Reversible Denim Quilt Made With Old Jeans Story

Reversible Denim Quilt Made With Old Jeans

I made this quilt reversible and I followed a pattern for the front and pieced the back using improv quilting.

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This depends on how big you want your quilt, but here is how many I used.

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In essence I got 16 fat quarters worth of materials out of 9 & 1/2 pairs of jeans plus one of my husband’s shirts that I used as an accent.

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I saved all of the parts of the jeans I didn’t use for my quilt.

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Instead of doing it block by block, I did what is called ‘chain piecing’ where you sew together the same two pieces for each block over and over again.

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You then cut your thread when you have sewn them all. Iron the seams and move on to the next step.

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Improv sewing, or improv quilt piecing is when you just start sewing pieces together without a plan, which is pretty much what I did.

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