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Showing posts with label denim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label denim. Show all posts

Monday, March 19, 2012

Denim Bracelet

It happened...my fave of all fave jeans are no longer wearable. I wore them to the point of inappropriate holes...
We all know that I am addicted to crafting. And I have been dying for a denim bracelet. I searched the internet for some cool designs to try to recreate and came up with nothing. Then I remembered making friendship bracelets as a kid. I figured I would try that same technique with thicker strands of denim. What the hell, I am throwing the jeans away anyways.




Ok, so first I cut strips of denim the length of the leg part. (Yes, the entire length).
Then, I stitched the 4 strips together at one end.
Starting with the stitched end, I started knotting the pieces.

Take the 1st and 2nd pieces and make sort of a #4 with them



Tuck piece 1 under piece 2 and pull the knot all the way up.



Continuing with piece 1, move down the bracelet knotting the same way with piece
1 & 3 and piece 1 & 4


Start back at the begining of the bracelet and continue until it is long enough for your wrist.

Stitch a few stitches at the end to keep loose ends neat and together.


Cut off any dangling pieces after the stitching.


Then stitch the begining part to the end to form a circle.



Because the stitching looks all ugly, I took a piece of scrap and wrapped it around the stitching.



I put 2 stitches in an X to keep the wrapped piece in place.
And it's all done!!!!

Your new bracelet!