The dandy denim DIY blazer – an upcycled jeans project

What do you get when you cross a pair of his old jeans with a pair of my old jeans?

A fabulously far-out new blazer for him!

Here’s how to create the dandy denim DIY blazer – an upcycled jeans project:

I snagged an old pair of his jeans & a zipper 

I grabbed a pair of his old jeans & a pair of my old jeans.

Removed the back pockets from his jeans.

Then stitched them back on upside down.

Measured him from shoulder to waist & used that measurement to mark from the jean’s waist to thigh area *the waist of the jeans will become the bottom of the blazer.

Folded the jeans exactly in half & chopped through both legs at the mark.

Sliced out the thick inseam & opened up the legs.

Folded the legs back together right sides facing & pinned the chopped ends.

Stitched the ends closed to create the shoulders of the blazer & rounded off those pointy outer corners.

Grabbed my old jeans, measured his arm from shoulder to wrist & chopped the legs to size for sleeves.

Used the width of the soon-to-be-sleeves to slice an arm opening just below the shoulder seam.

Popped a sleeve into the opening right sides facing, stitched together & repeated with the other arm.

Zigzagged over the outside sleeve seams for extra strength + to prevent fraying.

Cut open one of his leftover chopped jean legs & stitched it into the open ‘V’ of the back.

Hemmed up the raw edges with my rolled hem foot & a contrasting thread then added a button-hole & big vintage button.

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Aand the quirktastic denim blazer was complete!

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