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Denim Quilts are usually thought of as being rather sturdy.
This one is NO Exception! It’s durable, EASY TO MAKE, and you can personalize it by fussy cutting a few fabric squares and embed them into the quilt.
This is a very simple and easy step that has to potential to create a strong emotional bond between the Quilt and its Owner.
Example is a piece of fabric from a favorite shirt, or pajamas, or a child’s baby blanket. You can use letters or numbers in squares to spell out a Name, Place, Thing, or use numbers for dates, like a birthday or other important milestone dates.
This quilt also has a softer side rag side.
The circle denim technique doesn’t apply just to Quilts. A Place Mat Tutorial is also included, and in a rustic setting like a cabin, it could also be a table runner.
The First Video should help you save time and create perfect Circles from your denim jeans.
A Second Video by Accucut provides details on stitching and assembly that some may find helpful. This Video presents the Rag Circle Quilt Place Mat.
The Third Video Shows YOU HOW TO MAKE A DENIM CIRCLE RAG QUILT
Two additional Videos 4 and 5, provide tips and guidance in cutting up jeans to make the circles of denim for this Rag Denim Quilt.
Making a quilt that looks complicated but is really simple isn’t unusual, but when it’s made with denim it does get a little more attention.
5 Videos get you started making this quilt the right way on the Next Pages.
Image: Inventive Denim from Linda At the Bottom of the Last Video on page 6 is a link to the Inventive Denim site.
Nancy Pecor
Jan 10. 2015
so cute should try it
Sharon Salter Freeman
Jan 10. 2015
Time to go to the thrift store for jeans!! size doesn’t matter.
Judy Elsmore
Jan 11. 2015
I actually made this for McKenzie
Mary Marshall Moore
Jan 11. 2015
cool
Linda Williams
Mar 02. 2015
What is the diameter of the denim circle?
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 02. 2015
Hi Linda
I believe she is using a 6 1/2 inch diameter circle with the 4 inch square of batting and 5 inch square of fabric for the top. I love this look and what a great way to reuse old jeans.
Christine
Mar 04. 2015
…not for a guy though…as pictured it is much too flowery and frilly!
Nancy
Mar 06. 2015
I used scraps that were about 3 1/4 inch square, all colors I used an old CD for a templet for the circles. next one I will use old flannel shirts as the center
Nancy
Mar 16. 2015
What a great idea and your measurments and the cd for the circle made it even easier. Thanks so much. I have wanted to make this pattern forever but never realized it could be done on the machine!!!! Happy Quilting!
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 19. 2015
Dear Nancy,
So glad you found it helpful. That is our goal to bring and share quilting knowledge to anyone who want it.
The staff of Keeping U N Stitches.
Shelia
Mar 25. 2015
I love the flannel shirt idea!
joy
Apr 26. 2015
for a guy use bandana material
Cris
Jun 08. 2016
you could use plaids or more masculine fabrics.
LinBeezu
Mar 05. 2015
This is great! I may do this rather than making a standard t-shirt quilt. I would use my son’s t-shirts as the front fabric–no stiffener required!
Nancy
Mar 06. 2015
I made one similar to this. I zigzagged the edges so it doesn’t fray. I used up all kinds of old jeans even ones with stains or rips as long as they washed clean the color didn’t matter. I used an old CD disk for a template. worked rather well. It is not a warm quilt but more like a bedspread
Tamaira Liverance
Mar 09. 2015
I was actually just thinking that t-shirts would look awesome on this. Especially ones with graphics, logos, or lettering.
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 11. 2015
That’s a great Idea! Thanks for Sharing!
Debby O'shea-Flohr
Mar 15. 2015
I want to make one. <3
Viola Jack
Mar 15. 2015
Check this out Nicole.
Nancy Bollinger Moser
Mar 15. 2015
Saw this one in person at the Dallas Quilt Show yesterday. On my to do list.
Nancy Bollinger Moser
Mar 15. 2015
Janie, Paula and Debra, this is what we were talking about.
Paula Kaye
Mar 15. 2015
Nice!! Great way to use scraps also!!
Kathryn Trapp McNeal
Mar 16. 2015
Following.
Wendy Iehl
Mar 17. 2015
Im making one of these, really pretty easy, but im doing a king size, so i may be working on it forever
TUNIE
Mar 17. 2015
I have also cut mine out from a cd templet I can’t seem to get them to line up. HELP… is there a video on how to do this?
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 19. 2015
Hi Tunie,
I found a video I think that may help you. this video uses a pre cut circle that has hash marks for aligning the edges, I believe the hash marks are and inch in from the edges. a CD is 4 3/4 in diameter there for the square for then insert should be 3 3/4 inch square. and the batting although not necessary should be 1/2 inch smaller than the square making it 3 1/4 inch square. 3 inch square should work as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekIpUeAM-Cw
Hope this helps
Staff of Keeping U N Stitches
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Mar 17. 2015
I want to make my granddaughter some pillows using this pattern, will regular cotton material work or will it unravel around the edges to badly?
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 19. 2015
Isperkins45,
This is a variation of a rag quilt it is intended to ravel, much like chenille. Yes regular cotton fabric will ravel but should only unravel to the stitching line, however Flannel seems to ravel and becomes fluffy. I have included a link to our rag quilt posting for more on the rag quilt. http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/how-soft-is-soft-soft-as-mink-very-fast-minky-baby-rag-quilt-i-want-one/
Hope this answers your question
The Staff of Keeping U N Stitches
Sandra Meade Grudzen
Mar 18. 2015
Christie Musick…here is a denim quilt
Alejandra
Mar 19. 2015
This quilt is lovely, good idea, thanks for sharing
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 19. 2015
Alejandra,
Your Welcome, Glad you found it helpful.
Staff of Keeping U N Stitches.
Jean Dunkel
Mar 20. 2015
i made one of these with accuquilt die its gorgeouus
Connie
Mar 20. 2015
I used fabric from grandma, grandpa, dad, mom, etc for the center fabric. Ask each for an old shirt, skirt, apron, etc. Makes a beautiful memory quilt.
Susan Harri
Mar 20. 2015
I have the pattern for this too!
Erin Grammer
Mar 20. 2015
Jeri Oakes Judi Jenkins Erin Grammer
Linda Rainey
Mar 20. 2015
cathedral pane, it is beautiful
Fiona Pott
Mar 20. 2015
Perfect heirloom for her grandson…he will treasure it all of his life, that is if it survives the washings!!
