Things You'll Need:
- old jeans (or any denim fabric would work)
- 100% cotton fabric (approx 2-3 yards--depending on finished size)
- low-loft polyester quilt batting
- thread
- sewing machine
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Step 1
Splice the seams to open the jeans, and then cut them into 7-inch squares. Minor holes, paint drippings, stains, seams, pockets and any other irregularities I allow for the durable masculine effect. With a hunk of brown plaid fabric (or color and print of your choice) for the back, cut squares the same size. Quilt batting can be trimmed to around 5 1/2-inch squares.
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Step 2
Layering plaid fabric right-side down, denim block face-up with batting sandwiched between, machine-quilt the blocks (for the plain blocks I like to stich a 5-point star, while the blocks with seams or pockets, I stitch randomly to emphasize irregularities).
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Step 3
Placing brown sides together (denim sides out), stitch the blocks with a 1/2-inch seam allowance, making strips the length of the quilt. Iron seams (either open, or to alternating sides), and then sew strips together--brown sides matching, of course.
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Step 4
With a sharp pair of scissors, put a snip at approximately 1-inch intervals along the seam allowance being careful to not snip into the stitching, and there's the finished product of a rag quilt.
Comments
kjv4thee said
on 12/26/2007 I like this idea and am going to try it. ( with my wifes help ) I'll let you know if I get it done.
Hode said
on 11/9/2007 I like this idea for old jeans. I'd like to give it a try!
rtheone said
on 11/5/2007 Hello I love your article