Denim Jean Fabric Bins......the last of them

 

Here are the last few bins

I stitched together last week...

I had a great time working with the

very worn out denim jeans...

It was great fun cutting off all of the buttons, snaps, labels and pockets from the jeans to use

as embellishments on the bins...

Wrangler brand button 

adorns the front of this bin...

Levi 501 button up fly

adorns the front of this bin...

The tiny inside pocket off Levi 501

jeans embellishes the front of this bin...

Dickies brand button embellishes

the front of this bin...

These were great FUN and 

very addicting to make.

I put away all of the denim to force myself

to move on to other projects.

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We are preparing for calving season

here on the Kessi Ranch...

This gorgeous blue roan is Mary Black Feather.

Her new calf is due in a few weeks.

We spend every morning getting the

cattle fed, bedding the barns

and checking on all of the expectant mothers.

I spend my afternoons in the Thread Shed !

More to Come...

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LuAnn Kessi

Denim Jean Fabric Bins......Yes, More

 

I found some yellow plaid fabric

in the cupboard...

It made a perfect lining for the

last 2 denim jean fabric bins...

This red button is an old lucite button

with a metal trim around the edge.

I have had it for years and it has finally

found a home on this bin...

This red wooden heart button was a gift

and it is perfect on this bin...

I am leading a class on Monday

to create these little fabric bins...

More to Come !

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LuAnn Kessi

Denim Jeans Fabric Bins......More

These little fabric bins are like potato chips...

I just gotta make more ! 

They make me happy...

This is the first one embellished with a button.

I trimmed off the waist band of the jeans,

the end with the button hole,

and stitched it to the front and added

a red button.

This is the first one with rick rack...

Red goes so great on denim.

I could not resist adding mini pom poms...

Okay, the fun is over for today.

Now, go make one....you know you want to !

p.s. These are off the top of my head, I don't have a pattern. I found a YouTube video that is similar to the way I make my bins....I add fusible batting to the lining fabric for stability.

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LuAnn Kessi

Denim Jean Fabric Bins...

 

How FUN are these ?

Fabric Bins

Made from worn out denim jeans...

The label off the inside of the waist band

embellishes the front of the fabric bin...

These are super FUN to stitch together...

Metal buttons off the button up fly...

One pair of old jeans

turns into 6 or 8 fabric bins:

You leave the pant leg seams intact,

start at the bottom of the pants

and cut off 9 inches for a bin.

I enjoyed pairing up pretty lining fabrics...

Also enjoyable cutting off buttons and tags

to embellish each bin...

All the bins are lined with fabric...

The bins get larger as you cut

higher up on the pant legs...

They pile up.....fast !

Get out your old jeans

and stitch up some FUN !

p.s.  I have been getting requests for a pattern to make these fabric bins.  I don't have one, just came off the top of my head.

I searched on YouTube and there is a tutorial similar to the way I made mine. I cut fusible batting the same size as the lining fabric and fused it to the lining to make a sturdy bin.  I cut squares out of the corners, the tutorial uses the triangle method to create a flat bottom. 

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LuAnn Kessi

Pick Up Stix Quilt Blocks...

 

Every Monday I spend the day with

The Harlan Valley Quilters

   As a group, we stitched up

Pick Up Stix blocks...

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LuAnn Kessi

Big Flower Quilt.....Progress

 

Remember this Big Hexy Flower?

I chose these 4 lime green fabrics

for the background hexies...

I put the light green background hexies

up on the design wall with the BIG Flowers:

they look NEON green......eeek!

After looking at this on the design wall

for the last 2 months, I took them all down.

I found a richer, calmer green fabric

and wrapped it around the hexy papers:

Ahhh....much better.

There is a bed sheet under the hexagons.

They will be pinned onto the sheet.

Then I can keep them in order as I 

hand piece the hexagons.

This is a bed quilt and will finish 

102 inches square.

Lots of hand piecing for these cold winter nights.

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LuAnn Kessi

Giddy Up.....Horse Quilt

 

Late last summer I purchased a horse panel...

I added a gold inner border

and a pieced brown outer border

I just finished the machine quilting

and trimmed the edges square...

Lots of fun quilting on the panel,

triangles quilted into the gold border,

feathers on the brown border...

This is a lap size quilt...

Horse Fabric on the Back Side...

Here it is all bound and

ready to wrap up and put under the tree:

" Giddy Up "

Happy Holidays and New Year

from The Kessi Ranch

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi