This is my denim quilt that I began way back when: and finished a couple of nights ago:
We were cleaning out the garage and I found it. The reason that I never finished it was because of the scissors and denim combination. You have to clip through two layers of denim and two layers of cloth and it's very tiring on the hands. When I found it again, I got it out and started cutting. I ended up using small garden shears to do it. I was supposed to be doing laundry, but we all know how that goes, huh? I ended up with blisters on my thumb and my pinky finger the other night as I finished it. Not the fun part of this quilt. Then I washed and dried it and it was ready to go.
The denim was all from jeans that were worn my me, the hubby and the Eldest. The Youngest wasn't even a thought at the time of this quilt's beginning. This is such a great way to use up old denim jeans and jackets.
Here's a close up so you can see what I'm talking about with the clipping of the denim. The clipping allows the backing fabric and the denim to fray so that the backing color peeks in through the denim in the front.
How do you make it?
Wash your backing fabric first! Then start cutting out squares. You will have to do some math to figure out how many to make. It depends on if you want a throw size or a specific bed size. This one is a twin size. A smaller quilt would have been so much smarter to do on my part. I believe the squares were around 6" square. Then they were sewn in strips - one denim and one fish. Next, the strips were all sewn together with the seams all on the denim side. Clip the seams carefully, don't go through the sewing. Wash and dry about four or five times and you're done! You really don't need more instructions than that for this quilt. If you want more details, let me know and I will attempt to remember back seven years for you.
It's extremely heavy. This would be a great one to leave in the trunk of the car and use for picnics or other outdoor activities.
