy quilt from denim for awhile now. Something that can actually be used and easily washed - I wasn't sure hand embroidery, beading, etc. would work for that. However, after making the denim placemats last weekend, I decided to make a quilt using some of the same techniques. I'm taking advantage of all the decorative stitches my machine has and am using machine stitching over the seams. And sewing on lace and…

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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

This week saw another project done - I must be on a roll! This is a crazy quilt pillow for dd, done in denims. It was started in a round robin when she was in Brazil as an exchange student. I was missing her terribly and my online friends were so supportive and we all poured lots of love into this. I gave it to dd yesterday and she was very happy it was done. Thank you to everyone who stitched on it! First off, I have to answer the first question - no, this was not particularly difficult to…

If you are planning on making a quilt with your old blue jeans then these tips for quilting with denim jeans will help you out.

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…

Learn the creative art of crazy quilting, also known as crazy patchwork. This page tells all about how to make a crazy quilt, including supplies and embroidery stitch tutorials.

Old clothing often just sits in your dresser drawers or in your closet, taking up the space you could be using for clothing you actually wear. You might...