Barbara Hansen
Mar 21. 2015
Lots of machine s$#%&!@*ching and these are heavy but very serviceable
Sherry Grafton
Mar 21. 2015
Nice.
Joanne Hagen
Mar 21. 2015
Eileen- have you done this one?
Linda Hamann
Mar 21. 2015
I did that and it wasn’t to hard
Ruth Mendez
Mar 21. 2015
This is so easy
Carolyn Dickson
Mar 21. 2015
Love this Quilt! Wish I had one for my bed!!
Sue Varner
Mar 21. 2015
I made one it is awesomely easy
Lori Neavoll Bentley
Mar 21. 2015
I am working on one. Taking more time than I thought it would. But very beautiful.
Pam Semchych
Mar 21. 2015
Just what I was looking for!
Tina Cecil
Mar 22. 2015
I want to learn this. Have plenty o f scraps.
Tina Cecil
Mar 22. 2015
Rhonda Otterbien lunge how big are your squares. It’s beautiful.
Tina Cecil
Mar 22. 2015
Does anyone know the size of the s quality squares or what would be easy for a beginner.
Betsy Zimmer Faske
Mar 22. 2015
I need one of those Olfa Rotary Circle Cutters to make the entire process easier! It sure would beat tracing around plates all day long!
Verona Kay Beguin
Mar 22. 2015
Great use for old jeans.
Verona Kay Beguin
Mar 22. 2015
Might be too heavy to sleep under but works for a picnic blanket.
Annie Buckley
Mar 27. 2015
A picnic blanket… YES!! I hate to take my really good blankets or quilts out to lay on the ground. Too much stuff gets stuck in them and is hard to keep nice.
But a strong denim coverlet type blanket would be just perfect! And who does NOT have old demin jeans around? I like the flannel shirt idea.
I shop at a local Goodwill Store for fabric for costumes, etc. You can find all sorts of large pieces in skirts, men’s shirts (because they are bigger), bedspreads, drapery, table cloths, etc. Go on Senior Day for a good discount on top of their special tag color discount and it is quite economical.
Thanks for sharing this pattern with everyone! I LOVE the colors found in faded denim! 😀
Stephanie Haney
Mar 22. 2015
Love them!
Helen Hunt
Mar 22. 2015
Just take a large coffee lid for the circles.
Penny Wickham
Mar 22. 2015
Can you tell me what seam allowance to use when sewing the circles together?
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 24. 2015
Hi Penny,
The seam allowances for sewing the circles are more about the size of the circle and the center square size. if using a 6 inch circle then use a 5 inch square. To sew the side seams for attaching the circles together is about 1/2 inch at the widest point. if you are using a smaller center square your seam allowance will be deeper. When sewing the circle flap down to the top it is a 1/4 inch seam. Also it is a good idea to clip the edges of this 1/4 inch seam to just shy of the seam threads to help them fray better when it is washed, Be sure to check you dryer vent lint trap a few times while drying because all the loose threads can pug up the dryer vent quickly!
Hope this answers your question.
Thanks for visiting us
The the staff of Keeping U N Stitches Quilting
Ann Mac Donald
Mar 22. 2015
i totally want to make this!
Shirley Chaplin
Mar 22. 2015
I made one of these. I enjoyed working on it. It turned out just like the one shown in the picture. They do turn out heavy though. I made it for my mother but due to her bad shoulders she couldn’t handle it.
Ruth Mendez
Mar 22. 2015
Mary Clark, I am making one of these quilts in the center I am using different bandanas,.So far so good
Donna Dempsey
Mar 22. 2015
I made a memory quilt with my bro’s jeans and shirts like this. It was fun.
Gwen Engelbert
Mar 23. 2015
This is my next project
Carol Dailey
Mar 23. 2015
my next project!
Marilyn Garman
Mar 23. 2015
Looks like fun!!
Renee Ellis
Mar 23. 2015
Here a go Sharell Ross and Peggy Becker
Havanne Jean Mixon
Mar 23. 2015
Now I know why you have a Bucket of jeans. Haha.
Daphne Baker
Mar 23. 2015
Heaviest quilt i ever made
Bonnie Alexander
Mar 23. 2015
i really like this one
Barbara Ferrell
Mar 23. 2015
Melvina are you quilting again?
Linda Brewer Perry
Mar 23. 2015
I’ve not made the quilt yet, but I have made several sofa pillows. They are so much fun.
Reginal Gibson
Mar 24. 2015
Love this
Jeff-Suzanne Dotson
Mar 24. 2015
i just purchased a circle template for cutting jeans. Looking forward to making a few of these
Susan Shore Juarez
Mar 24. 2015
Amy Long Pacheco, this is really pretty. It is not a traditional cathedral window but it is a lot less complicated! A traditional cathedral window involves a lot of fabric folding and hand work, this adaptation could all be done by machine quite quickly. And… I like it! 🙂
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Mar 24. 2015
Thank You Susan,
So glad you found the videos interesting!
Staff of Keeping U N Stitches Quilting
Paula Barnes
Mar 24. 2015
carolyn, have you tried this?
Margaret Thomas
Mar 24. 2015
I made one for my granddaughter with white muslin and it is very heavy. It is called Cathedral Windows and it does require a lot of time.
Wendy Hagen
Mar 24. 2015
would love to try this,
Annie Buckley
Mar 24. 2015
Thie colors are what caught my initial attention… but then I saw it was a way to recycle old jeans! I only have about 50# of them stored away! 😀
Mary Partsafas
Mar 24. 2015
Must make one of these.
Kay Tomblin
Mar 24. 2015
I want to do this
Janice Ingham
Mar 24. 2015
my kinda quilting
Sandi McEwen
Mar 24. 2015
This quilt is easy. It’s fun and fast.
Wendy Davenport Teeter
Mar 24. 2015
Donna Edwards this is it..
Hilda B. Gamble
Mar 24. 2015
made a couple of these, fun and easy, but turn out heavy!
Carolyn Wilcoxon
Mar 24. 2015
This looks cool to make
Shelia Melvin Heverin
Mar 25. 2015
been saving up jeans waiting for the perfect pattern. This may be it.
