I had been wanting to make a denim blanket/ quilt for a long time. So I Started saving all of our old jeans that we either outgrew or completly wore out. I ended up with a huge pile of jeans and my Husband started to complain about them, so I vaccum bagged them and threw them into a plastic storage container. Well...like they say, out of sight - out of mind. I kept collecting jeans, and just adding them to the box... and before I knew it seven years passed and I had enough jeans to make several quilts!
I first planned this Baby quilt for the Baby Boy I was someday hopeing for!
I even bought the fabric, and had it in with the rest of my fabric collection.
After I had our Second Daughter, I laid to rest the hope I would have a baby boy. And when one of my close friends announcced that he was having a Baby Boy, I jumped on the chance to make this long dreamed out quilt!
I wish I had taken more pictures during the process of making the quilt! Cutting the squares of denim, and the squares of fabric. It was a huge fiasco, because I had never tried cutting squares for a quilt before! And the added difficulty of cutting them from jeans! It was LOTS of fun!
* This was after the sewing was finished,
But Before I washed it to make the denim fray!
* This is after I washed and dried it several times!
I also cut off all of the really long fibers sticking out!
* It really came out even BETTER than I had imagined!
*This is the back of the blanket. All of the different shades of blue from different jeans really makes the back look neat too!
* I am so glad I was able to give this to my friend! Since then, GOD granted me with a new precious gift...my very own baby Boy! So, now I can make a similar blanket for him!
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