What Do You Do

[bmcneal]

with jeans that you can't wear anymore? Almost *all* of my jeans have holes on the inner thighs that make them unwearable. I hate to just throw them away, it's such a waste, but I don't know what else to do with them. For a second I thought about rags, but denim wouldn't work for cleaning. I thought about reusing them to make cloth diapers, or as part of cloth diapers, because I think denim on babies is cute  but I'm not sure there's enough material. What do/would you do with jeans you can't wear anymore?

[Bruebee]

Are you crafty or know someone who is? I've seen some lovely quilts made with squares of denim.

[Vaske]

I have cut them into strips to make crocheted rag rugs.  The rugs wear well, but are a bit hard to wash and dry--I would wait for a hot, sunny day, handwash the rug, then hang it out in the sun to dry.  I also have made a potholder from them.  Other people have reupholstered furniture with used denim.  Another idea is to make house slippers, if you took that idea further you might be able to make denim shoes.

[ollyoxenfree]

DD has a craft DIY book filled with denim projects from simple to complicated. I don't know what she's done with it so I can't give you the title and author, sorry, but maybe search Amazon (easier than searching her room, lol!). I've also seen some good ideas on Pinterest. 

A few ideas

- A wall hanging organizer made by sewing the back pockets together in a 3 x 5 matrix (or however large you want it) 

- Pillows

- Coasters and placemats

- Coin Purses/bags

- Small fabric boxes for organizing 

[CelloMomCars]

Cutoff shorts!

DIY canvas grocery bags.

Picnic blanket (strong!)

Hammock

Drop cloth for raking leaves

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