Donna Edwards
Mar 25. 2015
I really like this!!
Nancy Ralston-Alberts
Mar 25. 2015
LOVE THIS!!!
Karen Boelter
Mar 25. 2015
Sorry this is a comforter, not a quilt.
Nancy Sipes
Mar 27. 2015
I think it is a quilt not a comforter. It has 3 layers, one of which is batting. Depending on how you sew the center fabric into the circle it is also quilted. For example if you make an x to hold the batting and fabric in place, it is quilted. Interested in what others think about this.
Judy Beebe
Mar 25. 2015
These are very heavy. Great for picnic quilts!
Janis Ipsen
Mar 25. 2015
I have this almost ready to go, just have to cut my fabric, I also used different colors of denim
Linda Estrada
Mar 25. 2015
I think I can make this
Carolyn Yeager
Mar 25. 2015
I like!
Janie Esser Manus
Mar 26. 2015
Cheryl, I thought you’d like this. 😉 Easy, durable and beautiful.
Agnes Spivey Harris
Mar 26. 2015
I love this quilt. I made one for my niece and she loved it.
Betty Maynard
Mar 26. 2015
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Diane Deininger Bogenschutz
Mar 26. 2015
I am making this for my nephew from his late dads clothes. It is so easy to do and turning out great.
Karen Clark
Mar 26. 2015
I love that pattern. Saw a quilt at the Kennett Fair a few years ago. Wasn’t made with denim but with white and it was beyond beautiful.
Colette Marie
Mar 27. 2015
I found directions on Pinterest for a pillow and I got the dimensions for the size quilt I needed on another site
Marilyn Long Chandler
Mar 27. 2015
made one regular and two doll quilts with this pattern. We loved them
Mary Bettie Form
Mar 27. 2015
Like a rag quilt?
Barbara Feeler
Mar 27. 2015
Deb Deb Minnie Taylor- Conaway this is a variation of the quilt I’m making right now.
Judith Ann Forehand
Mar 27. 2015
I need to try one.
Judith Ann Forehand
Mar 27. 2015
Please tell us where?
Julie Walker
Mar 28. 2015
I’m working on making this one
M. Susan Rodgman
Mar 28. 2015
Really cool and easy!
Gail Greenisen
Mar 28. 2015
Wonder if grandchildren would like this????
Joanne Chapman
Mar 28. 2015
so cool!
Diane Dornberger
Mar 28. 2015
Gorgeous!
Megan Patterson
Mar 28. 2015
Do t open this link. It has a virus
Kelley McCall Puckett
Mar 28. 2015
Love this!
Susan Kitchens Puente
Mar 28. 2015
You can order the pattern from Nancy’s notions
Charlene Strey
Mar 29. 2015
You should do this one Lee
Cheryl Martz
Mar 29. 2015
Yep I keep everything I can before have to throw something away I have made quilts pagans and other stuff buttons dish rags etc
Doreen Hewitson
Mar 29. 2015
I made one of these for my son. Easy, yes. Fast, not so much.
Susie Oberg
Mar 29. 2015
Very cool!
Teresa Davidson Mercer
Mar 29. 2015
Hey Janie Davidson, like it?
Annette Jackson
Mar 29. 2015
I love this
Cheryl Burmeister
Mar 30. 2015
Well if you are getting it made for my birthday , you better get moving! Ha!
Jeff-Suzanne Dotson
Mar 30. 2015
I’m working on this pattern too. Going to use seek and find type fabrics. Will embroider the list of items to find on the back as side
Karen Bob Snavley
Mar 30. 2015
Awww, that is so awesome! Pretty quilt with loving memories.
Marilyn Bailey Hausknecht
Mar 30. 2015
And it weighs a ton. Great for camping and picnics!
Bev Thompson
Mar 31. 2015
Or go to Quilting With Charlie and purchase all the acrylic templates to do this faster and without spray glue etc. I’ve used these templates many times to make this pretty, self binding, self quilting blanket. I love it!
Bev Thompson
Mar 31. 2015
Exactly what I purchased. I love the templates…so easy to do!
Raylene Bement-Salazar
Mar 31. 2015
Bev so happy to hear that!!
Carol Stebbins-Hildreth
Mar 31. 2015
love this
Diane Colclasure Snell
Mar 31. 2015
I love this!
Rhonda Myers
Mar 31. 2015
Good idea to keep in mind.
Maureen Hawks Rosetti
Mar 31. 2015
OH yeah I remember seein git this way too
Linda Angyal
Apr 01. 2015
Next technique!
Ann Victoria Mattson Lowe
Apr 01. 2015
GaryandPam Jones, this is pattern I can’t pull up. If you can please print for me.
Ann Victoria Mattson Lowe
Apr 01. 2015
Could someone upload pattern?
Anita Quaranta
Apr 01. 2015
I love the pattern and color of this quilt.
Kathy Kinder
Apr 01. 2015
Love this pattern, going to try it. Janet Dudding check this one out. LOL
Penny Osborne Courtright
Apr 01. 2015
This is my next project.
Cathy DeYoung
Apr 01. 2015
I want to make one of these.
Joyce Williams
Apr 01. 2015
Awesome
Grace Jepson
Apr 01. 2015
I love this too!
Linda Crowell Mcglothin
Apr 02. 2015
this would be one heavy quilt. I like rag quilts. Great for kids
Sonia Stone
Apr 02. 2015
Wow I like it
Kristin Phillips
Apr 02. 2015
Love it, but one would have to restrict the size or it would be too heavy.
Mary Ann Koonce
Apr 02. 2015
I would love a written pattern. Is that possible?
keepnuinstitchesquilting
Apr 06. 2015
Hi Mary Ann Koonce,
Due to copyright laws we are not allowed to publish the pattern. I have included links to where you can purchase the pattern.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/110280228/pattern-denim-circle-rag-quilt-pattern?utm_source=OpenGraph&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share
http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilting/home-decor/denim-circle-rag-quilt-recycled-jeans/34474
Hope this helps!
Thank You Keeping U N Stitches Quilting
Dianne Baker
Apr 02. 2015
This looks like my mother quilt
Suzanne Wood
Apr 02. 2015
This is so Awesome.
Brenda Rivers
Apr 02. 2015
I’m making one for expected baby, but it will be made with cottons and not denim.
