Great Uses Of Those Denim Jeans to Decorate For The Home

I have a friend who actually saved and acquired a bunch of old jeans and made a denim quilt. It was really nice - of course, she is a professional seamstress and designer, so she already has a lot of skill, but it was great! She even used patches that had the pocket attached, so the quilt had a couple of pockets.

When I was a teenager, some of my denim jeans were used to make a purse and throw pillows for my room. I used denim for patches on my daughters jeans, as she loved climbing trees and girls jeans just weren't sturdy in the knees. She thought it was fun to decorate the patches, as she liked to have a different style and they really looked great.

I like you ideas, my mum and I covered my bed settee with old jeans sewn together when I was younger.
I recovered my caravan cushions - the bed sized ones with black, grey and white camouflage denim, and 6 years of weekends away later with 2 kids it still looks like new.
I liked your cork board idea but would never dare to have pins in the home due to my older sonms problems, lol. Maybe when they are older.
At the moment I need washable things as the food flys at teatime, but was thinking of making a few big cushions for my sofas - the last ones I bought cost a fortune and got ruined. Maybe a nip down the charity shop and an afternoon with the sewing machine is due.
thank-you for your useful recycling ideas!

I love your ideas. I will have start saving all my demin now.

I made a denim quilt and have a patchwork denim poncho I made myself it is a great fabric to recycle and can be picked up very cheaply. I have a load of denim circles left over from making the quilt I was thinking of decorating some cushion covers with them or something.

Some good ideas. We too needed a tree skirt and so I was fortunate enough to find some pretty shiny fabric. We used that yearly until the fire. Now it might not be there. Hopefully we will find out this year. I like these crafty things too. Mine was a quilt and still want one for each kid. Beyond that I will have these ideas and probably can make a little money at my flea market selling a few of these skirts. Thanks alot!!

Boy it sure does sound like you LOVE denim in a big way. Good for you. I wish I was more creative. Where I would
love to use it is in a quilt. I don't like sewing though
so there goes that idea. I just love the look of a homemade
quilt. I have seen some people make them out of their
kids clothes (when they've grown out of them) and it looks
so nice.

I used to have a denim purse yrs ago when I was a teenager. I made by hand. I took the 2 back pockets & sewed them in front as pockets for whatever will be easy to grab. If I kept it that purse would beabout 30 yrs old now,

villageanne,
I loved this post. Denim is one of my favorite fabrics too. One year way back in the 80's my church womens league made bible covers out of denim. We even made a few to sell in the annual church bazaar. A tree skirt is a great idea. I once asked our local thrift store for a bag of throwaway jeans. I got 6 pair for free. I will have to try the ornament or card holder ideas with my cubscouts this year.
I just love recycling sturdy things into/for other uses.

Ok, I'm new to all of this, but I have really been bitten by the creative bug lately. I would love to try and be extremely crafty, but I just don't seem to have the ability! I would really love to be able to make purses. I love purses, but I hate paying so much for them. I have tried a couple of times, but they just end up a huge mess. I'll keep trying though!