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Craft Tutorials | Crafts for Kids | Camp Crafts | Recycled Denim Beaded Bracelet

Recycled Denim Beaded Bracelet

Author by Amanda Davis on July 28, 2012 Updated on July 22, 2022

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Recycled Denim Beaded Bracelet

 

Do you save worn out blue jeans in hopes of recycling them into something cool? I do, all the time. With four growing kids we have gone through many, many pairs of jeans over the years. I have a big storage tub full of blue jeans and remnants of denim buried throughout just waiting for the next project. I don’t wear a lot of jewelry, but fun things like this bracelet I’ll wear often.

Recycled Denim Beaded BraceletThis particular project uses just the seam of the jeans. Here’s the instructions for the safety pin bracelet too.

Recycled Denim Beaded Bracelet

Often times the seam gets tossed because we only want the flat material that’s ideal for sewing and glueing.

I have mountains of denim waiting for more recycling projects. In fact, I have a decent sewing machine now, I just have to figure out how to use it! So hopefully you’ll see some more recycled denim crafts coming out of this blog in the near future. :)

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Recycled Denim Beaded Bracelet

Supplies

  • Leg of old blue jeans any size
  • Sewing needle
  • Barrel clasp
  • .5mm stretchable bead & jewelry cord
  • Colorful seed beads
  • Hot glue gun
  • Scissors

Instructions

  • You will need the actual seam of the blue jeans for this bracelet. Trim to about 1/4" along both sides of the seam. Cut seam to fit wrist, keep it a little loose, like a bangle and remember to account for the clasp.
  • Pull threads along the edges of the seam to fray the denim.
  • Thread a sewing needle with jewelry cord. From the back of the denim, run the needle in and up through the center where your clasp will go. Run the needle and cord through the loop in the clasp and sew several times, tie off. Secure clasp with a little hot glue. Repeat for the other end of the denim.
  • Thread needle through the back of the denim and pull taught. Thread 6-8 seed beads onto the needle and slide down the jewelry cord until the touch the denim. Lay the cord and beads down on the denim to gauge where to insert the needle and run the cord through to the back. Run in back up through to the front side about half an inch from where the last set ended, repeat the beading as in the first set. Continue this until you have as many beads as you like. Tie off and secure end with a little hot glue.

Expert Tips & FAQs

The easiest way to thread the beads onto the needle is to poke the needle into the bead and lift. Some beads may be too small to fit over the eye of the needle as seeds beads do vary slightly in size.
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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. Tez says

    June 15, 2013 at 6:43 pm

    This looks very cute and easy.

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 19, 2013 at 6:34 am

      Thanks Tez! It is easy to do, thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  2. donna duncan says

    January 13, 2013 at 9:14 am

    i have fell in love with your site the things you do with your crafts is so WONDERFUL!!!!! i am a counrty grandma that loves nothing but jeans so this bracelet’s and wreath is right up my alley thanks so much please keep doing projects with denim.

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    • Amanda says

      January 13, 2013 at 1:28 pm

      Thanks so much Donna, that’s very nice of you to say! :)

      Reply
  3. Karen says

    July 28, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    Muy linda, la voy hacer

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