Jody Price
Apr 02. 2015
This technique is different than the Cathedral Window and much easier.
Barbara Cox
Apr 03. 2015
I’m working on one now!
Becky Griffith
Apr 03. 2015
Made one several years ago, just cat fabric and jeans.
Dixie Lythell Gramke
Apr 03. 2015
Why does it keep coming up an adverti$#%&!@*t for cars when I click on the quilt? I wouldn’t ever buy one of their cars…nor try to go to the keepnuns$#%&!@*ches again!
Betty Mills
Apr 03. 2015
Yes, I have started one,also
Elizabeth Dillard Smith
Apr 03. 2015
I can see doing this with regular fabric for the circles and the addition of a flannel square between the print square and the background.
Susan Kitchens Puente
Apr 03. 2015
Started this today for my niece..
Maxine Richard
Apr 03. 2015
I plan on making a denim strip quilt, & using this pattern for pillows to go with quilt. Awesome pattern
Carolyn Moses
Apr 04. 2015
very beautiful
Dee A Roll
Apr 04. 2015
Want instructions!
Ann Victoria Mattson Lowe
Apr 04. 2015
GaryandPam Jones, that circle cutter I bought at the villages will come in handy for this one.
Debbie Horton
Apr 05. 2015
Show your mum Heidi Nicholls
Ginger Gartner
Apr 05. 2015
Love this one wish I had one
Mable Cochran
Apr 05. 2015
I’m going to do this I don’t much like rag quilts but this I like
Mary Shoemake
Apr 05. 2015
What size are the circles?
Dawn Longcroft
Apr 05. 2015
Pauline Warwick this might be of interest to your lady that wants to do cathedral window. Xx
Shirley Potter
Apr 06. 2015
Love this
Virginia Severns
Apr 06. 2015
Like, took me a while to note how it is made. I made me a full Cathedral Window quilt from muslin and 2 baby quilts fron flannel and using baby prints that fit into the windows. The all came out nice. This looks good as well. May be able to make ine sometime, think I would like it.
Delores Wisenbach
Apr 06. 2015
i have to get back to quilting
Laraine Meti
Apr 06. 2015
Linda ree
Loretta O'Connor
Apr 06. 2015
this is the next quilt i am going to make
Janice Boies Minton
Apr 07. 2015
Megan I am saving fat jeans for you!
Nancy Hyre
Apr 07. 2015
Beautiful
Linda Orton
Apr 07. 2015
Have one like this, it’s easy.
Christine Maher
Apr 07. 2015
Here’s one for us Paulette Warren Tavenor
Paulette Warren Tavenor
Apr 07. 2015
Awesome! Let’s do it!
June Schumacher Crofts
Apr 07. 2015
I have seen one. They r VERY heavy!!!
Gayle Watts Daves
Apr 07. 2015
I made this one for a king bed. Took forever, but it’s the prettiest one I ever made.
Par A Daulton
Apr 07. 2015
great
Ruth Rhodes Taylor
Apr 07. 2015
I made one of these, but not wiith Denim
Debi McVey
Apr 07. 2015
I knew I was keeping all of these old jeans for a reason. Lol
Joyce Moran
Apr 08. 2015
Cathedral windows is very heavy w/out any batting or open edges to fray.
Joyce Moran
Apr 08. 2015
The cathedral window version of this is very time consuming and heavy without any batting. No edges to fray, and a lot of hand work. Is beautiful.
This version w jeans looks heavy also. If made w/out batting looks like would still be warm.
I think I will try using old men’s ties for center.
Or already cut 5 inch squares. Then just figure the jean circle diameter to cover the square.
Gailmom
Apr 12. 2015
I used a Corelle bread plate for my denim circles, diameter 6 ¾ inches, then cut 5 ½ ” squares of coloured fabric and 4 ½ ” squares pre-washed flannel for the batting. Zig-zagged all edges so no fraying. Made a coverlet for a twin bed – 11 x 18 circles (about 1 row overhanging on each side only). It is very heavy so don’t think the flannel was necessary – still great though. Grandson loves it!
I have since bought a circle rotary cutter and am anxious to try it for the next quilt like this that I make! Should be a lot easier on the thumb!
Rhonda Hjort
Apr 08. 2015
Wow
Donna Posey
Apr 08. 2015
Looks like cathedral windows and I haven’t worn jeans in about 30+ years. CRAZY HARD to find the right fit and I’ll be Damned to spend more than $20.00 for jeans. I remember buying jeans at “Jeans Galore” for $5.00, sitting in the bathtub with them on in hot water so that the 100% cotton would fit my body. Yeah, I’m old and not so stupid to buy torn up jeans when I can see a perfect pair myself
Rosa Wadsworth
Apr 08. 2015
Awesome! Love it!!
Amma Jackson
Apr 08. 2015
Thank you so much. It is actually my grandson. He is growing so tall that this quilt is about too short so I am looking into making a new one in another year or so!
Sherry Oliver
Apr 08. 2015
Betty Treadway
Teresa Lima
Apr 09. 2015
No body know how much and love is in that. 🙂
Lois Bogue
Apr 09. 2015
in progress… fun to do
Lisa Sandygren
Apr 09. 2015
That’s the one!
Janice Price
Apr 09. 2015
Liked this
Virginia Enczi-Mcintire
Apr 09. 2015
Like
Frances Williams
Apr 09. 2015
Very heavy once it grows to any size, but easy to do.
Karen Stamos
Apr 09. 2015
WOW! LOVE THE OLD JEAN USE! I have a bag full. Knew I kept them for something~ I tried to make a sample square and Im not sure I have the peeping windows right!
Jan Olheiser
Apr 10. 2015
I have made these for our grand daughters they are fun to do
Nathalene Wallis
Apr 10. 2015
I have a throw made from jeans. I love it
Elvira Kanesta
Apr 10. 2015
It’s definitely on my TO DO list! Looking forward to making this! 🙂
Hjordis Perkins
Apr 11. 2015
I am going to make one!
Alice Puckett-Gamble
Apr 11. 2015
Love this
Sue Cook Altimore
Apr 11. 2015
I love that rag quilt. Wish I still had all the denium jeans I had saved for years.
Genelle Munhausen Long
Apr 11. 2015
Maybe no quilting but those cathedral window blocks are a real challenge.
