Raggy Denim and Flannel Quilt

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10-22-2010, 11:00 PM

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mmonohon

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I have an entire box of jeans from my 400 lb dbil before his gastro bypass surgery and a bunch of my two son's jeans, I just need to do one. It looks great.

10-23-2010, 01:58 AM

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auntmarie

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You can see how proud he is of his Mom's work!!!!!

10-24-2010, 06:51 AM

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quiltaroni

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He looks as if he had a happy birthday

10-24-2010, 03:54 PM

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trolleystation

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Mom...you did great!!!

10-27-2010, 06:11 PM

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Great recyling! DS looks very happy with his quilt and pillows :D:D:D

10-27-2010, 06:21 PM

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wolfkitty

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How did you sew over the seams of the denim? I always have a horrible time with that!

10-27-2010, 06:49 PM

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GwenH

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Very nice... I've been saving blue jeans for awhile now, still haven't made the quilt though.

10-27-2010, 07:44 PM

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Toto's Mom

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Originally Posted by laceybritt

Great job and good looking student!!!! I love to make raggy edge quilts but they sure are hare on the hands.

Great quilt, but doing raggy flannel baby quilts about did me in! I can only imagine the wear and tear on the hands of doing the denim!! I'm sure he loves it, too!

12-09-2010, 08:39 AM

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chartwig

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I actually would sew squares together and once I had 11 of them, sew a whole row together with another row of 11, and then I would take a break and cut while I was watching tv with a spring loaded scissors. I think that is the secret, the scissors plus cutting a little here and there. As far as the seams, I wanted to have pockets in the quilt to make it interesting, but the extra thickness make it difficult to sew. I actually had to get my machine serviced once while making the quilt because I hit a belt loop and it was way to thick! So, after that I avoided belt loops and was super careful of any studs in the pockets. Believe it or not, it went together pretty quickly since they were 7 inch squares.