I've finally got a workspace set up – and room to stretch out in it.
Yesterday I decided to play with some of those strips of denim I'd cut from old pairs of jeans a while back.
And I made this:
It's a potholder! 7.5" x 7.5" of hand-woven, hand-stitched border, recycled (or "repurposed" if you prefer) denim. From jeans we wore on our very own legs.
Thick AND flexible…and durable. Machine washable and dryable. With a handy little loop thing so you can hang it on a hook if you want to.
I'm going to put it in my Etsy store once I figure out what to charge for one. Or two, I guess – since it's normal to sell these in pairs, isn't it? Since, you know, if you're taking a big pan of lasagne out of the oven, you'd want to use two potholders to do it.
But anyway, I just wanted to let you see it and hear your feedback, if you've got any.
Thanks!
Update: And here's the tutorial: Woven Potholder Tutorial
CUTE! I’d buy them.
Neat idea! The term I picked up for making something new from something old is “upcycling”
Perhaps you could use that in the blurb on etsy?
Very kewl.
I will place my order for one dozen pairs by Christmas.
It will save me the hassle of making my usual Chex mix and fudge for everyone @ work.
Lets see how fun they are to make after that! LOL
Bring it on! 🙂
Love it! I have lots of jeans sitting in my workspace waiting for me to do something as awesome as that.
I LOVE these! Just found them on Pinterest and came here hoping to find directions to make them… I have loads of denim and would love to make these! Do you have instructions for these anywhere? Thank you!
Stunning and different, ecologically friendly, creative and yes…I’d buy a pair. “Far out” as the ‘man’ used to say…
Let me know where they are available.
Danielle
Would love to have instructions on how to make these! They’re great!
http://www.barefootkitchenwitch.com/the_barefoot_kitchen_witc/2013/02/woven-denim-potholder-tutorial.html
Dear Jayne
I am an editor at Danish magazines BoligLiv and Hendes Verden and I am doing a small article about craft blogs, that have done projects with old jeans. We would love to show your denim potholder along with a link to your blog, if we may?
If so can you email a high res version of potholder image #2 in this post?
Best regards
Kristina Beyer