Kay Kelsch
Apr 12. 2015
Beautiful!
Marina Krüger
Apr 12. 2015
super !!
Alison Flynn
Apr 12. 2015
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Edna Bloom-McCoy
Apr 13. 2015
You can find the pattern on pinterest.
Sandra Perkins
Apr 13. 2015
I want to make this quilt!
Annie Baca-Flores
Apr 13. 2015
Luv this
Judy May Bogie'
Apr 13. 2015
Very nice!
Teresa Brunker
Apr 13. 2015
I’ve got tons of blue jeans!!!
Barbara Thomas Alexander
Apr 13. 2015
I would like the pattern !
Glenda Davis Cowart
Apr 13. 2015
Love it
Tania McMahon
Apr 13. 2015
Kathy. Liking this one
Kathy Bailey
Apr 13. 2015
Pinned it and will check it out
Janine Hubbs
Apr 14. 2015
Looks awesome!
Christine Shannon
Apr 14. 2015
Shaadaye Watene do u have a sewing machine ?
Mila Yorkavic see the last video on Rag quilt easy
Laura Burks Tonsi
Apr 14. 2015
We need to do this
Denise Pritchard
Apr 14. 2015
That’s nice
Kathy Shotts Blanke
Apr 14. 2015
I made one of these for my grandson, Ryan.
Lois Casey
Apr 14. 2015
I am going to try this one cutting out circles and square now
Yvonne Jordan
Apr 14. 2015
my quilt like this is sort of heavy, but the warmest quilt I own!
Helen Sowards
Apr 14. 2015
This is so amazing!
Jennifer Budek-Meyer
Apr 15. 2015
I’ve wanted to make one of these with leftover denim but also my husband’s old uniforms when he retires from the air force. They look like they would hold up well if I used them in our camper. 😀
Laura Burks Tonsi
Apr 15. 2015
Diana Belieu Day I want to do this with you.
Sally Kosnick
Apr 15. 2015
Love this!
Judy Verhaegen Harper
Apr 15. 2015
I really like that
Diana Belieu Day
Apr 15. 2015
We should try it!
Flora Ventura-Bycroft
Apr 16. 2015
Very nice. I like you choice of colors and contrast.
Flora Ventura-Bycroft
Apr 16. 2015
Wonderfully nostalgic. Great idea.
Laura Burks Tonsi
Apr 16. 2015
I’m in save your jeans
Nancy Doll
Apr 16. 2015
My favorite quilt growing up was the blue jean quilt my mom made for my 3rd birthday…needs some TLC, patches and repair right now, but I still have it a 51 years of age. It had the miraculous ability to be cool when I had a fever or it was hot outside but kept me warm on cold and snowy nights.
Shirley Calkins
Apr 16. 2015
Interesting
Terrie Lynn Talley Hewett
Apr 16. 2015
This one is mine. Used my husbands old flannel shirts.
Alice Brooks
Apr 16. 2015
Just received this pattern. Can’t wait to start it. Going to use Dans flannel shirts and jeans
Jean Murphy
Apr 17. 2015
real neat i will try it soon.
Sharleen Beth McGaw Hendrickson
Apr 17. 2015
Been saving jeans for this one for awhile now.
Laura Green
Apr 17. 2015
Donna Schinkel this is the video
Vivian Pearson
Apr 17. 2015
I have mine nearly finished enjoyed every minute.
Dianne Smith Carpenter
Apr 17. 2015
I have plans to make quilts with Jim’s clothing, this looks good buy only if I do it by machine. Did your friend sew hers by machine?
Brenda McClure Lain
Apr 17. 2015
I used a country crock butter bowl lid and a square that fit right inside. Is a fast and fun quilt toke. Takes more time to cut the pieces. I zig zagged the flaps and it kept it from raveling and left an interesting design on the back
Barbara Adams Kramer
Apr 17. 2015
I have been working on a quilt like the Denim Rag one only I used old Tee-shirts for the circles and denim squares, you will not need any thing extra to keep warm.
Florence Meir
Apr 17. 2015
Beautiful
Margaret McDowall DeVries
Apr 17. 2015
Cathedral windows are made very differently ! You make each with two squares Then each window has to be joined when done, this I think looking at pattern you quilt as you go !
Linda Sager
Apr 17. 2015
So pretty’
Bridgid Ann Murray
Apr 18. 2015
Its a much simplified version of cathedral window. Very nice!
Bridgid Ann Murray
Apr 18. 2015
Yes! The effect is similar but very much easier…only done cathedral window once and it was very labour intensive. Think you could do this with lighter material, tacking a narrow turning on the edge of the circle, so that it could be s$#%&!@*ched down without a frayed edge. Wpuld look even more like cw.
Bonnie Maas
Apr 19. 2015
Sharon Olejnik, i will help you!
Shelly Stasiewicz
Apr 20. 2015
Working on mine now. So much fun!
Larinda Moore
Apr 20. 2015
I am making a rag quilt at this time and they are put together similar
Cindy Stroud Matthews
Apr 20. 2015
Yes, cathedral window is what my grandmother calls it too. I have 1 she made years ago.
Bobbie Mangrum
Apr 20. 2015
This quilt was great to make. With one message to friends/family I had most of the jeans I needed. When it came time to put the squares in, I discovered it was a really hot/heavy quilt to work with! Now the queen size quilt has been remade into chair cushions for my outdoor furniture. Please take the weight of the quilt into consideration before you start!
Bonnie Osborn
Apr 21. 2015
🙂
Gloria Freeman
Apr 21. 2015
Do you like Barbara Pressley
Patsy Carroll Wood
Apr 21. 2015
I’m making this quilt now. I think it going to be really pretty.
Patricia Ann Leader-Ryals
Apr 21. 2015
I would like to learn that technique.
Joey Scott
Apr 22. 2015
LOVE THIS!!!!!!
Catherine Bockheim
Apr 22. 2015
Uh oh
Shirleen Miller
Apr 22. 2015
Not a quilt
Esther Bingham Thompson
Apr 23. 2015
Now that is my kind of quilt. Think I am going to try make one!
Audrey Tuftin
Apr 23. 2015
Made this quilt and live it, but fast and easy it is not 🙂
Marsha Hamann
Apr 23. 2015
I like!
Linda Orazi Garcia
Apr 23. 2015
Very cool idea!
