Western Blue Jean Baby Bib

This is a great way to recycle some of those old jeans. I always have a stash of out dated or outgrown blue jeans and just love to recycle with them. Since they are a nice weight I find they make wonderful baby bibs. Here is how I made the western style baby bibs. I started by cutting up one seam of the jean leg. I opened the leg and placed the center of my pattern over the center of the uncut leg seam. I pinned and cut out my baby bib. Next I placed my contrasting fabric (right side up) over the baby bib (right side up), matching the corner of the contrasting fabric to the center bottom of the bib. I pinned the contrasting fabric in place and cut along the edge of the blue jean fabric, using my baby bib as my guide or pattern for the contrasting fabric. Next I used a zig-zag stitch and machine stitched approximately ½ inch all around the bib edge. I used the same stitch and tacked down the contrasting fabric along the front bottom using the same ½ inches allowance.

I sewed on Velcro for my closure and added a cute star applique from contrasting fabric. Lastly, I snipped the entire bib edge close to the zig-zag stitching, I also snipped the bottom edge of the contrasting fabric. I washed and dried the bib which gave me the fraying effect.

These bibs are just so cute and wash up so nice making them very functional. The contrasting fabric could be changed to pastel colors making it very cute for little girls as well.

Have a great week, and remember to:

Recycle, Reimagine, Repurpose, Reuse.

Until Next Time......
Nora

Blue Jean Quilt

Happy Monday Everyone... I have always loved the look of frayed quilts. I finally made one for my daughter. I love the fact that the quilt does not need to be lined. I made a four inch square template from cardboard. I traced around the template on my vintage flower fabrics and old blue jeans. The squares do NOT have to be perfect since the final seam allowance is frayed and a bit forgiving. I sandwiched one flower square and one jean square wrong sides together and sewed an "X " through both layers. Next I assembled rows from my sandwiched squares using a generous seam allowance. I used a fleece throw to gauge how many squares I would need in each row and how many rows I would need to complete the quilt. Once the quilt was assembled I sewed approximately one inch from the outside edge of the quilt. I clipped all my seam allowances and laundered the quilt which frays the edges. I love the look of the vintage flower fabrics with the blue jeans. Tracing and cutting the squares is time-consuming, but once the squares are cut the quilt assembles very quickly. You can make your square template larger or smaller than four inches, just don't make it too small as you need a hefty seam allowance for the fray process. This makes a very warm quilt and is a good use for scrap jeans.....

Recycle, Reimagine, Repurpose, Reuse...............

Keep On Junking...
Nora

Burned Fabric Flowers

Happy Monday Everyone. I seen this on Jill's blog and decided to give it a whirl. What fun. To make the flowers you cut out various sized circles from fabric, burn the edges of the fabric, sew the circles together and add a decorative button to the center. So simple... I used a candle to burn the fabric and tongs to hold the fabric. I had a wet rag handy to extinguish the flames. It is fun to experiment with different types of fabric, some just melt while others are very flammable, so be careful. I used 14 circles of fabric for each flower. Make your first fabric circle around 4 inches. Cut additional circles of fabric slightly smaller than the previous circle. Have fun...

Keep On Junking
Nora