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DIY Idea: Turn Jeans into Textural, Recycled Wall Art!

We've made bowls and bins from jeans, but now it's time to make a little somethin' somethin' for those bare walls: highly textural and striking recycled denim wall art!   

 

This DIY idea comes from Bel Rossa Boutique, a blog and Etsy shop featuring hand-crafted textiles created from salvaged materials.  Inspired by the book "Layered, Tattered and Stitched" by Ruth Rae, these denim canvases are pretty simple to make (although a little time consuming)!

While there isn't a tutorial on Bel Rossa, she suggests cutting your denim into strips and then sewing them one-by-one onto a fabric backing, working in layers.  I imagine after that all you would need to do is stretch your creation onto a canvas and--voila!  Whether you take a stacked or sunburst approach, the effect is pretty neat!  What do you guys think?

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