Jackie Girard
Apr 23. 2015
I have to finish mine
Christina R. Humphreys Heaslip
Apr 23. 2015
Love this
Nancy Beecher
Apr 24. 2015
Jackie what do you think of this?
Karen Grandin
Apr 24. 2015
Hardest one I’ve ever made
Kathie VanDeraa
Apr 24. 2015
Is there a way to “pin” this?
Eileen Peppard Decker
Apr 24. 2015
My favorite quilt pattern! Cathedral!
Laura Maynard
Apr 25. 2015
Gorgeous
Leanne Watkins
Apr 25. 2015
Love this
Jean Shuttleworth Moore
Apr 25. 2015
Just finished this. Love the way it turned out…but boy were my arms and shoulders sore by the time I finished. This is one heavy quilt! 🙂
Kate Hammer
Apr 25. 2015
It,s Beautiful
Phyllis Perry Tidd
Apr 26. 2015
I like it
Ila Balsano Utley
Apr 26. 2015
Called
Pamela Meunier
Apr 27. 2015
Noreen Rude!
Noreen Rude
Apr 28. 2015
Yep – might have to be a summer project!!
debra dill
May 29. 2015
ok, I looked threw all the comments and did not find my problem…I have all the fabric cut out (6 1/2 blue jean circle, 5″ square of ACU army fabric and a 4″ square of fleece) but now I am having problems sewing the circles together. they are not staying in a straight line. What am I doing wrong? any hints on keeping these straight? I made my 6 1/2″ template myself and traced around each one.
LT
Jul 21. 2015
you can draw lines on the denim circle to fit the fabric square. It makes it much easier to keep everything lined up!
Candace Leusner
Jul 17. 2015
Mine with denim and candy fabric
Victoria Hallstead
Jul 18. 2015
My grandma made one out of scrap material years ago, im lucky enough to have it! i think its called a cathedral. not sure. but i love seeing it elsewhere.
Hope Thomas
Jul 18. 2015
@[1330660816:2048:Hope Thomas]
Laureen Larson
Jul 19. 2015
Have done this
Pauline Glover
Jul 20. 2015
Beautiful going to have a go at making one x
Sonya Taylor
Jul 22. 2015
bump
Amanda Egbert
Jul 22. 2015
Need to do this with my scraps and basket of old jeans.
Ruth Ellis
Jul 22. 2015
Made plenty of these quilts. Great for males and very comfy
Sharleen Beth McGaw Hendrickson
Jul 23. 2015
On my to-do list, been saving Doug’s old jeans.
Connie Hilton Osborn
Jul 23. 2015
I have made two of these quilts, one for my daughter and one for my husband using their old jeans. Did not use a die cutter, but a pattern in a quilting magazine. They are pretty heavy when completed. Plugged up my washer filter each time I washed one after the fringing was done.
Linda Lewis Pickens
Jul 23. 2015
I want one
Renata Williams
Jul 23. 2015
My first one made and wash just once.
Renata Williams
Jul 23. 2015
My first one made and wash just once.
Kathie Bell
Jul 24. 2015
Following
Deborah Smith Froese
Jul 24. 2015
kylee froese, kenzie froese, taylor erin, meghan redden
Carmen Jarosz Colón
Jul 25. 2015
I love it!
Rita Snow Silvas
Jul 25. 2015
Copy pattern for me Barb…no printer and I have tons of jeans just waiting for this quilt!
Maxine Richard
Jul 26. 2015
Working on this quilt now. Very heavy. It is quilted…you quilt as you go when sewing down the flaps. Sewing 5 rows at a time, then sewing them together. I used 340 – 6 & 1/2″ denim circles for a full size quilt. Love the design and well worth the effort!
Linda Jett Britton
Jul 26. 2015
Love this one
Carolyn Woodard
Jul 26. 2015
Very easy and I have had a lot of fun making this one!!
Shirley Chaplin
Jul 27. 2015
This was so fun to make.
Shirley Chaplin
Jul 27. 2015
This so fun to make. I alternated the dark and light denims.
Amy Saari
Jul 28. 2015
@[100000214047892:2048:Cristina Marie Bone] you must see this !!!!!!!!!!
Becky Burke
Jul 28. 2015
I am making this now, hope it turns out
Marion Brown
Jul 29. 2015
Love this!
Jean Honeycutt
Aug 01. 2015
Made this quilt this year
Kay Daniel Sisemore
Aug 03. 2015
..
Debbie Kersey Jackson
Aug 03. 2015
If you use jeans you need to go around each block so it will hold together. I had mine done and go around each block to keep it from separating.
Tammie Zemler
Aug 04. 2015
Now that is a project to use all the jeans that have ac$#%&!@*ulated over the years! AND all the little scraps hanging around!!!
Susan Felt
Aug 05. 2015
I bet it is a heavy too
Kimberly Hanna
Aug 05. 2015
Love this!
Sandra Pearson
Aug 07. 2015
Neat
Ginger Gartner
Aug 08. 2015
I want one
Elizabeth Sanders Burris
Aug 08. 2015
Wow. Love it!
Tammy Wingett
Aug 09. 2015
@[100006296951363:2048:Lisa Powell]
Lisa Powell
Aug 09. 2015
Love it! Have you looked at any tutorials or videos about how to make it? From the comments, sounds easy!
Carol Rea
Aug 09. 2015
@[100000422436145:2048:Jean Harris]
Patsy Carroll Wood
Aug 09. 2015
My finished quilt, it is very heavy!
Veronica Stack
Aug 09. 2015
@[1483510176:2048:Jeanne Farmer]
Betty Jane Lucas
Aug 09. 2015
I have made this 3 years ago and love it.
Sue Dales
Aug 10. 2015
I made this to sell in church to raise funds for a wheelchair.
Linda Zisko
Aug 10. 2015
Made one..ONE of these monsters. The recipient loved it, never again. Weighed a ton.
Sandi Frank Lynd
Aug 11. 2015
Have one a these in the making…. Awesome!
Michele Slocum
Aug 11. 2015
love it
Lesa Broad
Aug 12. 2015
Kerri w
Meg Holcz
Aug 12. 2015
This is too cool!
Marie Hubert
Aug 14. 2015
Working on one right now.
Trudy Congdon
Aug 14. 2015
Another winner.
