denim designs

Make a folder for papers. This is the outside of the folder made using a piece of crazy patch denim with fancy machine stitching along some of the seams. Once you get your pieces cut out, sew it together using a zig zag stitch. Don't sew and then try to turn the piece as it will make it to thick...just pin in place (with the right sides showing...the way you want it to look once it is done) and go around the whole piece with the zig zag stitch.

This is the inside of the denim folder. Using a piece of denim that is more narrow for the bottom...so you can fit in your papers. This is made like the folders children have to hold school papers. These folders work really great for holding and organizing your papers too. I made this one to hold a chapter of the denim book I wrote, along with samples of the denim work from that chapter. Worked great!!!

Thread saved when you rip denim apart. Use the long raveled out thread to use to crochet buttons or make tassels. You can add the tassels around buttons for decorations on jackets or vests. Or you can sew them onto whatever you want to decorate with them. You could also use the tassels as bookmarks.

Close up of beads attached to the tassel. Use thin wire and fold in half...then add a charm to the end (at the fold). Then thread both ends of the wire through beads. Then attach the wire to the denim thread that is doubled (at the fold). Wrap the wire around several times and hide the ends. Then take a long piece of thin wire and wrap around above that to hold it all in place.

This is a crocheted button made with thread taken from raveled out denim (long pieces of thread). You will have to tie ends together as you go to make a long enough piece of thread to make a button. As you crochet you can hide the tied ends by just crocheting over the top of them. There is also a loop on the back of this button so it can be sewn onto whatever you wish. You could also make a flat one like this and just sew it on through the center of the button.

Heart appliqué made from a piece of denim. Draw on your pattern then cut it out. Then use fabric paint and go around the edge after you have cut out the piece. This will keep it from fraying out when you attach it to whatever you wish to decorate with it. I also put a thin layer of fabric paint over the entire piece...then made a little design on that. Let dry at least 24 hours before you try to work with the appliqué and probably 48 hours would be better.