Posts tagged: denim
How to Hem Your Jeans.
By Chrisjob
People, the 90s are over, and that frayed six inch denim strip hanging off the back of your jeans is as cool as khaki cargo pants and Phish t-shirts. So, buy them as baggy as you please, and then head over to Cardigan Empire to get your cuffs off the ground in three easy steps!
More Ways to Recycle Your Old Jeans
By DIY Maven
A while back Chris posted links to some great denim recycling projects. Now, thanks to Life Hackery, here're even more ways to prolong the lives of those beloved blue jeans.
- Turn the legs into door draft-stoppers.
- Turn the legs into heating pads.
- Cut the material into strips and use it to weave, knit or crochet something. LH suggests a throw rug, but my pick would be this denim bag.
- Use jean pockets to make a hanging organizer.
- Cut the l » READ MORE
How to Make an Apron out of Old Jeans
By threadbangerThreadbanger has been flooded with questions of what to do with old jeans, here is one concoction that won't leave you messy in the kitchen! On this episode of Decor it Yourself, Meg shows us how to make an
apron out of an old pair of jeans. For more information and details, check out the video! For more ideas and tutorials like this, subscribe to Threadheads on iTunes!!
Materials:
Old Jeans
Sewing Machine/Hand Sewing Supplies
Scissors
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Fix Your Ripped Jeans, with a Zig Zag.
By Chrisjob
Bre from Etsy.com offers a video how-to to fix ripped jeans and denim. With just a bit of thread and some scrap fabric, you can keep your favorite denims in your wardrobe without looking like Debbie Gibson.
How To Make an Apron Out of Old Jeans.
By ChrisjobA ounce of prevention is worth some unnecessary stain-stick and a load of laundry. Protect your clothes while cooking, crafting, or tablesawing with this cool how-to via CraftyCrafty:
"We've all got an old pair of jeans lying around somewhere that's either gone out of style or no longer fits us (and if not, charity shops and thrift stores can't get rid of the things). So take some scissors to your old denim and get stitching, with this easy » READ MORE
Hemming Jeans: A Tutorial.
By Chrisjob 
"Canadian Craftster" Kansas A offers an excellent how-to for hemming jeans. The thick denim and triple or even quadruple layers of seams can often lead to broken needles. She does use a serger, but that shouldn't limit you from giving it a try.
13 Things You Can Make Out of Old Blue Jeans.
By ChrisjobSimply Thrifty has assembled a list of online projects to recycle your old jeans.
My favorites include:
- Pocket fridge magnet
- Crafty lunch sack
- Jeans Book Cover
- Blue Jean Book Bag
- Make a Quilt
- Placemats
- Blue Jean Bean Bag Chair
- Bulletin Board
Jeans Chair....am I crazy?
By beccajo
I have the lovely TULLSTA Ikea chair. It's not high design, but it's light, comfy, and it was a steal at $99.
It is however, BEIGE. And while beige is a fun word to say over and over (try it, trust me), it's not the best if, say, you have pets or kids, or if you happened to position your chair under a window that had some plants in the windowsill that subsequently leaked on the chair. Yup.
WAIST NOT WANT NOT
Recently I've lost a little weight, » READ MORE
