Thursday, December 18, 2008

Quilting with Denim

I am not a quilter, but here is my attempt at a quilt for one of my son's for Christmas. I wanted to make a denim quilt for him since I STILL have lots of recycled denim. So I did make this quilt not buying anything new. It was all fabric I had in my stash. I tried following Emily's Disappearing Nine Patch style. I made my squares 6" square instead of 4" square. Here are a couple of the nine patches before cutting (above) and after cutting and rearranging (below).

I forgot to take a before of this one--This one was 3 dark diagonally and 4 in an + shape and then 2 others in opposite corners.

Here is another before and after arrangement.And finally the finished product. I just put grey fleece on the backside. Sewed them right sides together and left an opening to turn it--slipstitched the opening closed, and then topstitched around the outer edge about 5/8" seam.
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11 comments:

  1. EmilyDecember 18, 2008 at 9:43 AM

    Renae, I'm so proud! :)

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  2. rachel griffithDecember 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM

    i think it's very cute.
    my 7 year old wants a blue jean quilt.
    i never would have thought to use the disappearing 9 patch for denium though.
    but i really like it.

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  3. danaDecember 18, 2008 at 2:19 PM

    I've seen a lot of denim quilts that are cheesy and kinda gross me out...but yours?! BEAUTIFUL. I love it! You did a great job.

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  4. The Driskill FamilyDecember 18, 2008 at 2:39 PM

    Thanks for sending me the link. Very nice job - really fun quilt! You really are amazing!

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  5. The Driskill FamilyDecember 18, 2008 at 2:40 PM

    Thanks for sending me the link. Nice job - fun quilt!! You really are amazing!

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  6. LeslieDecember 18, 2008 at 2:45 PM

    very cool idea, Renae.

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  7. RoseDecember 18, 2008 at 6:49 PM

    Very nice! did you use batting or just pillowcase it without batting in between? I hate binding, and this would be an easy way for a quick quilt, thanks for sharing the pattern!

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  8. RenaeDecember 18, 2008 at 10:19 PM

    No batting, just right sides together and turn and topstitch.

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  9. KatelynDecember 21, 2008 at 12:07 AM

    how long did it take to make? It sounds easy - I have six friends who are pregnant and I think this could be the answer! You can get those 5" square charm packs and it would look super cute. Thanks for the idea!

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  10. RenaeDecember 21, 2008 at 7:39 PM

    Baby quilts would be super easy. If you go to Emily's post she has a link to the tutorial and that woman does baby quilts. It'll give you a better idea on size and how it might look.

    Good luck and I think your girlfriends would be oh so happy to have a little handmade quilt.

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  11. JennyNovember 17, 2014 at 3:21 PM

    I loved this idea for a jean quilt so i used it on mine! Look how good it turned out. http://allthesethingsbyjenny.blogspot.com/2014/11/here-it-is-jean-quilt.html I'm so excited about it. Thanks for sharing

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