Denim Curves Quilt - Tutorial

Working with JEANS

to reduce bulk and work with the full leg length to produce a quilt... 

here is the result. 

 

 Cut your jean legs into lengths. 

Square up the edges. 

Cut off the hem.

Cut a piece of coordinating fabric a similar width and the exact length of your cut denim. It is not important that the width be exact, but the length must be identical. 

With right sides facing UP, layer the 2 long pieces together,  

keeping the ends even.    

 

 

Using a rotary cutter,  cut a very gentle curve through the length of the layered fabric pieces. Start off-center, cutting about 2" straight before starting your very gentle curve.  End with 2" straight at the end of your very gentle curve.

Here are the cut pieces. 

Alternate the cut pieces with the opposite fabric.

Evenly lay the pieces so the short ends are lined up with each other. 

While the fabric is laying flat...

Pin-mark both fabrics across from each other

at approximately the quarter points.

Pin-marked fabric. 

Right sides together, pin the curved edges together at the pin-marks. 

Gently ease the fabric with a soft tug and sew a scant 1/4" seam.  

Because the curves were cut very gently this is much like 

sewing a straight seam. 

The sewn seam. 

Press the seam towards the coordinating fabric. 

 

Square up the sewn strip by lining up a fold on a line on your cutting mat

and trimming the edges as necessary. 

The completed curved fabric. 

 

 

Make many curved fabric pieces and sew them together into a quilt.

Please see this link for detailed photos 

of the completed project,
 including quilting lines.    

Denim Curves - Link to Detailed Photos

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Heritage Park Festival of Quilts - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This was a wonderful quilt show this past weekend. 

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Strip Quilt for Baby - Variation

 

4 1/2" and 8 1/2" sections are inserted

to add a feature to the quilt top.  

At the bottom of this page is a link to my original step-by-step tutorial of the piecing method. 

In this variation after 2 strips are sewn together,

cut off 20" on the left end of the long strip set

and insert a 4 1/2" "fussy cut" feature of your choice. 

  

Then after 4 strips are sewn together,

cut off 20" on the right end of the long strip set

and insert an 8 1/2" "fussy cut" fabric feature. 

At this point cut the strip sets into 40" sections

and sew them together to form your quilt top. 

Attach a 3" border and

use the "turned" method to put the quilt together. 

Link to Quilt Border Tutorial

The finished size of this quilt is approx. 45" x 60"

Here is the back.  

The feature fabric borders a flannel centre. 

The wavy quilting lines used

give the fish a wavy ocean to swim in :)

Here is the link to the original tutorial:

2 1/2' Strip Baby Quilt with Applique

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