Lee Ann Gatewood
Aug 14. 2015
@[1255759903:2048:Cindy Roggow Young] what do you think of this one?
Grady Stephens
Aug 15. 2015
See here sis @[100000415726256:2048:Eunice Stephens VanPelt], you can make a pretty quilt from old carhartt’s.
Eunice Stephens VanPelt
Aug 15. 2015
Sure is pretty! You provide the carhartt’s. I don’t have any of those on hand. lol
Lois Payne
Aug 16. 2015
This looks like a great play quilt. What do you think @[745260929:2048:Laura McArthur] and @[1464835643:2048:Bonnie Wright]?
Lucinda Collins
Aug 16. 2015
My sister Sue has made close to 100 of these as gifts
Bonnie Wright
Aug 16. 2015
go for it Lois, I like the contrasting denim with various prints
Charleen DiSante
Aug 17. 2015
@[1500456785:2048:Anne Fairbanks]…still thinking about that jeans quilt.
Honor B. Tupper Manuel
Aug 17. 2015
@[1207115270:2048:Christine Manuel]
Florence Graham Cullen
Aug 17. 2015
@[1231312500:2048:Jane Cullen Boden]
Corine Mckay- Flear
Aug 18. 2015
I made one of these really cool
Mary Pollock
Aug 19. 2015
I want to do this!
Brenda Houston
Aug 19. 2015
I’ve been thinking about making one of these. I’ve been collecting denim for about 30 years
Betty McInturff
Aug 20. 2015
Great idea!
Chris Woodall
Aug 20. 2015
It would weigh less if denim shirts are used instead of jeans.
Mary Marshall Moore
Aug 21. 2015
Really cool
Tobi Darlene Eddings Abbott
Aug 22. 2015
i have made 2 of these so far. first one was very heavy & #2 i made i didn’t put any batting in it & it’s much better.
Hendrixetta Watts
Aug 24. 2015
I started one of these and it was not easy to make.
Ruth Turner Bailey
Aug 25. 2015
So pretty!
Ruth Andrews
Aug 26. 2015
Very pretty and a different take on denim quilts I’ve seen.
Gillian Devlin
Aug 28. 2015
@[100003910626351:2048:Connie Russell] an idea for ur denim stash!
@[100000059159089:2048:Ruth Moore], @[100003161828421:2048:Petula Tinsley], @[100000666041232:2048:Debbie Tinsley] @[596084359:2048:Leanne Adair], @[100000215963715:2048:Melissa Doig]
Connie Russell
Aug 29. 2015
Not a bother, I’ve done it a few times, let me know who’s interested. Cutting the circles is the worse part, takes so bloody long, so you’ll all be cutting your own! Lol x
Linda S Peters
Aug 29. 2015
Cathedral Window quilts are really heavy when done in regular cotton…This thing must weight a ton.
Karen Eastham Bohannan
Aug 30. 2015
my aunt made me one of these quilts and I love it
Richard Carolyn Thibodeau Hutchins
Aug 30. 2015
Carol is this the one you made.
Carol Mierley
Aug 30. 2015
Yes it is.
Bev Allen
Aug 31. 2015
LOV!!
Lee Masciarelli
Aug 31. 2015
Is this like an Orange Peel which we quilt as we go? Loving these quilt as we goes;) Done is done, not, “I still need to quilt that top” thing!
Susan Muncy
Aug 31. 2015
Love this
Mari Petersen
Sep 01. 2015
@[100000169817321:2048:Brenda Van Wert], help me make this!
Claudia Blakley Bolles
Sep 01. 2015
@[100001745258147:2048:Deb Gerdes] I really like this
Kathy Ramona Byrd
Sep 02. 2015
I’m about half done with one in corduroy..I do love it
Cherrie Carlson-Conklin
Sep 03. 2015
Jeanne Mellott, do you have this pattern? It looks like a fun project for the winter months!
Vang Power
Sep 04. 2015
I love & made a lot of rag quilts every year.
Gail Arntsen Erickson
Sep 04. 2015
Might try this as I have piles of jeans.
Karen Perry
Sep 04. 2015
I have lots of denim and am considering trying this.
Linda AndMike Wall
Sep 04. 2015
Michele Malone look at this one.
Jane Clarke
Sep 05. 2015
I can’t wait to make one of these. I see a winter project coming!
Amy Saenz
Sep 06. 2015
@[100001210552906:2048:Phyllis Carpenter]
Ida Kesseler
Sep 06. 2015
like
Leona Acoose
Sep 07. 2015
madea couple of these, real easy and quick to finish.
Rena Sawyer
Sep 07. 2015
I bet you could do this with Chinos, too.
Terri Postnikoff
Sep 09. 2015
@[100001444858711:2048:Wendy Egilson]
Peggy Leslie Bailey
Sep 11. 2015
Love this
Esther Moore Lancaster
Sep 11. 2015
I made a cathedral window quilt with muslin. Love the look with the jeans! May have to make another one.
Rosmarie Candy Musick
Sep 11. 2015
I absolutely love this.
Sharon Cafferky Fleury
Sep 12. 2015
that’s awesome
Thressie Venning
Sep 14. 2015
This is the one I want to try to make. When can we get together?
Diana Navarro Gholson
Sep 15. 2015
I knew i was saving all those jeans for a reason
Carla Michale Edington
Sep 17. 2015
I LOVE this – I’m going to make one.
Judy Francis
Sep 20. 2015
Go to Pinterest and you’ll find all kinds of tutorials for these type quilts.
Mary Lou Dean
Sep 21. 2015
I love this!
Debbie Ledger
Sep 23. 2015
Brenda John Kilgour, here is this quilt again!
Maxine Richard
Oct 28. 2015
I made one with jeans & blue & yellow fabric and it was fun to make, but very heavy! One of my favorite quilts.
Helen Hood
Oct 29. 2015
Beautiful I made two for my granddaughters they love them
Mary Hetherington Carpenter
Oct 30. 2015
Here you go Shirley Blair!
Lyndsey Thomas
Oct 30. 2015
Believe it or not you can mess up on this quilt I did remember to quilt every row before putting the next row on or it’ll look wrong lol every quilter has that one project they mess up on yea this one’s mine I am so sad I saved up so many jeans I just rushed and didn’t watch the video close enough so redo I guess lol
Kristi McMillin Frazier
Oct 31. 2015
Gotta check this out
Shelby Erickson
Oct 31. 2015
Absolutely not quick!!!!
