Upcycled Denim Pear Doorstop – Free Sewing Pattern

Have you noticed how quickly jeans wear out? It seems I’m always having to replace a pair of worn out jeans! Claire of Pillar Box Blue shows how you can turn those worn out jeans into a door stop that’s shaped like a pear. How’s that for turning something worn out into something useful for your home?

The thing about worn out jeans is that the majority of the jeans legs will be still in good shape, but the knees or the inner thigh area will be worn to shreds. I’ll absolutely patch my jeans to get more wear of them, but there’s only so many patch jobs you can do. Then you’ve a pair of jeans that are past the point of being worn, but with enough useful fabric that it’s hard to just toss them in the trash.

This upcycled denim doorstop is such a great idea for using that fabric. The pear shape is made from 4 pieces cut from the denim. The piecing gives a wonderful curved pear shape. The size and shape of the pattern pieces are perfect for cutting around damaged or shredded spots, too. You can find the tutorial and free sewing pattern at Pillar Box Blue.

The free pattern includes variations for two types of pears – a Conference pear which is a taller slimmer variety, and a Comice pear which is shorter and rounder.

There are plenty of other upcycled denim sewing ideas over at Pillar Box Blue. So after you make your pear doorstop, you can find other projects that would use up those scraps left over. There’s an entire section of her blog dedicated to upcycled denim sewing ideas, so I’m sure you’ll find at least a couple (probably more!) of projects you can make from the pieces left over from making the doorstop.

Go to Pillar Box Blue for the upcycled denim pear doorstop.

[photo credit: Pillar Box Blue]

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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