Comments on: I am planning to make a quilt of old blue jeans and fleece. Can I?

By: synisterkat

synisterkat — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:22:55 +0000

I think you are talking about a raggy quilt. And yes, they are awesome done with denim. Use the denim for the back of the quilt and the fleece for the top. You will see the pretty colors of the fleece with the frayed denim edges in between. Denim shirts will fray as well but try to use a consistent weight fabric throughout the whole quilt. Save the lighter weight shirt denim for use in a raggy quilt with flannel for a lighter weight quilt. And the advice about the snips is dead on. Get some snips made for raggy quilts and you will save yourself a ton of time and hand pain when you are snipping all your raggy edges.

By: sbsoshie

sbsoshie — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:05:32 +0000

I made a queen size denim quilt for my son, and it weighed a ton, I used a flannel sheet for the backing. After making two flannel baby quilts and clipping those seams, my hands were in great pain. Then someone told me about the spring-loaded snippers, and what a difference, they are definitely worth the investment. I think they’re made by Olfa.

By: Betty

Betty — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:44:32 +0000

I made a blue jean quilt out of old jeans. I added new dark jean material for contrast. And I used flannel for the back with no batting inside. It will be heavy enough without batting. I have heard of people even using the pockets on their quilts but I was cutting around stains and holes so my pieces were smaller triangles in a circle and smaller pieces. Good luck

By: Sue F

Sue F — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:27:14 +0000

I would use denim squares and sew the wrong sides together using a 1/4″ seam or more (depending on how much fraying you want). Use the fleece for the backing or heavy weight flannel. I don’t think denim shirts would have anywhere near the same fraying quality as jeans as they are a lot lighter weight than the jeans. Good luck!!

By: snackerpack

snackerpack — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:39:31 +0000

I have done a quilt just like this it turns out really neat. When you sew them you need to sew them with the wrong sides together so your fraying is on the outside and you can see it. You can use any kind of Denim for the quilt even black pants if you want skirts don’t matter.
I usually do 4×4 squares or 5×5 squares. Once you have it done you put it into the washer and wash it the more you wash it the better the fraying action. I would not use fleece as a backing because of the stretch. Use something just as soft but not stretching. Like flannel. Good luck!! If you need more help just email me and I will help you

By: cowgirl

cowgirl — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:26:36 +0000

You can try anything you like.
The shirts aren’t as thick, usually, as jeans, but give it a try.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-19,RNWE:en&q=denim+quilt+pattern

By: merciasounds

merciasounds — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:22:26 +0000

I wouldn’t recommend this, using two different weights of fabric like this. One, it’ll be difficult to wash, and two, the fleece will stretch and the denim won’t, so it’ll keep tearing and coming undone stitching wise.