Susana Perez
Oct 31. 2015
So sweet,Cindi, you need to show me how!
Peggy Ware
Oct 31. 2015
Really pretty.
Cyndi Beam
Nov 01. 2015
This mine !!!
Judy Collier
Nov 01. 2015
Vicki Ganje. This is the one I asked you about. This one had a video so I got the materials and have one cut out and ready to sew. Thanks.
Brenda Dotson
Nov 01. 2015
is this the same as the Cathedral Windows ?
Vicki Ganje
Nov 02. 2015
I can’t remember what your question was.
Ann Wilson
Nov 02. 2015
Hope to get started on one soon, if I don’t decide against it!
Gail Pierce
Nov 02. 2015
Paula Potts This is the one I wanted to make!
Barbara Kuiken
Nov 02. 2015
This is on my list of quilts to make, when i get around to it
Paula Potts
Nov 02. 2015
That’s cool looking!!
Barb Pinz
Nov 02. 2015
Linda Druar
Barb Pinz
Nov 02. 2015
Sorry, Linda Druar, I want to make this quilt
Judy Collier
Nov 02. 2015
I couldn’t find a way to print a pattern. The video is better.
Linda Angyal
Nov 03. 2015
I like yours better! Must be much lighter weight & softer!
Traci Erb Miller
Nov 03. 2015
It wasn’t overly heavy. The back is flannel and the centers are cotton fabric.
Nathan and Laurie Yoder
Nov 03. 2015
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keepnuinstitchesquilting
Nov 03. 2015
Lauri, We do have a Facebook page. It’s very active and hopefully you’ll find it something you can use for yourself and others.
Pat Isbell
Nov 03. 2015
How is it self-quilting? I couldn’t see the video?
Liz Wilgers
Nov 03. 2015
That is my quilt!!!!
Traci Erb Miller
Nov 03. 2015
Thank you everyone for liking this quilt.
Traci Erb Miller
Nov 03. 2015
I gave it to a friend that was declared breast cancer free recently.
Shirley Short
Nov 03. 2015
Not as easy as it looks.
Agnes Bartlett
Apr 08. 2016
I love this pattern. I started one about 20 years ago , I do plan to finish it one day !!!
Annette Lawrence
Apr 08. 2016
Honey Shannon Barron, AngieBill Chaney, Regina Fultz, Carolyn Merrick
Peg Lamping
Apr 08. 2016
I made this a month ago but it’s very heavy. It is for a twin bed
Jeannie Lillo
Apr 08. 2016
Gonna try this
Audrey Buttar Copses
Apr 09. 2016
I tried this pattern. I found cutting the circles extremely difficult to do and gave up.
Nancy Cich
Apr 09. 2016
Need plastic template and small rotary cutter, cut a few every day 🙂
Audrey Buttar Copses
Apr 09. 2016
Nancy Cich I used the Fancy fancy Olfa circle cutter. Saw an online video about it and thought it would be great to use. BIG time fail.
Rose Harris
Apr 09. 2016
Audrey Buttar Copses I think they sprayed that baisting stuff on the mat then run the cutter on it. But even that stuff is sticky I’ve tryed several times to make these and just give up to I love making the rag blankets from squares
Audrey Buttar Copses
Apr 10. 2016
I used the spray as well. Just made a mess. I was so disappointed, as I love the rag quilts as well but I get tired of the same thing.
Lucidell Smoczyk
May 23. 2016
I have made several of these and they are so fun.
Linda C Brown Hamm
May 23. 2016
I want to make a “garden quilt’ the next time I make one, using green fabric instead of denim, and flowered fabrics for the centers!!
Glenys Masson
May 24. 2016
Rowena Morgan
Elizabeth Edwards
May 24. 2016
Pretty
Rowena Morgan
May 25. 2016
thats the one! Really want to make this but cannot afford the denim at tpresent. It goes into the wish list.
Kathy M Wilkins
May 26. 2016
Cute idea!
Harriet Amacher
Aug 20. 2016
I made one of these but not happy with the way it turned out. I will try another because I realized why I didn’t so well. The quilt is cute.
Mary Kathryn Pizzello
Aug 20. 2016
I made one for our son and DIL. The circles were denim and the squares were fabrics that our DILs grandmother had used over the years from different garments/projects. I was pleased.
Lynda Nations Short
Aug 20. 2016
Perfect for all the denim I’ve saved over the years!
Cyndi Beam
Aug 20. 2016
This one is the one I did !!
Carrie Jo Bartos
Aug 20. 2016
I made one for our daughters graduation. My husband’s farm jeans and my nurse scrubs for the fabric so she would always have a piece of us with her wherever she goes in life.
Johanna Wilson
Aug 20. 2016
Mary Brewster Edie made one of these!
Karen Buttari
Aug 20. 2016
Love this!!!
Carolyn Magnuson
Aug 20. 2016
Looks like the cathedral window quilt.
Lee Ramella
Aug 21. 2016
What did you do wrong? I’m still stitching circles together, would like to avoid a potential mistake… Would you please share?
Harriet Amacher
Aug 21. 2016
Well, to begin with, I quilted all the way through to the back but it just didn’t work for me. I don’t mean the denim circles, I stitched around every little animal. Just made the back look scrappy. The measurements needed to be bigger. The circles should have been at least ten inches instead if the seven. I think that was the measurements. Not recalling. Anyway the quilt is much too small even for s little dude. I sent it but I’m in the process of making a bigger quilt for this little boy. Hope to have it done by Christmas.
The original one will make a really cute wall hanging. Hope my daughter in law will do that. I have the pic on computer and if I knew what I was doing I would show you. Anyway, good luck with your quilt. I’d love to see it when your finished. The part that was most troublesome was the stitching thru to back. Not hard but just didn’t work well.
Hannelore Scott
Feb 13. 2017
Up and running ✅
Carol Mierley
Feb 13. 2017
Made one of these. Use it every day.
Mary Hetherington Carpenter
Feb 13. 2017
Shirley Blair here are your cathedral windows
Shirley Blair
Feb 13. 2017
Thanks I love it. How could it be used every day?
Marcile Lewis
Feb 14. 2017
Renee Livingston