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3.30.2012

DIY Friday - Denim

A couple of years ago I cut up a couple pair of old jeans and made my daughter a denim book bag. She loved that bag and carried it for the entire school year and to lots of sleepovers.

Denim is a fantastic material to recycle/upcycle, it durable and comes in lots of colors. I found some great project you can create using denim. Recycle your old jeans and give them a new life.

Denim art
Do it all bins
Denim coasters
Denim flower necklace
Pocket pillow
Bulletin board and pencil holder

What is your favorite way to recycle/upcycle old jeans?

8 comments:

  1. Great project ideas! I've got a pair of split jeans sitting in my fabric box just waiting for the perfect projet. Eyeing those coasters!

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  2. I've used them to back projects made with felted wool sweaters from the thrift store. They also come in handy for a Flat Stanley. ;)

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  3. That art piece is very cool! I love how durable denim is...perfect for those bins!

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  4. Those bins are adorable!! For whatever reason the knees of my jeans always wear through long before I'm ready to get rid of them! Perhaps I'll make a set of coasters out of the next pair... ;)

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  5. I loooooooove the Denim flower necklace - very modern.

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  6. I think denim is great to use and so easy to find. Who doesn't have at least one pair of jeans lying in the closet :)

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  7. Awesome items. The coasters are so cool. If I had more time one my hands I would to play with old denim. Instead I end up donating my old jeans to the Salvation Army which is a feel good thing too.

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