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Recycled blue jeans

January 24, 2010

Working with recycled blue jeans is pretty easy ….just hit a couple of yard sales and buy up whatever you can find! When you style and size are not an issue, the material seems to be in abundance everywhere!! ….Here are a few artists that are making magic out of this ubiquitous fabric ….

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These have so much personality and life! …check out her blog for more denim loveliness – http://ilovedenim.blogspot.com.
Top – $60.00 at Barbara Bearo’s Etsy Shop. Bottom – $80.00 at Barbara Bearo’s Etsy Shop.


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This rug is created entirely from old jeans…and woven by South Dakota artist, Annikki Marttila.
$45.00 at Finnish Weaver’s Etsy Shop


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The “Kate” Sandal is made from Recycled Denim and has a few Austrian Swarovski Crystals added for pizazz along with elegant embroidery.
$39.00 at Art Fire


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Created from “found denim” in Julie Floersch’s Brooklyn studio. Her artist statement does a great job explaining the beauty that can be found in this unique wall hanging.

Julie Floersch’s statement:
Using discarded materials, primarily found denim for it’s haphazard and painterly qualities, I incorporate various structure-forming techniques into complex geometric repetitions, giving them a slightly raised, subtle third dimension. These intricate patterns are then assiduously interwoven, juxtaposing hand crafted traditional Americana and pop culture imagery to reshape the concept of quilt making as a purely 2-dimensional art form.

$825.00 at Kwilti.etsy.com


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Recycled Denim Throw Quilt (with your choice of fleece color backing) Size is 54 x 54 inches.
$40.00 at Lil Annie’s Attic


Recycled Denim Inspiration:

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From the Equilters.com website, many quilts made from recycled jeans that will provide lots of inspiration!


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Martha Stewart has some nice tutorials working with recycled denim.


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The metamorphosis of old jeans design by : yao xie from china


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Braided rug from strips of denim harvested from the entire family’s stash of old out-grown jeans.
See the wonderfully detailed tutorial here.


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