Upcycled Denim Herringbone Pillows
Use what you have on hand, and turn unworn jeans into beautiful accents for your home!
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Denim works with everything, and I love that this hard-working fabric just tends to get better with age.
Look, you've been saving denim. So have I. Its time to use it and turn it into something beautiful. Upcycled (or recycle) that denim clothing and learn to make one (or many) beautiful pillows for your home!
In this video class, you will learn
- My favorite system for cutting up a pair of denim jeans to make as much useable fabric as possible.
- Two easy different ways to cut the pieces, using either a template or a ruler. No need to purchase a fancy ruler.
- Proper machine set up for sewing denim- needle size, pressing, thread, etc.
- Handling bulk as you sew the herringbone pattern.
- Tips to handle stretchy denim.
- Creating a backing for your pillow.
- Bonus information to make a quilt using this method.
Your Instructor
Blair is a quilter, tool designer, and the author of 2 books. Her most recent book, Wise Craft Quilts: A Guide to Turning Beloved Fabrics info Meaningful Patchwork, guides the reader through quilt making using up cycled fabrics and special collections of textiles. She invented the Ruby Ruler®️ and the Ruby Minder™ back in 2017 to help quilters design beautiful quilts using their scraps by understanding how to understand and use color value. She lives in an adobe house outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can find her online at wisecrafthandmade.com