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Writer's pictureSharon Prigan

Creating art from jeans

Sorting through my fabrics and finding all sorts of pieces that I have created in the past. I found a huge box with pieces created from denim scraps.


When I upcycle a pair of jeans it is broken down into different parts. Strips from the legs, pockets and the belt with the belt loops. From the strips I cut squares and keep the smaller strips that are left over in different sized piles for other projects.



jeans waistbands



denim waistbands


I also keep the jean seams as they become focal points for textile art



jean seams from pants after deconstructing a pair of jeans


The first pieces I created were classical quilts from 6 inch squares



Classic quilt made from jeans squares


And some matching denim square pillows



denim square pillows


Pieces which are too small for squares are cut into rectangles and sewn into a patchwork piece of fabric, which can be used as is or to create a pillow or a bag.



new jeans fabric created from rectangles


Many diffferent shaded jeans rectangles sewn together to create a new piece of fabric.


many different shaded jeans rectangles sewn together


Next, smaller squares and rectangles of different shades of jeans are sewn together to create a crumb patchwork jeans piece.



hand holding a jeans crumb patchwork quilt


A work of art



girl pointing to a jeans patchwork piece on the wall


A larger jeans crumb patchwork quilt



large jeans crumb patchwork quilt



Crumb pieces are also used to sew home decor - patchwork pillows



sewing machien sewing crumb patchwork pillows


A sofa cover and matching crumb patchwork pieces from different shaded denim jeans



patchwork sofa cover and pillows made from denim with a giraffe statue and vase of dried flowers next to the sofa


The smaller strips that are left over are also used when I am in the mood for creating art from jeans. A wave landscape patchwork piece entirely from different shaded denim strips



machine sewing strips of jeans together in a wave landscape patchwork designn


A jeans wave landscape patchwork quilted table runner



jeans wave landscape patchwork design


And last but not least, all of the small pieces are used to sew a patchwork piece of jeans mosaic fabric.



jeans mosaic patchwork fabric


jeans mosaic patchwork art fabric



jeans mosaic patchwork art fabric piece


The smallest of pieces can also be used to create fabric beads



fabric and jeans beads

Enough reasons to keep all of the denim pieces when deconstructing a pair of jeans

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8月14日

Thanks for sharing your work. It is inspiring to see your ideas :-)

いいね!

ゲスト
7月29日

Love your work...<3 Thank you

いいね!
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