Sewing Tutorial: Recycled jeans apron
You can make a cute – and sturdy – apron out of a pair of jeans. Creative Green Living shows how in a tutorial on their blog. The bib of the apron is made from the lower portion of one… Read more ...
Tutorial: 3 ways to update your jeans
Jeans are the most expensive part of back-to-school clothes shopping. Rachel from Holy Craft tells three ways you can update a pair of jeans to give the look that you want, so maybe you won’t have to spend as much… Read more ...
Tutorial: Recycled jeans sunglasses case
Claire from Pillar Box Blue shows how you can make a sunglasses case out of an old pair of jeans. It’s made from the top of the jeans, and you’ll end up with a bonus pocket on the front of… Read more ...
Tutorial: Recycled jeans pocket organizer
Claire from Pillar Box Blue shows how you can recycle jeans into this awesome pocket organizer. The organizer is made from a patchwork of jeans pockets. Look at all those pockets to hold a phone, keys, pick change, and more. … Read more ...
Tutorial: Turn jeans into culottes, plus 3 styling tips for wearing them
Love Maegan shows how you can recreate old jeans into denim culottes. It’s an easy project, with edges left raw and fraying for a distressed look. She also gives 3 tips for wearing them stylishly this fall. You’ll need two… Read more ...
Tutorial: Girls ruffled jeans skirt
Deborah from Sew Much To Give shares a tutorial showing how to make these cute tiered ruffle jeans skirt. Her tutorial is for the Skirting the Issue series by Simple Simon & Co. to encourage sewists to make new skirts… Read more ...
Tutorial: Jeans too short? Turn them into a jean skirt
Back-to-school sales are starting soon, so that means it’s time to assess your kids’ wardrobe to see what still fits and what needs passing on. Not all clothes that are too small need to be donated, though. If your daughter… Read more ...
Tutorial: Springtime cut-off jeans shorts with knotted fabric hem
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to make cut-off jeans shorts with a knotted fabric hem. It’s a good project to eke an extra season out of a pair of jeans that have become too short. The… Read more ...
Tutorial: Bleach and dye a pair of jeans
Ren from The Inspired Wren shows how she used fabric dye to rescue a pair of jeans that she had spilled bleach on. She bleached them even more, removing all of the denim color and then dyed them to a… Read more ...
Tutorial: Wrist cuffs from jeans waistbands
Jill from Be Our Best shares a fun upcycle project for a jeans waistband. She turns it into a wrist cuff bracelet. It’s cute left plain, showing off the jeans details. Or, embellish it up with a fabric flower (perhaps… Read more ...
Tutorial: Add ankle zips to a jeans or pants pattern
Heather Lou from Closet Case Files shows how you can insert an ankle zip into a pair of jeans that you’re making. In order to make the zips exposed and showing the shiny metal teeth, it takes a few more… Read more ...
Tutorial: Take in a jeans waist and get rid of the gap
As much as I try to avoid jeans that gape at the back (you know what I’m talking about), I’ve usually got one or two pairs at any given time that have that annoying gap. Tasha from Glitter and Wit … Read more ...
Tutorial: Recycled jeans pencil bags
Jill from Creating My Way To Success shares a tutorial showing how you can make a zippered pencil pouch out of a pair of jeans. The jeans back pocket gets repurposed as a pocket on the front of the pouch. … Read more ...
Tutorial: No-sew heart cut out jeans pockets
Maegan from Love Maegan shows how you can make these heart cut outs for your jeans pockets. No sewing required, just some careful cutting. The darker (unfaded) denim on the inside of the pocket will show through the cut out. … Read more ...
Tutorial: Upcycled jeans waistband tote
Jill from Creating My Way To Success shows how you can make this tote bag, using a jeans waistband as the top of the bag. Other pieces of the jeans find their way into the bag as well, with back… Read more ...