My Blue Jeans Rag Quilt

Well, I can't actually call

this one,

"My Blue Jeans" because

there is not one pair of my jeans

in this quilt.

They do, however, have my dads,

husbands, and my sons jeans

all in there.

There are

195 denim circles in the quilt I created.

Cut using my

Accuquilt GO! Rag Circle Die

(Yes, 195!!)

15 x 13

I honestly would not have even attempted to

complete it without that handy little tool.

It cuts the circle shape and edges of the circle have tiny cuts

that will fray after you rough it up or wash the quilt.

No more using scissors that end up killing you.

It made such a stunning and fun quilt, EASY!!

This is just most of it while I was working on it.

It took me 4 days to complete it from start to finish.

I did have all of the circles cut out before I began,

but not the batting or the fabric squares.

I used an older line from

Sweetwater for Moda called

Boat House.  It was sitting in

my sewing room begging to be used.

Plus, all my honeys who the jeans came from

love to wear Red, White and Blue,

so this was an appropriate fabric line

to use with their jeans.  

I used a soft green Aurifil #2835

to topstitch on the jeans

and a darker blue in the bobbin, Aurifil #2745

And it matches the pillow that I created a couple months back.

If you are interested in the pattern

you can find it, here.

After removing the piles of "Denim Glitter"

that appeared during the construction of this quilt,

(Let's just say be prepared to be covered in it)

it is now going to find it's way to the back of the couch

to cover up cold toes during the cold months

that are soon approaching.

As heavy as it is, it should keep them nice

and toasty warm.