Today I'm sharing how to make a cute little denim cuff...you may have seen this cute little thing over at Appleseed Gifts...but I wanted to include it in Stuff from Old Jeans.

So what you need is a piece of denim that measures your wrist (I used the pant leg seam because of the thread color and the look, but you can use any portion of the jeans you want). Needle and thread, a snap, and some colorful beads.

Sew on your snap closures and then sew on your beads for a little pizzazz! All done and ready for wearing!

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Denim Flower Handband

Alrighty! Hope everyone is having a great Monday so far! Today I'm sharing a tutorial for a cute 

Denim and Felt Flower Handband!

So here is what you need:

glue gun, scissors, scrap denim and felt, needle and thread, and some beads

Cut out some circles from the fabric.  Fold three in half and arrange them in a flower pattern like above.

Sew in place and secure with your beads.

Cut out two small rectangles of fabric for the backs of the flowers and warm up your glue gun!

Glue the flowers onto your handband.  Add a little more glue and secure the small rectangle of fabric over the backs, pressing tightly around the edges.

All done and ready for wearing!

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No-Sew Denim Clothespin Holder

So in an effort to save some pennies this summer (electric bills are so pricey these days) I decided to get myself a clothes line to line dry clothes outside in the spring air!

 Many benefits are included: it cuts electricity costs by not running the dryer, clothes tend to not shrink up as much, it gets me outside in the fresh air, and Jack loves to help by handing me the clothes out to dry!

One problem did pop up...where to keep all my clothes pins?  So I had a great idea for a no-sew pocket holder.

I cut out the back pocket from my husbands Old Jeans (keeping an inch or so up at the top to hang it by).  I cut 2 small slits in the top and tied it to the clothes line with 2 strips of bright blue floral fabric.

Super cute, super easy and super functional!

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"Baby's" little buddy! A denim monster friend!

So I show cased this little guy on Mad Skills Monday...isn't he sweet?  He's a good friend of Baby, the other little denim monster.  I followed my same tut but with a few changes as you can see.

Be on the lookout for him at a few different link parties this week!  And be sure to head back here next week for another Mad Skills Monday!

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Stuff from Old Jeans

Alrighty! Hope everyone enjoyed my other old jean projects! If you're new to this series check em out here and here!

Today, I'm showing you a cute denim flower pin I made out of scraps from the denim monster!  Here's what you do...

Cut out some petals from scrap.

Thread your needle and start to sew the petals together at the bottom.

Keep sewing them into a fan-like pattern until you've sewn a little flower shape.

Pull the thread tight, sew the middle of the flower to keep it secure.  Then add some beads.

Sew a cute cluster of beads and warm up your glue gun!  Cut a small rectangle of scrap for the back of your pin.

Hot glue the pin to the back of the denim flower.

Add a little more glue and add the little rectangle of denim over the pin.  Secure it tightly around the edges of the pin.

Let it dry...all done and ready for wearing!

Super cute and easy!  Perfect little accent for springtime!

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Everything you can do with an old pair of jeans!

And who doesn't have a bunch of old jeans lying around that have holes in the butt or don't fit anymore??  Well, I've decided to come up with a short series of posts on all the things you can make out of an old pair of jeans.

Sounds like fun!  Lets do it!  You may have already seen my first project from a pair of Micahel's old jeans.  Pretty cute and fun to make...see the tutorial for the loopy ball here and the tutorial for the blankie here.

Anyways, here is my second project..."Baby" the Denim Monster (that's what Jack named him).

Pretty cute, huh? So here is what you do:

Take an old pair of jeans and cut out two rectangles (or any shape really) from the pant leg.

 Cut out some shapes for eyes, mouth, etc from felt or another fabric

Design the face of your monster (I used purple felt and red buttons for the eyes and brown and gray felt for the mouth and teeth)

Stitch down the face of your monster

Cut out shapes for the arms and legs of your monster and stitch with right sides together

Then turn them inside out

Pin the body together with the wrong sides out

Add some ribbon for hair pinning the loop sides in

Finish pinning the body all the way around

Stuff the arms of your monster and pin them wrong sides facing in

Begin stitching the body (be sure to leave a hole to turn right side out and stuff)

Sew reinforcements on the arms (for protection against 3 year olds ;-)

Then, turn your monster right side out...now he is starting to take shape!

Stuff the body and pin the legs in place

Stitch the hole closed with the legs in place

All done!  Now he's ready for cuddle time!

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