If the jeans don't fray fast enough for you - take a spray bottle with water and a scrub brush! Wet the area to fray and rub the scrub brush back and forth on it

I can not believe you free motion quilted the striped one. Must have been so heavy. They are all great.

I have made a couple blue jean rag quilts for a quilt raffle for a dog rescue that I am a volunteer for. I named them after my two Minpins. One is called the "Jasper Ragster" and the "Baxter Ragster". Easy and fun to make to use up some of your jeans. I put flannel on the back for softness. I don't know about stretch jeans; I didn't use any.

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Judi in Ohio,

What is a beta tester for embroidery?

Thanks for the tip

Here is a web site dedicated to sewing with jeans. I have a stack of my denims waiting for me to do something with them. I will one of these days.

Great quilts everyone.

Also from Tucson...and love the U of A features of the quilt.

I've made five blue jeans quilts, using 6.5" and 8" respectively, but I didn't make the fraying style; my seams are half inch and are all inside. I pressed open the seams and then top stitched the entire top with 1/4" top stitching. Turned out great. No need to tie it when you do this. I used back pockets and waistband pieces in the blocks here and there (just a few).

Blue Jean Circles
 

I have wanted to make a blue jean quilt myself and saw a tutorial on one with circles. I liked it and added to my favorites so when I had the time I could make it. Here is the link

http://www.equilters.com/library/jea...gallbaros.html

Hope you like it too. And if you want to use stretchy jeans I would suggest putting a fusible interface on the back of it to stabilize the fabric, like you do on t-shirt quilts.

Hope this helps

Oh, Quiltedsunshine, I love your variations of denim quilts. I've never seen them before. What did you use for the octagon shape? And what size?