quiltscapades

Made a monster-of-a quilt for my sister's friend who wanted a quilt made from his old jeans. I cut 8-inch squares and laid them out in a giant Buffalo Plaid type of design. Pressed the seams open - lots of steam, starch, and sometimes my little girlie hammer to pound bulky intersections into submission, lol! Then quilted it with a diagonal "Squared" design and bound it with long strips cut from the dark leftover pieces of denim. Then I stitched on some pockets for accents.

Wrangling that quilt to get it bound and stitch on the pockets was a real workout! Flannel on the back, 80/20 batting to cushion those bulky seams, and it may be the nicest Levi quilt ever! Hope he loves it!

juliasb

Beautiful! All the hard work resulted in this unique quilt. I hope he appreciates all you have done.

quiltscapades

Thanks! He hasn't gotten it yet - my Sis will snap a picture when he does. I love it - now I know what it will take to make one for myself!

QuiltE

Great Quilt!

Totally curious how many pairs of jeans were "sacrificed" for this masterpiece?
(... as I sit amazed that any guy gave up his much loved jeans,
while they were still usable!)

tallchick

What a fantastic quilt! I have no doubt it will be well loved and appreciated, that is no easy undertaking!

Tartan

Awesome! What a big, heavy quilt!

toverly

Beautiful job! Did you weigh it in the end. Just curious. Bet it will wear like iron.

geevee

I love this brute of a quilt!

suern3

You did a wonderful job with this quilt! The quilting is perfect for the quilt. That had to have been hard to wrangle under a sewing machine. What a good friend you are.

cjsews

Oh my. That turned out great. Tell the recipient to settle in before covering up. No moving under that quilt