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If you’re sewing with quilting weight cottons or lightweight knits, bulky seams are probably not a problem. But if your project uses denim or home dec weight fabrics, then your seam allowances can add unwanted bulk. Sunni from A Fashionable … Read more ... 
Jill from Jembellish and Creating My Way To Success shows how to make a potholder out of an old jeans pocket. The pocket is a cute embellishment – and practical, too, since it’s just the right size for your hand. … Read more ... 
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how she created this cool superhero shirt for her son. She used fusible webbing to applique a Captain America superhero design. The denim and white on the navy shirt has a rough vintage-y feel,… Read more ... 
Elizabeth from Simple Simon & Co. shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this chic piped pencil skirt. The piping shows off the lines of the skirt, including the box pleats on the front. Four buttons stitched… Read more ... 
Jessica from Running With Scissors shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pair of jeggings in baby and toddler sizes. The leggings are made from stretch denim and have the topstitching details found on a pair… Read more ... 
Amy Felin guest blogs at Burlap & Denim with a tutorial showing how she created this fabulous bed skirt trimmed with rows and rows of ruffles. Rather than cutting and hemming all of that fabric to make the ruffled strips,… Read more ... 
Becky from Creatively Content guest blogs at Creating My Way To Success shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a winter wardrobe for a doll out of your old clothes. Her tutorial shows how to make a… Read more ... 
Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she refashioned a pair of little boy’s jeans with a Union Jack applique. I love this idea!!! If you don’t have any little boys who… Read more ... 
Aunt Peaches guest blogs in the Drop Dead Denim series at Michele Made Me with a tutorial showing how she created her Painted Sherbet effect on a denim skirt. This would work well on jeans or a jeans jacket, or… Read more ... 
Nancy Minksy from Jean Repair and author of Denim Revolution guest blogs in the Drop Dead Denim series at Michele Made Me with a post full of ideas for repairing and repurposing old denim. If you have a much-loved but… Read more ... 
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how she repurposed a pair of ill-fitting (adult-sized) jeans into a pair of toddler’s skinny jeans with designer flair. She cut the legs so she could maintain the original hem and side seams, which… Read more ... 
Caroline from Artfully Caroline shows how to make a purse covered in gathered fabric bow embellishments. It’s inspired by a similar purse at Anthropologie. Her version is made out of denim and comes without the hefty price tag. Gorgeous! Get … Read more ... 
Sibylle from Funkytime shows how to turn a pair of jeans into this cute ruffled denim skirt. The short rows of ruffles hide the piecing in the front and add some girly flair. Pom pom fringe on the front pockets… Read more ... 
Megan from The Crafty CPA guest blogs at Someday Crafts with a tutorial showing how to use a man’s button down shirt to make a messenger bag. The front of the shirt (with the button placket) becomes the flap of… Read more ... 
Crafting a Green World shares a cool idea for using the scraps of denim left over from a jeans refashioning project. They show how to use them to make spiral stamps. The stamp the spiral designs on to paper, but… Read more ... 
