denim rag quilt
Thanks for the inspiration!!
01-02-2014, 02:03 AM
#47
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Your quilt is great. I have made 2 denim rag quilts and love the feel of them. For someone thinking of making one:
1. be sure to cut with the grain lines. 2. Fraying with a seam ripper works very well.
1. be sure to cut with the grain lines. 2. Fraying with a seam ripper works very well.
01-04-2014, 12:39 PM
#48
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I have collected at least 300 pair of jeans (dropped off when I wasn't home) and I washed them, hung them out, and washed more and hung them out. Think what 300 pair would do to my dryer. Anyway, I am slowly cutting them into strips and my friend in Pa. will make me 2 floor rugs, woven like the old rag rugs. He will make me any length, but only 6 to 8' wide. When I get them done, that is. I have them all washed and cut apart but not in strips yet. His Mom gave me a sample how to sew them together so he can put them thru the loom. She is from Sweden and spins and teaches spinning. So I must get them all done this year plus all the quilts I want to make. I did want to make 2 quilts with left over denim, one called "pockets" and one called "knees". I have not tried the rag quilts yet. My list is getting longer.
01-11-2014, 05:06 AM
#50
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Very nicely done denim rag quilt. I make them the same way you do. For girls/women, I fray them, but for boys/men, I sew the denim down so that it looks kind of like sashing around the print fabric. I also use deconstructed men's plaid shirts for the guys.
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