15 Tips for Blue Jeans Quilting - What I Learned When I Made a Quilt Out of Old Blue Jeans 

I'm going down the recycled denim rabbit hole on RU-vid. I am loving this look! I also love that I have a use for my old jeans that will likely end up in landfill, despite donating to Goodwill. Brilliant!! As to the weight, I made regular quilting cotton, batting, fleece quilt. That thing weighed a ton. I can't imagine how heavy the denim version would be.

Thanks for all your tips and suggestions. I am just learning quilting and have made one jean quilt with ragged edges. I did not use a batting sice my backing was a flannel sheet. It turned out comfy, fluffy, and heavy. I plan to make several more. Love jean quilts.

I'd made my first denim quilt in 1990 it was my FIRST quilt too. I love it, it sorta tucks itself in around me and I feel secure ;)

That is a beautiful quilt. Thank you for all the tips. 😊

ALL of your tips were right on and accurate! Your quilt looks wonderful and your diagonal quilting was an excellent choice!

I love it! I’ve been playing with sewing jean materials recently and your tips were timely and helpful.

Wow, this is the best denim tutorial, it looks amazing, I have dozens of old jeans but never was confidant enough to tackle a quilt. Until now. Thank you.

Thank you for taking g the time and going into such detail explaining about making a denim quilt!!

Thankyou I want to make a quilt out of denim too now i know how to begin and the do's n don'ts

A very thorough tutorial on denim!

So many great tips! I’m making a denim quilt soon, and will refer back to your tutorial. I LOVE your quilt. Thanks so much.🥰

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I'm preparing to make my first denim quilt and your tips are invaluable to me.

Thank you for this tutorial! I began a Jeansquilt last year. Now it is time, to finish it up! Yeah 😃

Thank you for your tips on sewing with denim fabrics!

Great tips. I have been thinking about making a denim quilt. Love it.

Your quilt turned out really nice. Great tips! Thanks for the video.

Thank you Claudia for all the great tips!!

Beautiful! Thank you for all of your tips!

Wonderful helps! Will use your ideas when I make a denim throw.

The quilt is AWESOME!!!!!!

Thanks again, watched all 3-video’s. Great work!

Terrific tips. I loved your clear presentation.

It is absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing

Good tips thank you, I’m making my first denim quilt.

Thanks so much for the helpful tips. Getting ready to make one, as my husband has been begging me for some time now. The tips will help me out tremendously.

Thank you for all the helpful tips. God bless.😊❤

I love the layout. Thanks

I really like the design of your quilt! I used navy blue chenille tape to bind the denim quilt I made. It created a neat texture that framed the quilt nicely. The fuzzy texture just seemed natural looking with the denim.

Thanks for sharing your tips. One of my first projects was a nine-patch made out of jeans from everyone in the family. I have not finished it but I plan to, it got very heavy and I was new to quilting, sewing in general, so it overwhelmed me. I still have pairs of everyone's jeans though and I need to move them out! : ) God Bless.

Beautiful! I have been saving jeans to make one also.

Thank you for the great tips.

Very nice thank you

Great tips!! I make 6ft x 8ft flags out of denim or military uniforms and find that a 3/8" seam works best for me.

I sharp 16 needle with sandpaper sometime when needed. it's worked. 🙂😷😎

Very helpful thank you. 🌷

This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for the tips. I have a problem remembering to put in stronger needles and slowing down.

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I've made several denim quilts. My tip would be don't use the stretchy denim. At least for me, that's my policy. Also I use a layer of flannel for the batting.

Hi thank you so much for this video. I’m about to embark on a denim blanket. Mine is going to be a picnic blanket. The back is a tartan fleece middle layer is a waterproof mattress protector and the top an assortment of denim. Sadly charity shops are. It open for me to go and buy some more denim som8 hope I have enough. I’m making the centre a droughts board then one corner will have a tic tax toe grid. Tomorrow is the day I sit and plan it out

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Is this your own quilt design? Love it. I just pulled out a lg. box of old jeans all cotton, I sure wish they still made still made them for women. ( if I wanted spandex, I’d go back to the 80’s, LOL) The only new 100%. cotton jeans are Wrangler men’s jeans at Walmart ( read label). I’ve have wanted a denim quilt since the 70’s.thanks for all the great tips, LOVE YOUR QUILT! 👍👍👍

I like the pattern. Mine have been more just basic squares.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience!

I like to use 1/2” seam allowance instead of the usual 1/4” it helps the seams to lay flat when pressing them open

Your nails are beautiful.

My question is regarding the stabilizer. Is it something that you iron on and you intentionally make it smaller than the patch itself? You were talking about pressing the seams Open because if you don't it adds bulk to it will the stabilizers overall make it the quilts more bulky does it add to it at all? Thank you in advance and very beautiful by the way.

I tied mine with embroidery floss.

When you quilt with denim do you use 1/4 or 1/2 seam allowance . I am finding the 1/4 inch to small . The denim frays a lot as I am working with the quilt

Do you need to stabilize even with non stretch jeans.

did you use a walking foot?

Thanks for the tips. Im about to take on my first quilt. With my hubbys old 501 levis. I have a question about the raw edges of the denim pieces on the inside. Do they fray?? I dont think im going to use a batting, as the denim is heavy enough, and ill just back it with a heavier cotton. But i am concerened about tose pieces fraying on the inside. Im kinda ocd when it comes to that stuff (I always back stitch AND tie my seam threads) great video, thanks!

Do you think your scissors became dull because the denim wasn’t all cotton?

I have numb hands with a disease I have and I dropped my needle trying to change it, it fell inside the machine some how, it cost me $100 to get it out and clean the machine. Ugh

Do you have a pattern for this quilt? Inquiring minds want to know. :)

i can't hear anything over the extremely LOUD noise, that I believe is generally reserved for some sort of background effect. I don't believe that I've ever heard it as the main event. which is really unfortunate, since I was so eager to watch and hopefully learn how to make my first denim quilt. If possible can someone let me know if there is a way for me to edit the noise out and still be able to listen to the actual tutorial? please, help me if there is advice out there. Thanks so much B.