jean repair

Another creative option for cast off jeans - have them recycled into a pair of comfy and useful sandals ... here's the link - for the whole story.

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2012/01/recycle-your-jeans.html

Just discovered this adorable tutorial for a pair of soft baby denim snap-on-pants on craftgossip which led me to the project's orgin - mesewcrazy. Looking forward to a year of creative denim ...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2011/12/diy-denim-baby-snap-pants.html

All month I have been following the wonderful denim based crafting creativity over on MicheleMadeMe. Beautiful craftmanship, industrious ideas and the unexpected have rolled out for every budget...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2011/09/denim-diy-giveaway.html

Michelemademe is devoting the month of September to denim crafts. She and her crafting pals are sharing all kinds of creative ways to make everything desirable out of old denim -- from toys...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2011/09/drop-dead-denim-diy.html

Pig -Pen (1945-55) These beautiful quilts, are part of an eclectic group of "Improvisational Quilts" (from The Henry Ford), created by Susana Allen Hunter from the 1930s - 70s. She was an Ala...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2011/04/antique-denim-quilts.html

A British artist, Denimu , who lives in Sweden, uses the beautiful, intrinsic qualities of denim, to express his thoughts and visions of the world. Follow him on twitter, facebook, or his blog ...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2011/02/denim-as-art.html

MicheleMadeMe has captured nature - in all it’s inviting glory - with her berry n’ bird denim beret. Imaginatively stitching together all kinds of textures, patterns with great skill, she c...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2011/01/michelemademe-has-captured-nature-in.html

Swedishloveaffair, has cleverly used this scrap of denim as a sturdy base, to make a charming New Year's Eve Fascinator . Click here for her super super easy and clear tutorial. All kinds of var...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/12/diy-charming-fascinator.html

photo: Jane Aldridge This image, from "Sea of Shoes" expresses all the power of the individualism of the 60s. It looks like wonderful scraps of various printed Pucci fabrics (which could be p...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/11/pucci-patched-vintage-jeans.html

Even though some of you may have seen this before, I'm posting it again, as it remains a wonderful way to use a scrap of denim. Add some glamorous beads, pearls, ruffles, whatever you find in yo...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/09/diy-venetian-mask.html

Isn't it wonderful, when someone takes junk - like a pair of old jeans - and surprises you with the possibilities of what can happen when you creatively combine your imagination with some craft...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/09/creative-denim-tree-decoration.html

Bored and crafty has posted (right here) a detailed tutorial with lots of visuals and clear explanations on how to turn a pair of has-been jeans into a mini skirt.  All one needs is a little ...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/08/tutorial-to-turn-jeans-into-mini-skirt.html

As we gear up for fall and back-to-school, fresh additions to one's wardrobe give positive energy and pleasure.  This beret, one of the sewing projects in my book Denim Revolution , is made ...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/08/super-book-sale.html

CookCleanCraft , click here , has resourcefully turned a pair of denim rejects into a charming pair of pants for a toddler. I love the way she explains carefully all her steps and thought pro...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-make-adorable-pants-for-your.html

This is a wonderully imaginative tutorials! The SewingDork , takes you through all the steps, with lively images, so everyone can make her totally camp skirt - from a pair of cast-off kid's ...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/06/bleached-denim-skirt-from-recycled-kids.html

Megan at the brassyapple has created a Shaggy Mosaic Jeans pattern booklet , filled with plenty of ways (and 42 inspiring images) to remake jeans for all the family. Her bright, fun way to wo...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/06/denim-remake-by-brassyapple.html

Jeans are being cropped, hemmed and cuffed every which way as the weather warms up. One version seems to be the current denim uniform of NYC's rickshaw (or pedicab) drivers that encirc...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/06/cropping-jeans-just-at-knee.html

If you have a pair of naft jeans with no personality and you love denim and love the ease of joggers, then why not, follow your love – and crop and recycle those old jeans into something cozy...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/05/diy-cropped-denim-joggers.html

Awhile ago my cousin was chatting about her beginner sewing adventures. So when I was recently in Portland, we caught up and she pulled out her in-progress denim “hobo bag.”  It certainl...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/05/diy-denim-hobo-bag.html

Visiting dear friends ... a mom, her daughter and growing son, all in jeans, every which way, even in need of a touch up repair or two.

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/05/jeans-come-in-all-sizes.html

Guest post by the wonderful Mudnessa (it was first spotted at the Greenists , an awesome place for all things green.) Mudnessa writes: I recently took an older pair of wide-legged jeans a...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-turn-your-wide-legged-jeans-into.html

When a mixed media artist starts to mend her husband’s jeans … her artistic skills, vision and sensitivity are totally inspiring. The jeans are a work in progress. More holes, more r...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/05/jeannes-jeans.html

CAT AND MOUSE – A MENDING TECHNIQUE TO CUNNINGLY PATCH JEANS THE JEAN DILEMMA: You have a pair of very cool jeans that you love and fit well but suddenly they are disintegrating into an annoy...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/05/basic-101-of-jean-repair.html

Sometimes after all my earnest goodwill and big plans, my patches just have not worked out… or more accurately stated, my blue jeans are just a muddled, fuddled, puddle. As a result, I'm ...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/04/musing-about-mending.html

Dear friends, you are warmly welcomed to my new blog created just for old, worn and lovable jeans. Dedicated, with tender loving care, to the enduring qualities of our favorite, ...

http://jeanrepair.blogspot.com/2010/04/launch-of-new-blog-named-jeanrepair.html