Comments on: 10 New Ways to Revive Old Denim

By: Splendor

Splendor — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:14:34 +0000

My Mom made me a denim quilt like this. She used super-soft fleece on the backside of the denim. It’s the heaviest and warmest blanket I own.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:46:48 +0000

My roommate in college had a denim blanket. His grandmother took all his worn out old jeans, cut them into 6′x6″ squares that didn’t contain any seams. She then sewed them together with a soft red fabric on the bottom side. On one end I think 2 of the squares were back pockets. He would stick things like chap stick and his ID card in the back pockets so he wouldn’t lose them.

Everybody that came to our room and saw it thought it was the coolest thing. It was pretty heavy blanket, but it looked cool and it apparently kept him warm.

By: carla

carla — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:13:51 +0000

I made slippers and pot holders out of my own denim.

By: RecycleCindy

RecycleCindy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:03:40 +0000

I saw the link back to my crochet denim rag bag and came over to read your post. Great ideas and crafting with old denim and recycled material is so fun and frugal. I love it because the materials are free and one can be so innovating when creating something new from old stuff. It’s truly trash to treasures!

By: Stephanie PTY

Stephanie PTY — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:25:00 +0000

Great ideas, Lynnae! I really wish I could sew – I can knit and crochet all day long, but I’m terrible with a small needle and thread (and I’ve never owned a sewing machine to learn on). I always keep my old denim though, in hopes that someday I’ll become best friends with someone who sews!

By: katy

katy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:19:00 +0000

Potholders. Cut them off below the knee.

By: DjFarout

DjFarout — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:33:46 +0000

My mom made throws out of our old jeans. My brother and I both have 2 each. They are really soft and warm!

By: The Personal Finance Playbook

The Personal Finance Playbook — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:48:12 +0000

My family used to just buy crazy handkerchiefs at Hobby Lobby and then sew them into the holes – different colors of the standard, or smiley faces, or dollar signs or whatever. They usually turned out pretty well.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:05:08 +0000

This is such a timely post for me. My 3 year old actually wore through a pair of jeans recently. (Usually she just grows out of them so fast.) They’ve been sitting around waiting for me to do something with them. I basically want to find a cool patch to put over the knee to make them wearable again, but neat-looking. Anybody know of a website that sells fun-looking patches?