A patchwork of old jeans with your own hands

You will be surprised when you find out how much interesting things can be made from old and unnecessary jeans. What, for example, can it be? You can sew a blanket of old jeans with your own hands. How to do it correctly, we will tell in our article.

What will it take to work?

If you want to make a blanket with a weight of up to 2.4 kg and a size of 150 x 210 cm, you will need the following materials and tools:

• jeans;
• scissors;
• Nippers;
• A brush with a hard metal bristle;
• sewing machine.

Creating a veil of old jeans with your own hands, do not forget to use additional fabric for lining and prepare shreds of different shades or one color (to choose from).

Cut out the blank for the bedspread

At the first stage, you need to get the necessary jeans and cut them into small squares 12 x 12 cm. In total, you need about 352 pieces of such blanks. And exactly the same amount should be made of lining fabric.

This is very important: do not use cloth that is on your knees and trimming with seams. Carrying out this simple rule, you will ease yourself to work with a rough cloth and extend the performance of your product. About how to make such a blanket-blanket of old jeans, we tell in more detail.

Sew a piece together

The second step is the sewing of previously prepared scraps of squares. To do this, flip them on the wrong side to each other, tightly press one against the other and sew on a typewriter. In this case, it makes sense to make a small indentation of 1.5 cm from the edge. Thus, the seam, consisting of four parts, will be on the front side of the fabric.

We repeat the sewing of such a peculiar book three more times. We put out four stitched booklets and also sew, leaving the seam on the outside. Approximately of the same pieces and will be our future patchwork of old jeans. With their own hands to create a similar masterpiece is very troublesome and long, therefore, be patient.

Mask the seam on the product

The next step is to mask and drape the seams on the product. When you put together all the dual elements, hide the unattractive seam. How to do it? To do this, in fact, and necessary cutting pliers. Take the tool and with its help on the entire perimeter of the seam make notches (the distance between them should not be more than 1.5 cm). However, we recommend you do this very carefully, in any way not to spoil the line.

In the next step, take a brush and walk it through the cuts, getting rid of excess threads and fluffing out the canvas. This is usually done when it is necessary to make a draped fringe on cut shorts. When all the seams on your product are fluffed in the above way, the cover of old jeans with your own hands will only be straightened and cleaned from excess threads. The product is ready.

Secrets of quick preparation for sewing bedspreads

In order for the tailoring of your veil to pass "without a hitch," you need to perform a few simple steps. So, for example, before cutting jeans it is recommended to wash, dry thoroughly and steam off with an iron. This is necessary to make the denim fabric more pliable and from it it would be possible to cut flat blanks of square shape.

Cutting out jeans, do it boldly and as neatly as possible. But even if there is an uneven corner somewhere, it can always be corrected, and in the general picture it will be completely unnoticeable. In the end, you will get a bright and beautiful veil of old jeans. With your own hands, you can make a real masterpiece, if you show a little imagination.

It starts with a simple model. When creating more complex variants of products, you should first draw a layout on which to reflect the color sequence of elements and other details. For greater clarity, you can also create a pattern.

Master-class: a cover from old jeans things

As an option, you can combine sewing and crocheting. To do this, previously cut out the squares of jeans first with a needle and thread, and then gently tied with a crochet. In this case, each element must first be tied, and then - sewed. The process is laborious, but the blanket (or blanket) turns out to be very beautiful.

And if you use round or rectangular templates instead of square ones, then your blanket will play with new colors. In this case, every detail is recommended to be stitched with a "zigzag" line. The same type of stitch can sew details, for example, to an old sheet. And you can close the obtained seams with the help of neatly cut strips from a blanket or sheet.

How to make a pillow of unwanted jeans?

What can be done from old jeans? Blanket made of jeans is easy to make. We described the method of its creation above. However, in addition to bedspreads or blankets of jeans, you can make pillows that perfectly complement your bedding in the bedroom. How to do it?

A pillow is made on the same principle as a blanket - from pieces. In this case, the shape of the workpiece can be, for example, round. For this purpose, you can cut three pairs of pants. Of these, exactly 16 circles with a total radius of 8 cm are made. For convenience, use cardboard template-workpiece. All circles, as well as squares, are sewn together. As a result, you should get a pillow with dimensions of 40 x 40 cm.

What other things can you make of jeans?

If you have already made pillows and bedspreads from old jeans before, then the reasonable question arises: what else can be done from this material? If you have unnecessary jeans, then there are a lot of options where they can be applied. For example, if you cut your pants into long and thin strips, then you can tie a bed mat with a hook .

In order to do it, you need to cut all the strips into a tangle, and then tie a circle around the chain in a circle. At the end of the weaving, decorate the mat with a string of denim thread. It looks great from a similar fabric and bag with straps. If you decide to make this particular accessory, then no one will limit your flight of fantasy. These can be bags with a lot of pockets, knitted by the type of rug, decorated with a variety of pins, buttons and rhinestones.

In addition, jeans are ideal for decorating wallets and purses, covers for phones, tablets, smartphones. Of these, as a rule, make beautiful covers for chairs and armchairs, suspension brackets for accessories, consisting of pockets and numerous compartments. Unusually looks jeans shoes, originally - a holster for tools, table napkins, aprons, earrings, holders for hot, gift packaging for champagne or wine, photo frames, etc.

In other words, if you decide that your favorite jeans are small, do not rush to throw them away. Of these, you can do many interesting things.