bearisgray

At one time, I thought denim was denim.

After acquiring about 50 pairs of jeans and making four rag quilts, I learned a few things about "denim."

It comes in different weights and slightly different weaves.

It comes in stretch and non-stretch.

It comes in different colors.

Some of the jeans had been cut off-grain and/or the fabric had been processed off-grain. If it was on-grain in one direction, it was off-grain in the other.

I started to "bundle" all the pieces I cut from one pair of jeans. I liked to make a pattern of sorts on both sides of the rag quilts, so it was helpful to put the "same" in one bundle or bag.

I decided I did not want to use any stretch denim in those quilts, so they went in a give-away pile.

Some of the denim was almost as light-weight as ordinary quilting cotton. Some was almost heavy enough to use for sails.

I bought a Heritage Cutlery Rag Sniips - well worth the money - and used that for cutting through the waistband and around the zipper and through the thick seams.

Prices asked for jeans at yard sales vary considerably.

Weezy Rider

Don't forget most denim is Twill weave,
http://textilefashionstudy.com/what-...f-twill-weave/

Any woven in stretch will be on the bias.