TwistedQuilter - I love the khaki squares in your D9P. They really add variety and make it interesting.

I made a rag quilt out of jeans and alternated the blocks with flannel. A great way to use up old jeans and flannel shirts.
It ravels really great when washed. And heavy enough not to need any batting. Buy needles for jeans.

I did rag edge quilts - used squares of red, white and blue denim and backed it with flannel. The biggest problem with denim quilts is their weight. Forget about batting and use a lightweight backing to offset that problem.

Thanks!

I've made several jean quilts. My favorite is the one I made out of black, white and red jeans using the log cabin pattern. I quilted it on the LAM with a thin batting, cotton on the back. If you looked under "Look what I made this year" you will find the jeans quilts. I always keep 6 1/2" blue jean squares ready for a quilt.

OG, I love your quilts, especially the pink/brown and tie quilt. I acquired over 115 ties last month and think I'll give your tie quilt a shot. Any tips/suggestions?

I made a twin sizecrazy quilt jean quilt. I embroidered some of the larger pieces and did my stitching in red. Made a very nice quilt to wrap up in.

:thumbup: Note to Walen...I'm 60 yrs. young, and I have also fought the weight battle all of those yrs....when my new dr. asked when did my weight problem start, I told him from the dr. slap my bottom at birth...I had just about decided to throw in the proverbial towel, but after reading what you said about eliminating the corn and wheat, it encouraged me to try again...Thank-you...Naomi :thumbup:

Thank you. I did stabilize the ties. The pink and brown I made for a Bible Study Group my DD was attending. It was for a fund raiser and they made $283.

You could put pictures of your grandkids in the circles. Grandma linda

Really pretty quilt I love it :!: ;) :D :D :-) :roll: :XD: :thumbup: :mrgreen:

Neat Great quilt I love the colors :!: :!: :thumbup: :XD: :wink: :roll: :lol: :D :mrgreen: :-o :shock:

I made a ragged edge quilt with denim and plaid flannel. My DH took it to the house we are building in Maine and he loves it on the cold nights.

I plan on making each of my kids a jean quilt out of their jeans, from growing up. so far I have 2 done.. only 9 more to go...haha. I haven't had any problems, I use heavy needles and heavy thread. I really enjoy working with jean material.

My 9 year old grandson wanted a denim quilt like his big brother's. Which was made over 20 year ago. I had saved the backs of the legs and below the knee on the front. Light, dark and medium denim. Cut them to 7, 8, 9 inch widths using the rotary cutter and ruler. We made the quilt in two sessions. He learned to use the sewing machine so quickly. We lapped the front over the back 1 inch and then he sewed 1/2 inch from the edge with a fancy stitch (so it would hold better).Used the quilted portion of an old mattress pad so no quilting was necessary.

I have made several jean quilts. I prefer to make rag quilts and back them with flannel. When you sew your squares together, you are finished. Well all but the washing, drying and fraying them. You can't wear them out, kids and teens alike love them.

Haven't made any jean quilts, but I use recycled jeans to make jackets. I tear strip the jeans, sew the pieces together with a decorative stitch and line with colorful (or matching blues) cotton fabric. If I ever figure out how to post a photo, I'll do so.

How great your Denim Faux Cathedral Windows Around the World is. Thanks for sharing the site to get the pattern and for showing us your quilt. I really like it. :-D

Beautiful! Thanks for the link. I have printed it out and now my old jeans have purpose!

I am making a denim quilt from denim dresses. I went to the thrift store and bought all the great looking dresses that were denim. Because there is more material, I can cut larger squares. 10 inch squares and I am backing it with a blue batik flannel. I'm making it rag so that I don't have to bind that denim or quilt the whole quilt. I just quilt each block as I go. I'm not using any batting. Once in a while one of the thrift stores around here has an 88 cent special on all clothes. That's when I picked up my denim.

I make lots of denim quilts in different patterns & have sold several of them. I use fleece for the backing. No batting needed with fleece. I get more orders for the rag style & even put photos on some that are ordered.

