quilt_happy

Here are two of mine. I am working on a third. I decided it is fun to work on blue jeans and learn to recycle.

Nancylou

Beautiful quilt!! You did a great job with your denim! :-D

Nancylou

Great quilt!! I've made a couple rag quilts but not with denim. Do you use batting in them? Seems like it might be too thick. I've been wanting to make one but am not sure what pattern to use.
Nancy

quilt_happy

No batting. Flannel on one side, denim on the other side

moonwolf23

I noticed on one of the links, that you guys said that denim quilts need to have a larger seam allowance. Can someone tell me why?

IBQUILTIN

I love my denim quilt to keep in the car. I had it on the bed and even though it is not filled with a batting, it is so heavy that by morning, it has pulled itself right off the bed onto the floor. But its great in the woods cause weeds won't stick.

auntjo

Here's a denim quilt I made over 10 yrs ago. Both my younger boys used it regularly for soccer game bundling, then older son had it all thru college in Tempe & law school in Boston as his dorm quilt. It now is residing w/my 20yo son in Colorado as he found work there for now.

tebill

Thanks! I didn't use batting as it was already very thick and heavy. I used flannel on the back. I just used regular sewing thread other than for the embroidery of course. I also wrote words with bleach - something new to me. Our son is into recycling big time so I used denim from hubby's old jeans etc. Denim makes for a very heavy quilt so it's not for everyone in my opinion.

Maxine Goodyear

I made this for our grandson from his grandpa's jeans, used the pockets and belt loops too.

Lady Tapioca

In rag quilting, the seam allowance is snipped to facilitate fraying.
A larger seam allowance lets you snip about 1/4" without cutting into the seam. Clear as mud?