Originally Posted by Carron

I make pins and refridgerator magnets from denim. Really simple.....You will be surprised at how very light in weight they are once dried. The color gets a bit lighter also. You can spray with a clear lacquar after dried and this will darken the color somewhat.
Once you objects are dry glue on a pin on the back to wear or glue on a strip of magnet for the refridgerator also you can add a loop at top and run a ribbon through it so it can be hung. Picture #1 cut denim into small sections, this takes less time to process...do not use the strecthy denim.
#2...add about one half (½) cup chopped denim to blender and water about 3 cups. The denim will absorb lots. Turn on blender and let run until denim is no longer in seperate pieces. Depending on blender this could be more than 30 seconds
#3 it will look like a blob....
#4 press this mess into a cookie cuttier, it will be dripping so prepare a place to collect the water.
#5 once the cookie cutter is full and you have pressed as much water out as possible place item on a wire rack. If left on paper towel or the likes it will take longer to dry. Leave to air dry which could take a few days depending on house temperature. You could place in a warm oven but not too high, it will burn otherwise.
#6 Finished.

Originally Posted by peggymunday

I love all the ideas on here! I can't wait to try some of these. I have some denim saved back (I never throw anything away, lol) and I'm thinking about going to get more while I can at a cheap price. This thrift store I found in Caruthersville, MO with the big garbage sized bags that you can fill up for a $1 from certain bins...they always have plenty of jeans and jean material jackets/shirts, etc. Since I have the room (big ol' Victorian) I think I should, especially with all this talk about fabric prices increasing.... Can't beat this price!
This was my latest project using denim - a rag quilt, approx 36x42, made from 8" squares of assorted denim, backed in flannel squares and then free motion quilted in each square.

Originally Posted by jkrzemi

Do you need special clipers to do rag quilts?

Originally Posted by dashton4

What Fun! Here is a pincushion I made :-)

Originally Posted by dashton4

What Fun! Here is a pincushion I made :-)

Originally Posted by Cookie64

Very Cute dashton4

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