Max's grandma, I made my son a quilt in the pineapple pattern several years ago, similar to a log cabin. I used blue bandana fabric with it. I use light weight blue chambry for the backing and poly fill batting because of the weight. I did tie it. It is weighty, but very warm. The trick on this pattern is - do not - use any denim with stretch in it. Ask me how I know.The pineapple quilt is done in graduated strips, and uses the back pocket of a man's jeans. Womens and children's pockets are too small. A friend and I made a quilt in early June for a friend celebrating an 80th birthday, and we combined denim and cotton squares and frayed the edges, we made it so it is reversible. To compensate for the denim weight we put three layers of cotton together for the cotton patches. I have the patterns for both if you would like them, just pm. me

I have made two one I posted in May, you could look it up and look at it, I did some fun tags and embroidrey on it. And one for may granddaughter that I have not posted yet, but will get it posted by Monday. God bless. Penny Its under: Jean quilt is.

I saw here that ;you made a quilt using quilting as you go method. What is it?

I made jean Quilts for my 4 legged Granddaughters Luci and Deeogee. i cut out 12 incs blocks and sewed them square to square. think i used 16 blocks, this is to protect the couch, Luci is a white boxer, Deeogee, is a fawn. oh i forgot the most important piece, i flipped the jean material over and added dog shaped bones to some of the squares. looked real nice. pattern for dog bones --i cut them out of a 50 lb bag of Dog food.--lol

I love this jacket idea, I will put this on my "to do" list .

Years ago when my kiddoes were wearing out jeans right and left I decided to make a cover for the matress in the back of our van out of the parts of the jeans I cut off when they wore out the knees. I was NOT smart and figured I needed to do the flat fell seams like the jeans had already. Guess how far I got on that before I gave up due to having broken ALL my sewing machine needles...

I have made several jean quilts and I offset the corners to reduce the bulk..

Forgot to say then I tie them instead of quilting, afraid of messing up sewing machine or breaking needles.

I have made denim bedspreads for my grand children as they leave for college
Some have flannel backing but that is very heavy. So the last ones were made with a rag finish.
For grand daughter I made it of her Jeans with all the sequins and embroidery. Turned out great

I haven't made a jeans quilt, but just made a diaper bag. It's really cute. My grandaughter and her husband give me their old jeans, so I have plenty of that fabric for projects.

Also made picnic blankets, add 4 pockets and place a red kerchief in each pocket and flannel backing Several have been donated to organizations having fund raising by auctioning baskets This was a fun project with a couple bottles of wine and wine glasses and snacks cheese, crackers ect and make
Makes a neat basket and draws many bidders

Do you have a specific Cathedral pattern or are they all the same? I know I have seen a pattern in one of my mags, I just have to look thru them to find it!

If you are asking me about quilting as you go, I either do and x pattern on the 10 inch block or a four patch grid on the block. I'm quilting through just denim and flannel, so it is pretty easy to quilt through. I do use a denim needle and I do use a walking foot, just so the layers do not migrate. Then, when all the blocks have been quilted together, I sew the blocks a 3/8 inch seam and cut the seam allowance so it will fray. Soft and reversible.

:thumb :thumbup: Great job , keep up the good work - by the time you are 16 you will be a star.

I love denim and bought fabric to back with demin. But the denim (from my husbands' old jeans, seems so stiff. Do any of you have this problem? I have not started the quilt because of this. Any suggestions?

Beautiful quilts. Now I can use the jeans i have saved, for a future quilt.

I've only made one so far but still saving jeans for the next couple of quilts. I cut all the jeans into 6 1/2inch squares and I have quite a few shades of blue, plus black, white, and other colors. I used a denim needle, either 14 or 16.

The first denim quilt I made, I arranged my different shades of blue. It was for my grandson who loved trains at the time. I bought a novelty print that had trains, I cut them out and fused and sewed them on every other square of denim, then I sewed all the sqs together. I did not use a batting, the quilt was quite heavy. I used flannel on the back and fleece on the the borders. Next time I won't use fleece. Then I did a large stipple quilting down diagonally in all the squares but not the ones with the trains.

I made it about 6 or 7 years ago and my grandson still loves it even tho he has grown out of trains.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

I just made a dog bed out of recycled jeans. Loosely used the pattern on JoAnns.com for dog bed. Backed it with a used mattress with silly machine quilting. Closed up the edges, made corners, and stuffed it with batting trimmings. It fit the puppy's crate perfectly and even had his name quilted on it.

No expense - just stuff I had laying around.

Could someone tell me what kind of needles work best on denim? Every time I sew on denim, I end up breaking the needle in my machine (Singer). Thanks.