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Great idea for a rag quilt. I knew I was saving my jeans for something!
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Awesome job! And for future rag quilt reference, I bought a pair of rag quilt scissors, they made a world of difference in all my clipping!
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That does look fab. Hope your hand recovers soon, worth the pain though I would say.
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It's great, but the idea of cutting all those edges makes my hand hurt just thinking about it!
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I love your rag quilt and understand your claw hand. Try to rest it if you can. Your quilt really came out beautiful and must have been hard on your hands I've made a couple out of flannel and that cutting is tough after a while. Good job. Sue
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LOVE it...I've started saving and cutting jeans to make one for each of my boys.
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Love it but now you need to make one for the couch. It just looks too plain next to the jean quilt on the chair......Beautiful quilt
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Like your story and the quilt looks great............ I too have a bunch of jeans and was thinking of doing a rag quilt.
Hadn't thought about the jeans in awhile now because of your great quilt I may work on mine. |
Yep, this is on my to do list for someday as well. Yours really turned out great. I love all the different colors scattered throughout your cover. And I like it as a chair cover too
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Sister, I felt your pain!!! I made a jeans rag quilt for a dear friend of mine and the "claw" stayed around for at least a week. The quilt came out great, but, like yours, weighed a ton! I love how the random placement of yours came out so well. Thanks for sharing your funny story.
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I love your blue jean quilt, great job
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It's awesome. Great post too!
I recently quit my job too. And I feel so much healthier now without all the stress. |
Love this quilt, looks so homey and soft.
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great idea! It turned out very nice
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nice looking! fits the chair perfectly.
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That is one very cool quilt. Looks like a lot of work.
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My son "announced" that he had saved jeans so I could make 2 raggy jean quilts...gee...when was I consulted? I have one done...and the second partially cut out...he will get both when I visit next...along with the scissors to do the snipping of all the squares (8 X 9 blocks each 9 1/2 inches square)...he has to do a little work to "earn" the quilts!!
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This looks great!! Now I know I will not throw out my old jeans, just start cutting them up!
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Originally Posted by mrsj82
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My hand hurts. Like really bad. I think it's formed into a claw...this is a serious condition that can only be caused by one thing. A rag quilt has been created.
See a while back my mom gave me a stack of jean squares that was about as tall as the Empire State building. Okay maybe not that high, just as tall as the Sears Tower. She wanted to get them made into something, but couldn't fathom how/what/when of the actual application. Seeing as how I'm crafty (or at least pretend to be) she thought I could make something out of them. So after a while I decided to start putting this jean quilt together. I drew out a few patterns, but each one I drew out made the quilt the size of Texas. I don't know about you, but Texas just won't fit into my apartment. So I had to scale it back. I ended up using half the squares that were pre-cut...and have a few pairs of jeans left to do something with. I used flannel for the backing and decided not to do a batting because it was already going to be heavy enough, I didn't want to add the extra weight. I started to assemble said quilt. And then lost steam. I started a job that made me so stressed I was physically ill all the time. I couldn't get enough sleep let alone do dishes or feed the husband. So yeah I didn't really have time for quilty type projects...so this kind of just sat there at the sewing machine. And then I quit the stressful as all get out job, and found time on my hands again. And then this past week, I rearranged the sewing space. And it was organized and calling out to me to create something. So I decided to finish this up. It's a monster...it weighs a ton, and my hand hurts from clipping all the seams for two days straight. (That's right, two days!) But I think it's beautiful. And it matches my sofa...and it's soft and cuddly...(and after I cleaned out four lint traps worth of threads it's finally stopped shedding...) And I honestly didn't plan the layout...it just kinda came out like this. Although I think that's half it's charm. It measures 72''X78''...and is big enough to cover up the husband, but honestly I like it as a chair cover, so he may not get to actually use it. What do you think? |
I love it, I have jeans waiting to be cut for rag quilts. I have a Go Baby and I ordered the rag quilt die for that. I think about it all the time and really want to get it done. After seeing this one it will go to the top of my list. Thanks for sharing.
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Great job! It looks very cuddly.
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Nice quilt and amusing story to go with it. I made one years ago and that was the first and last jeans quilt. Very heavy!
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I think the rag jean quilts are so neat, I've made####'s ones what I like is when you have finished sewing the blocks together the quilt is done ,OH! except the seem clipping.
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Absolutely beautiful! I love quilting with denim, and you have taken your rag quilt to a whole new level! Good job!
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Love it, and loved your story, too!
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Your woeful story sounds funny, but are you really over the job thingy? Hope so! Hope you get another "happy" job!
The placement turned out quirky and very sweet. Great job! |
I love it also, that was a great idea, but i would be wrapped up in it. Thank you for sharing
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I think it looks as good as any I've seen in a catalog. I saved some jeans and have jeans squares, too. It's way on the back burner though.
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Ok, fellow Texan, I need to make one. I also have lots and lots of jeans legs that are not cut into squares yet. I've made a couple of jeans quilts a few years ago, love how heavy and warm they are. When I get it made and ready to clip, I'll let you know so you can do that part! lol
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It's on my list too, I need to make 2 for the 2 GD's out of DH's jeans and flannel shirts. I told them
they could take them to concerts and sit on them....by the time I get them done, they might have to do the clipping...lol I even have those spring loaded scissors for the clipping. |
Really nice quilt! I bought spring-back scissors specifically for making rag quilts. They take so much pressure off of my poor old hands!
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I have the spring loaded scissors and that's the only reason my hand has not required a replacement! It's starting to losen up three days later! :-) Thanks for all the encouraging words...my sisters and mom have come over and eyed this longingly so I think I'll have to staple it to the chair or something...either that or make them their own, and let them clip it their darn selves! :-)
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That is gorgeous, I always wanted to make one. Went to a yard sale about a year ago, and the lady gave each customer a bag to fill it with whatever we wanted for $10. I brought all jeans. I came home with more than 15 pairs of jeans just for this purpose, but needless to say the girls and grands took most of them to wear. Oh well, maybe one day.
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Awesome job!!! If you ever make another one, invest in the go rag die, lol That's what I make all my rag quilts with. Way kinder to your hands :)
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love your blue jean quilt
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Love the quilt. I am planning on having my GD and N over when school is out to make a jeans rag for family picnics. They can cut and sew on the back porch all summer long. THEIR hands will hurt not mine.
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OMG I love this quilt what a great job you did. I have 4 boxes of jeans cut up ready to do the same thing~a rag jean quilt for my son. The jeans have been sitting here for 2 years. This is really what I needed to see to get me going. Thanks for sharing and the inspiration to get me going~Suz
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You did a great job on this. Hopefully your hand will recover quickly. lol.
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Wow, this turned out real nice. I like it!!! What a lot of work you've put into it. I was just given some jeans bits and pieces of material, I already have got an idea for a quilt but I'm surely not going down the track of making it into a rag quilt, wouldn't have the nerv for it.
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I enjoyed this so much. I have made many jeans quilts with lightweight batting and cotton backing. My kids and grandkids love them...they are very very heavy, but their favorite thing when they are sick. Mine always turn out large too; queen or king size. I have always wanted to do one like yours but don't know how. Can you help me? I have a lot of blocks already cut out; 7" I think. I loved your story. Sounds so much like me. Great job!!
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