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Decorate Your Jeans With Adorable Hearts

By Susan

I love hearts. I have a couple of heart necklaces, several pairs of heart earrings, and a heart key chain until it broke recently. Better the key chain than my heart, right?  ;) So when I came across this cute tutorial from The Pretty Life Anonymous showing how to heart-ify your jeans, I couldn't resist sharing it with you. Aren't they the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fashion, Holiday, No-Sew, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Hearts, Denim Project, Jeans With Hearts, Recycle Jeans, Repurpose Jeans, Stencil Jeans

Make a Denim Heart Bookmark

By Susan

Rena at The Cheese Thief has come up with one of most adorable and practical ways to use all those scraps we often left over from our recycled denim projects. She uses her's to create darling heart bookmarks. These would be so perfect to include when giving someone a book as a gift or tucked down inside a teacher gift basket. They would even be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Holiday, No-Sew, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Project, Heart Bookmark, Recycle Denim Bookmark, Recycle Jeans, Repurpose Jeans, Valentine's Day Gift, Valentine's Day Project

Scrappy Denim Wreath

By Susan

Wreaths are always a favorite project for crafting with repurposed denim. Phyllis who blogs at Grandparents Plus came up with a great wreath design that can be easily changed up for any occasion or holiday. You can see a few of the fun ways she changes her wreath for the occasion or holiday in the collage below.   This recycled denim … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, Home Decor, No-Sew, Valentine's Day, Wreaths Tagged With: Denim Project, Denim Wreath, Holiday Wreath, Recycle Jeans, Recycled Denim, Repurposed Denim, Upcycled Denim

7 Recycled Denim Projects for Valentine’s Day

By Susan

Happy Weekend! Valentine's Day is just a week away so I thought it would be fun to share all the previously featured recycled denim projects with a heart theme making them perfect for Valentine's Day. Thought Denim Do Over is just 4 months old, there have already been 7 projects featured with a ♥ theme. Here they are in no particular … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Fashion, Holiday, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Craft Project, Denim Fashion Project, Holiday Project, Valentine's Day Crafts, Valentine's Day Designs

Heart-Shaped Potholders Made From Recycled Jeans

By Susan

With Valentine's Day only two weeks away, how about a fun, you-can-use-everyday, Valentine's Day project! ♥ Kelley who blogs at Kelley's Highway, came across a Martha Stewart tutorial online for making heart-shaped potholders and got an awesome idea!   She had a few denim skirts and jeans just waiting for a fun project. I bet you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Holiday, Tabletop, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Potholders, Denim Project, Denim Skirt, Heart-Shaped Potholders, Holiday Project, Recycle Denim Skirt, Recycle Jeans, Repurpose Jeans, Valentine's Day Project, Valentine's Day Sewing Project

Jean Skirt With Heart Applique Design

By Susan

Sometimes old jeans can be really worn or in Shauna's case, paint splattered, too. Time to toss them out, right? Not necessarily. Shauna who blogs at Shwin & Shwin gave her hubby's jeans a second look before tossing them and realized there was just enough good fabric left around the bottom to make a little skirt for their daughter. She … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fashion, Holiday, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Projects, Denim Skirt, Denim Valentines, Recycle Jeans, Repurpose Jeans

Make a Denim Pincushion from Recycled Jeans

By Susan

You know all those little pieces of denim and scrap fabrics we have left over after creating a denim project? Cyndee who blogs at Restyled Junk found a really cute way to put them to work. Using her left over denim, she made an adorable pin cushion using a heart fabric in a reverse applique technique. This would make such a cute gift idea to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Holiday, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Crafts, Denim Pincushion, Denim Projects, Heart Fabric, Recycle Jeans, Repurpose Jeans

Denim Organizer: Great for Scissor Storage

By Susan

Denim is a great fabric for use as an organizer since it's sturdy and super durable. Wendy who blogs at Handmade Harbour had  some scrap fabric lying around, left over from other sewing projects. Included in her stack of fabric was some denim fabric with a cute star pattern. Wendy put all that left-over fabric to good use and created a hanging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Holiday, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Organizer, Denim Projects, Recycle Jeans, Repurposed Jeans, Scissor Storage

Sew a Denim Apron from Jeans

By Susan

The minute I saw it, I fell in love with the sweet apron Kim made for her daughter using repurposed jean fabric. Kim, the publisher behind the blog, Mommy Knows, wrote a humorous tutorial sharing how she made this apron for her daughter, Georgia. It may or may not have involved Valium. ;) Haven't we all been there, knee-deep in a project that at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aprons, Fashion, Holiday, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Apron, Denim Project, Recycled Denim, Repurposed Denim, Upcycled Denim

Make Denim Hearts for Valentine’s Day

By Susan

With Valentine's Day just barely more than a month away, I had to share these adorable hearts Becky who blogs at Art & Illumination made. They were featured in a recent issue of the magazine, Somerset Studio Gallery. Becky doesn't have a tutorial on her blog but with just a little sewing, you'll find these a lot of fun to make. To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Holiday, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Hearts, Denim Project, Recycle Old Jeans, Recycled Denim, Repurposed Denim, Scrappy Denim Hearts, Upcycled Denim, Valentine's Day Craft

Denim Banner Made from Jean Pockets

By Susan

When I saw this adorable denim pocket banner I couldn't wait to share with you here at Denim Do Over! Emma took jeans that were not in good enough shape to donate due to worn out knees and salvaged the pockets to create an adorable banner. Since the pockets on most of the jeans were a bit on the plain side, she added all kinds of cute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Banners, Crafts, Holiday, No-Sew, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Denim Banner, Denim Craft, No-Sew Denim Project, Recycle Denim, Repurpose Denim

Customize Your Jeans with a Decorative Heart Design

By Susan

This denim project is a different "Do Over." Instead, of repurposing those old jeans, we're making them over and giving them a new look. Natalie at She Knows Beauty & Style decided to jazz up her regular jeans with a fun print. Can you guess what shape she chose? It's one of my faves!   Hearts! You're not going to believe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fashion, Holiday, No-Sew, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Add Designs to Jeans, Decorate Jeans, Stencil Jeans, Valentine's Day Jeans


Hi, I’m Susan, Glad you stopped by! If you’re looking for ideas and inspiration for repurposing those old jeans or denim clothing, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find lots of great projects including home decor ideas, craft projects and fashion designs.

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