I have started accumulating lots of old jeans that have too many holes to send to charity shops but are no longer wearable. Denim is such a great fabric, it is very hard wearing and ages into a variety of colours.
It all started here, with the denim apron. I found the design on this website, The jeans I used were recycled and the red gingham frill was from an old skirt I had designed at college over 20 years ago- glad I never gave that one away!
This one I did with a mix of machine and hand sewing, but my goal for this site is to promote sewing by hand – here are a couple of photos of some recent items that are all hand sewn, the stitches I used are blanket, Holbein and chain stitch.
The one on the right is a designer special – the purple fabric is from a pair of Armani jeans that I altered for a friend of mine!
serging ahead 