Denim/Fabric Quilt and Matching Pillows
by Amy Brammer
I had an old denim comforter that I loved; however, it had seen better days and was looking pretty ragged. I decided to recover it. Here's how:
I found these two large pieces of fabric at the local thrift store. I grabbed it and about 6 pairs of large old denim jeans.
I made a 6 1/2 square out of cardboard.
Started tracing squares on the backside of my fabric. Also did the same thing with the denim pants. I cut lots and lots of squares. With the jeans, I tried to use some of the side seams and the back pockets where I could.
Got out my sewing machine and started connecting squares. When I got my rows sewed together, I then started connecting rows.
Finished product. Once it was all put together, I sewed it over the top of my old comforter.
I still had a lot of fabric left over, so I went back to the thrift store and bought a bunch of different sized old pillows and recovered them using the denim back pockets. I found the horse fabric at my local fabric store. I bought a yard of that and finished the job.
I also made a pillow out of one of the smaller pairs of Levis.
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super cute I love it! I have been getting thredup diy denim boxes and want to make a denim quilt! I like them off center as well :)
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Thank you so much. I like things to be off center and it was definitely easier to sew this way as opposed to dealing with lots of corners.
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Love the quilt and that all jean pillow! Might just need to make one of those soon! Looks wonderful!
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