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Beth from The Renegade Seamstress shares a tutorial on eHow how you can use a vintage serape to add a splash of color to a plain denim jacket. The serape’s fringe becomes a fun detail on the back yoke of… Read more ... 
Do you dream of sewing your own jeans? A pair of jeans made to fit your body. Melissa from Melly Sews and Sabra from Sew a Straight Line have teamed up to bring you I Dream of Jean-ie series that… Read more ... 
Beth from The Renegade Seamstress shows how she altered a long denim coat to remove excess fabric at the back. While the fit on the long jacket was good everywhere else, it was too long and too wide at the… Read more ... 
Anne from Dodie Gray is Sewing shows how she made this awesome little pouch covered in zippers. The front is made entirely from zippers, each one functional. Different colors of zippers make a playful striped design. The back is made… Read more ... 
These sequin fabric ripped jeans are some kind of fabulous! The ripped denim gives them rock and roll edge, with sequin fabric peeking from behind to make them sparkly. Laura from Macted shows how you can make a pair. Go … Read more ... 
Beth from Renegade Seamstress shares a tutorial over at eHow showing how to make a recycled denim basket, with no sewing required. The entire basket is made from recycled denim, most of it being the thick flat felled side seams… Read more ... 
Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugarmade this recycled denim wine tote to bring a bottle of wine with her on a picnic to celebrate Australia Day. The denim comes from a pair of jeans, the bottom of a jeans leg… Read more ... 
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows an easy to get a new look from a denim printed with white polka dots. She colors in the polka dots with fabric markers to make it a multi-colored polka dot pattern. She did… Read more ... 
Sarah from Sarita Creative shows how to make this throw pillow with a geometric Aztec-inspired design. She used a denim for the pillow cover and the applique. The appliques are the same denim as the pillow cover, just reversed to… Read more ... 
Niki from Roonie Ranching shows how to make a tooth fairy pillow that looks like it was made out of a tiny pair of jeans. She used denim fabric and topstitching to recreate the look of jeans in this small… Read more ... 
Cintia from My Poppet shows how to make this retro apple tote bag. The bag is made from a lightweight denim, with a large graphic apple applique. It would make a cute gift for a teacher! Go to My Poppet … Read more ... 
Cristi from In the Mood for Couture turns a pair of jeans upside down, turning them into a cute new jacket. There is very little waste with this project. She uses the top part of the jeans as the body… Read more ... 
If you’re in the market for maternity jeans, the selection in the stores is far better now than it used to be. But it’s still a limited selection and they tend to be expensive. Abby from Sew Much Ado shows… Read more ... 
Marta from 2nd Funniest Thing shows how to make a denim tote bag out of an old pair of jeans. It has a flat bottom with rounded corners, and a plastic insert to help it keep its shape. She also… Read more ... 
Sylvia from Dare to DIY shares a video tutorial showing how to add cool leather and denim patchwork to the knees of a pair of jeans. (I have a pair of skinnies I snagged from Goodwill a few weeks ago… Read more ... 
