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.
Aand the quirktastic denim blazer was complete!
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I really love the way this came out. Thanks for sharing your method.
Thanks very much and you’re very welcome! 😀
Wow, that’s really neat you were able to make a jacket out of jeans! They turned out awesome!
Thanks Erika…take a peek at my tutorial index for loads more fab transformations 😀
So fun! Is that your hubby?
Yup…that is indeed mein Deutscher Mann 😉
I saved the whole web page and am totally doing this!I saw other jackets made from denims,but they were all too hard for my sewing skills level.This looks easy enough for me to do!!!!Thank you so much 😀
You are very very welcome 😀 The best projects are simple to create but have amazing results, amiright?! 😉
that is so creative! I would never have thought to make a jacket out of pants:) awesome!
Thanks Nout…the dude thought I was fairly insane during the making process but when he saw the result he couldn’t wait to wear it out 😀